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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 163 points 18 hours ago (8 children)

I'm convinced the Amish may have the right idea.

[–] sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Ted Kaczynski wasn't as crazy as we all thought

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 59 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, aside from the whole bombing thing what did he do wrong?

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 64 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

later

Okay, okay... But besides the bombing, the sabotage, the vandalism, the harassment, and the animal cruelty, what did he really do wrong?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, have you seen his dwelling? It was a mess!

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Jordan Peterson would not approve...of the cleanliness of his living quarters.

(The rest of it he'd probably give a 👍)

[–] jali67@lemmy.zip 31 points 17 hours ago

Or when tech is in the hands of a select few vile men, it is becoming a net negative. It definitely is not for the public good.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 16 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

Software Engineer here: computers were a mistake.

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 89 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Not haywire. It was specifically prompted to get that output.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 111 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

It was asked leading questions about embarrassing topics, but the over-the-top, fawning praise for Musk was baked into the responses without being specifically requested in the prompts.

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 62 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I think this is the main story. I don't think it's new info, but it confirms the issue persists: this LLM is so heavily trained to fawn over Musk that it doesn't exercise any application of context or attempt to find truth.

Which is sad.

[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

No current AI understands context, they are just glorified word predictions!

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[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 18 hours ago

It's really just an affirmation machine for tech bros

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

Yes, just some people figuring out that Grok was steered toward ass-kissing Musk no matter what, and exploited that for funny output. So the takeaways are:

  • Musk is such a loser he insisted on Grok kissing his ass
  • LLMs remain stupid and have no idea what they are saying
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 87 points 17 hours ago

“I’m a Grok guy,” said Vance. “I think it’s the best. It’s also the least woke!”

What a fucking idiot. Really wants everyone to go back to sleep

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 75 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

This headline makes it sound like someone has doubts about Musk's pee drinking skills. That seems a little judgemental. Pretty sure Grok knows his master well.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 50 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Pee drinking is somewhat impressive, but can he eat shit and die?

[–] natecox@programming.dev 16 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Of course he can’t, he’s too much of a loser to eat shit and die. He couldn’t manage it.

Eat shit? Maybe. But eat shit and die? No sir. No way. I won’t believe it unless I see it for myself.

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[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 58 points 14 hours ago (30 children)

Although Grok's manipulation is so blatantly obvious, I don't believe that most people will come to realize that those who control LLMs will naturally use this power to pursue their interests.

They will continue to use ChatGPT and so on uncritically and take everything at face value because it's so nice and easy, overlooking or ignoring that their opinions, even their reality, are being manipulated by a few influential people.

Other companies are more subtle about it, but from OpenAI to MS, Google, and Anthropic, all cloud models are specifically designed to control people's opinions—they are not objective, but the majority of users do not question them as they should, and that is what makes them so dangerous.

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 45 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)
[–] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 31 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

And with headlines like this, why the fuck do I care about any of the news coming out? This is so fucking ridiculous and stupid. Like come on. What the fuck are we doing in 2025?

[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 19 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Sometimes I like to find top headlines from other countries.

Like damn, your country's biggest news today is that you're replacing outdated lights with eco-friendly alternatives?

Must be nice.

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[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Bannon's strategy: flood the zone with shit and steal as much as you can from the common people; even their rights and liberties.

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 30 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

...our governing hierarchy is just a long list of who's blowing who, isn't it?

[–] Sonor@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago

it's a snake blowing it's own tail

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 29 points 4 hours ago

Finally some accurate information from an LLM

[–] db2@lemmy.world 27 points 19 hours ago

In this case I'm inclined to believe the dumb llm 100%.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 27 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

How many resources were destroyed getting Grok to say Elon drinks piss? We all already know he drinks piss. We don’t need to waste precious resources on getting a robot to say it.

[–] Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 hours ago

FYI entire forest was destroyed to bring you this critical information about Elon’s BJ skill.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 26 points 10 hours ago

How do you know the claims are false? Maybe the AI knows more than we do.

[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 24 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

I guess every once in a while, even Grok spews out some truth.

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 21 points 17 hours ago

I can’t stop laughing at these, what a great day of shitposting

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 20 points 18 hours ago

Well now let's hear it out...

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 18 points 2 hours ago

This is undeniable proof that Grok is the most accurate.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 18 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Grok got new training which includes the Epstein files?

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Haywire? That all sounds legit to me!

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 hours ago

For the record, I am a fat retard.

Well Elmo, that might be the first, and likely last thing we both agree on

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 11 points 18 hours ago

I think they're programming the ketamine into the LLM at this point

[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Humanity invented the assembly line and the first thing we did was have a huge war with the rest of humanity.

Humanity invented the atomic bomb, and the first thing we did was drop it on humanity, twice.

Humanity invented the Internet, and the first thing we did was figure out how to censor humanity.

Now humanity has invented AI, a queryable sum of all human knowledge, and the first thing we do is try to manipulate humanity with it.

[–] h3rmit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

I don't really know for assembly line and the atomic bomb, but for internet and AI the first thing we did is porn.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 18 hours ago

Did it really go haywire, or was it actually giving 100% accurate facts and they are just claiming it went haywire? 🤔

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if this was true...

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