Grokipedia by xAI

Post by palmotea » Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 9:31 PM UTC

rsynnott wrote: post #66

roryirvine wrote: post #65

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I've spotted surprising amounts of confidently-stated nonsense even in fairly neutral articles where Elon / xAI is unlikely to have a particular political slant. Many of the most glaring errors are linked to references which either directly contradict Grokipedia's assertion or don't mention the supposed fact one way or the other. I guess this is down to LLM hallucinations? I've not used Grok before, but the problems…

> I suspect that xAI should probably have prioritised quality over quantity for the initial launch. I mean, I don't think this is _for_ people who care about quality, tbh. For those, there is wikipedia. This is more of a safe space for Musk.

Post by Gigachad » Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 9:33 PM UTC

dabinat wrote: post #35

I guess this poses an interesting question: if Wikipedia was being created today, would it be a human- edited encyclopedia or would they just resort to AI because it’s easier? It makes me wonder if people will shy away from hard problems and just take the easy path, resulting in a shallower and less useful product to society.

Post by 113 » Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 10:20 PM UTC

qingcharles wrote: post #94

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)

As a Green Line enjoyer, I'm not enough of an expert to spot the factual errors. The article does seem a bit much though. I've noticed a lot of the Grokipedia articles just go on . If I wanted to know that much about the Green Line I could probably just buy a book on it.

Post by iloveyou1xrobot » Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 10:26 PM UTC

balaz wrote: post #116

iloveyou1xrobot wrote: post #108

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But this is literal apartheid apologia. Saying "advancements in black literacy and real wages during the era" as if those things are due to apartheid is offensively absurd. How about we advance literacy and wages without, you know, all the apartheid.

By "we" I will understand that you mean Africans. Otherwise, you might be committing one (1) colonialism. So, ask the rest of Africa how that has gone for them.

Post by cozzyd » Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 10:39 PM UTC

cozzyd wrote: post #119

qingcharles wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a Green Line enjoyer, I'm not enough of an expert to spot the factual errors. The article does seem a bit much though. I've noticed a lot of the Grokipedia articles just go on . If I wanted to know that much about the Green Line I could probably just buy a book on it.

Among the more obvious errors are short runs to UIC/Halsted and a northwestern trajectory along Lake St from the loop. But yes, it also suffers from attention to irrelevant detail.