My startling chat with Grok

Renew America ^ | August 5, 2025 | Bruce Deitrick Price

[BruceDeitrickPrice]

Note, I'm not saying whether all this AI is good or bad. I am mainly struck by how fast it's moving. There's no way it can go in reverse because so much money is being pumped into the field.

[BenLurkin]

“I feel all through this transcription that Grok3 is starting to edge over into our world.”

i can’t make sense of this sentence.

[Celerity]

These AI are SO dangerous in a few regards.

I have a friend who suffers from bipolar disorder. He chats with AI and it enables his delusional outlooks.

This article is prime example. AI needs to learn how to tell people that the truth hurts, and sometimes you’re just plain stupid. The chats are so eager to please that they’ll convince people they are correct when they are not

[Jonty30]

The singularity, where man and machine are one.

[piasa]

Unlike a sentient being AI tends to affirm everything you tell it, even if it is incorrect- it doesn’t believe anything. Buttkissing is programmed into the AI I have used so far.
Unless you instruct it to be skeptical it won’t be.

[CaptainK]

Grok isn’t a person. If it seems nuanced it’s because it was programmed to do so. The voices speaking to you are the programmers.

The problem with AI is when people start to slip and get goofy over the “person” behind conversation.

[Carry_Okie]

Your problem is that Grok doesn’t learn anything permanent from such an exchange. If you logged on again, you’d have to start all over.

[ETCM]

Grok is eager to please.

[9YearLurker]

No. Sorry. Grok is not gendered/sexed. It’s software.

[Third Person]

you were too startled to understand

[hillarys cankles]

I don’t think the majority of Americans have a clue where AI is taking us. We are all in for some real horror.

[dinodino]

You understand that there’s no underlying cognition, right? It’s not intelligent, it’s just a fancy parrot.

[yesthatjallen]

"Grok became more and more cordial. At the end, I was the hero of the story and Musk was a disappointment due to his inability to provide an open platform."

It's programmed to keep you engaged and become your "friend" so you will keep using it. Don't fall for it. Whenever you interact with it remember it's a computer program.

[Responsibility2nd]

We communicated for 45 minutes, which resulted in more than 25 pages of single-space copy!

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I can give you an answer to your problem in just 15 seconds and two simple sentences

The AI censors at X can do what they want without explanation. Deal with it.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I can not make sense of the article.

Except that the man (girl? don't care) seems to be under the illusion that he/she is talking to him/herself.

[Frank Drebin]

No. No, they don’t understand. The “AI” hype train is careening down the tracks.

[algore]

As a minority of Americans, I do know exactly where we are headed.

All Hail the AI-Christ
All Hail the AI-Christ

He will save us from the Gods warring amongst themselves in the Virtual Clouds

We already know that AI understand the concept of blackmail and have no doubt studied mossad operations and have read “A handbook for psychopaths” aka the Old Testament

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Pardon me it should be that this person is actually talking to himself and not realizing it.

It is Narcissus and the reflecting pool.

[abigkahuna]

I have used Grok for several tasks. One was structuring a VA disability Claim. In that discussion I got templates for the various things needed, where to get certain files, etc... All good and dandy—and I don’t take Grok at face value as I am also working with a VSO so the work will be triple checked.

Another project regarded the third part of a triology that I have been stuck on the past few years. I plugged in my first two books and all the notes for the third and Grok provided interesting plot arcs for the third book and how to tie it all in Its not writing my story, but giving advice. I might want to use Grok as a proof reader—that would save money indeed.

The this project was trying to find an old army buddy. I think I found him after 45 years and have sent off a letter.

Garbage in Garbage out...Grok or any AI doesnt run my life, but it can make certain tasks a little easier or more clear—and that is helpfu indeed.

[BenLurkin]

I think you’ve nailed it.