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Re: X.ai Grok

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Post by ethanbond »

Jowsey wrote: post #2

Some context from the main X.ai page: > Grok is an AI modeled after the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, so intended to answer almost anything and, far harder, even suggest what questions to ask! Grok is designed to answer questions with a bit of wit and has a rebellious streak, so please don’t use it if you hate humor! A unique and fundamental advantage of Grok is that it has real-time knowledge of the world via th…

“Make sure it uses the ‘rofl’ emoji a lot. You know the one all the unfunniest people on the internet use to indicate they are trying to make a joke? A lot. Get it? Because this model will be funny :rofl:”

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Post by nunez »

xena wrote: post #8

I miss the real x.ai where you could have some primitive bundle of if statements schedule meetings for you.

i saw the founder of that company talk at a new york tech meetup back when those were more relevant. he was a very good presenter and knew how to sell for sure.

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Post by ploum »

jgalt212 wrote: post #10
xena wrote: post #8

I miss the real x.ai where you could have some primitive bundle of if statements schedule meetings for you.

I could never figure out why and how the original x.ai held on so long. But I guess some combo of careful resource allocation, overly patient VCs, and ZIRP.

So, basically, they managed to eventually make money by selling the domain to Elon Musk?

Which is quite a nice metaphor for the whole VC scene:

1. Make a team of dedicated and hard working engineers 2. Get VC on board with lot of money to pay for what is needed (not the engineers, they are founders, they don’t pay themselves) 3. Work hard on a MVP 4. Hire marketing guys to attract users. 5. Spend all VC money on marketing. 6. Try to not bankrupt in the process. 7. Make an exit by selling your domain name to a billionnaire. 8. Make a TED talk about how entrepreneurship is about hard work and product fit.

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Post by gumballindie »

Jowsey wrote: post #2

Some context from the main X.ai page: > Grok is an AI modeled after the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, so intended to answer almost anything and, far harder, even suggest what questions to ask! Grok is designed to answer questions with a bit of wit and has a rebellious streak, so please don’t use it if you hate humor! A unique and fundamental advantage of Grok is that it has real-time knowledge of the world via th…

> so expect it to improve rapidly with each passing week with your help

What are the incentives to help? Servitude?

Re: X.ai Grok

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Post by oittaa »

az09mugen wrote: post #6
oittaa wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqCN7768Jno

It's not by the end of 2016 and it's still in beta.

"Ok SpaceX managed to launch a rocket, but they'll never land one!"

EDIT: Oh, and could you provide a source to that 2016 deadline? I don't remember anything like that, but it might just be my memory.

Re: X.ai Grok

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Post by blitzar »

ploum wrote: post #15
jgalt212 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I could never figure out why and how the original x.ai held on so long. But I guess some combo of careful resource allocation, overly patient VCs, and ZIRP.

So, basically, they managed to eventually make money by selling the domain to Elon Musk? Which is quite a nice metaphor for the whole VC scene: 1. Make a team of dedicated and hard working engineers 2. Get VC on board with lot of money to pay for what is needed (not the engineers, they are founders, they don’t pay themselves) 3. Work hard on a MVP 4. Hire marketing guys to attract users. 5. Spend all VC money on mark…

Entrepreneurship 3.0 is looking a lot like Entrepreneurship 0.1alpha ... domain parking.
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