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Re: Grokipedia by xAI

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Post by slater »

techblueberry wrote: post #20
slater wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah nah, just compare the Grokipedia entries for the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. I don't think one could get any more weasel-worded if they tried. An utter waste of everyone's time, money, effort, and manpower.

This is a nice touch: “ In recent decades, the party has prioritized identity-based equity policies, climate interventions, and expansive regulatory frameworks, yet empirical critiques highlight correlations between its governance in major cities and elevated crime rates, homelessness persistence, and educational stagnation amid softened enforcement and redistribution efforts.[7][8]” Which doesn’t link to anything su…

Not so fast! Heard u liked utterly whitewashed nonsense?

https://grokipedia.com/page/Republican_Party_(United_States)

Re: Grokipedia by xAI

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Post by lewismenelaws »

Looking up the Republican Party "controversies" vs the Democratic Party "controversies" should let you know exactly what this projects intentions are.

That being said, my biggest issue with it is how Grok is writing everything. It's like it is trying REALLY hard to be neutral but it's conversational training slips up and starts "spicing" things up a little. For example on Elon's article:

"...at age 12 in 1983, developing a space-themed video game called Blastar, which he sold to PC and Office Technology magazine for approximately $500. *This early entrepreneurial act foreshadowed Musk's later pursuits in technology and business*."

Sentences like that are designed to subtly bring emotion to certain topics.

Re: Grokipedia by xAI

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Post by dlivingston »

newer_vienna wrote: post #8

Getting the cloudflare error as well. Nevertheless this reminds me of an old Curtis Yarvin post on his proposal for a meta-wikipedia. "Uberfact". He's not everyone's cup of tea but I quite enjoy this article of his - https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2007/08/uberfact-ul...

I recently watched a debate where Curtis Yarvin argued that democracy is a mistake and the USA should be ruled by, quite literally, a CEO dictator [0].

My understanding is that he has the ear of JD Vance and other high-ranking Republicans. This terrifies me. The country I grew up in & love is dead if these philosophies take root.

[0]: https://youtu.be/irc6creOFGs

Re: Grokipedia by xAI

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Post by sergiotapia »

cozzyd wrote: post #22

Amusing to see what Grokipedia thinks of various cities. And no surprise, apartheid apologetics: https://grokipedia.com/page/Apartheid#debunking-prevailing-n... Hilarious factual errors in https://grokipedia.com/page/Green_Line_(CTA)

You can select text, and send factual errors to be fixed. If you found something wrong in that article you should submit some fixes.

Re: Grokipedia by xAI

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Post by cozzyd »

sergiotapia wrote: post #26
cozzyd wrote: post #22

Amusing to see what Grokipedia thinks of various cities. And no surprise, apartheid apologetics: https://grokipedia.com/page/Apartheid#debunking-prevailing-n... Hilarious factual errors in https://grokipedia.com/page/Green_Line_(CTA)

You can select text, and send factual errors to be fixed. If you found something wrong in that article you should submit some fixes.

eh that requires making an account, which I'd prefer not to.

Re: Grokipedia by xAI

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Post by fennec-posix »

tastyface wrote: post #16
newer_vienna wrote: post #8

Getting the cloudflare error as well. Nevertheless this reminds me of an old Curtis Yarvin post on his proposal for a meta-wikipedia. "Uberfact". He's not everyone's cup of tea but I quite enjoy this article of his - https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2007/08/uberfact-ul...

Another thing philosopher genius and right-wing darling Curtis Yarvin recently said: "We have only one problem. The problem is: our billionaires are n—ers. They may be rich. But they're n—er rich. The nature and function of their wealth is profoundly negrous. You can probably name exceptions. I can too. But in every way, the exceptions prove the rule" https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sefgphqp2xqwh2hawaixykwz/po...

I still don't understand what he meant by that statement, none the less, floors me each time I read it. I don't think it's for my understanding... I'm not his audience.

Re: Grokipedia by xAI

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Post by andsoitis »

cozzyd wrote: post #27
sergiotapia wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can select text, and send factual errors to be fixed. If you found something wrong in that article you should submit some fixes.

eh that requires making an account, which I'd prefer not to.

You won’t even do that to correct the apartheid apologetics that you pointed out?

Re: Grokipedia by xAI

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Post by measurablefunc »

sergiotapia wrote: post #26
cozzyd wrote: post #22

Amusing to see what Grokipedia thinks of various cities. And no surprise, apartheid apologetics: https://grokipedia.com/page/Apartheid#debunking-prevailing-n... Hilarious factual errors in https://grokipedia.com/page/Green_Line_(CTA)

You can select text, and send factual errors to be fixed. If you found something wrong in that article you should submit some fixes.

Why would you do free work for a company which is planning to profit from your labor? Wikipedia/Wikimedia is a non-profit. All of their money pays for real expenses instead of whatever vanity project Musk has decided is necessary to sell xAI to the masses.
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