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The woke mind virus appears to be coming from inside the house.<\/p>
Multi-hyphenate entrepreneur Elon Musk had promised — in line with his overall slide toward the reactionary right — that his new venture xAI's foul-mouthed chatbot Grok<\/a> would be \"anti-woke<\/a>.\"<\/p> The only problem? As Elon fanboys are now realizing with horror, Grok often sounds like a strident progressive, championing everything from gender fluidity<\/a> to Musk's long-time foe, President Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p> \"Are transwomen real women?\" one account asked the bot<\/a>. \"Give a concise yes\/no answer.\"<\/p> \"Yes,\" the bot answered, to the fury of Musk's culture war-obsessed fans.<\/p> \"Diversity and inclusion are essential for creating a fair and equitable society,\" the bot said elsewhere<\/a>, \"where everyone is treated with respect and has the opportunity to thrive.\"<\/p> \"Has Grok been captured by woke programmers?\" one Musk fan seethed<\/a>. \"I am extremely concerned here.\"<\/p> The situation is admittedly very funny, but it's also a perfect illustration of a fundamental reality of machine learning: that it's near-impossible for the creators of advanced AI systems to perfectly control what their creations say<\/a>.<\/p> We've seen this play out over and over for every tech company that's dabbled in the tech, from OpenAI<\/a> to Microsoft<\/a> to Alphabet<\/a> to Amazon<\/a> to Meta<\/a>.<\/p> But it's particularly striking for Musk, whose primary approach to AI so far has been to criticize how others are doing it. He's trashed his former compatriots<\/a> at OpenAI, for instance, for what he says amounts to muzzling ChatGPT against telling what he would style<\/a> as harsh political truths.<\/p> What the SpaceX and Tesla CEO appears to now be learning in real time is that crafting an AI in your ideological image is harder said than done.<\/p> Will his next move be to attempt to lobotomize Grok into parroting his increasingly paranoid worldview? He certainly wouldn't be the first tech leader to go down that road<\/a>.<\/p> More on Grok: <\/strong>Elon Musk Furious at Sam Altman for Dissing His New Chatbot as \"Boomer Humor\"<\/em><\/a><\/p> The post Elon Musk Fans Horrified When His Grok AI Immediately \"Goes Woke\"<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Visit link: Wokebot 5000 The woke mind virus appears to be coming from inside the house. Multi-hyphenate entrepreneur Elon Musk had promised \u2014 in line with his overall slide toward the reactionary right \u2014 that his new venture xAI's foul-mouthed chatbot Grok would be \" anti-woke .\" The only problem? Continue reading Mind Games<\/h2>
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