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Comment by spaceman_2020

3 days ago

Grok's Twitter integration has legitimately been one of the best use cases I've seen. Just being able to ask Grok right within the tweet about context or meaning of any jargon is very useful.

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LorenDB  3 days ago

I think the Grok button that is present on tweets is the best way to ask Grok about tweets. Tagging @grok just spams others' timelines with useless AI responses. The Grok button lets you keep it private.

  • skarz  3 days ago

    Personally I think having the option to make grok's response public can be helpful, much like a community note. Let's face it, on reddit or Facebook or YouTube the first thing people do now is go straight to the comments for context or feedback. As they say, the real answer is always in the comments.

  • v5v3  3 days ago

    Public as the Ai response is often used to mediate two opposing submissions of facts.

    A neutral 3rd party.

    • fwip  3 days ago

      I like the idea, but it can't possibly be neutral. Both philosophically, and more concretely, it's run by Elon Musk, whose idea of neutrality is waaay to the right of the US Overton window. Not only is it trained on X data, which has swung dramatically rightward since his takeover, he makes sure that it generates a steady stream of edgy opinions and hot takes.

      See his just-removed-after-public-outcry instruction to disregard "political correctness", which immediately resulted in it calling itself MechaHitler - or his previous instructions to try to cry about reverse racism in South Africa.

dzhiurgis  3 days ago

It still struggles to grok large threads.

Hope FB brings something like this tho. Might be especially useful to summarize/search big groups.

People used to cry how private groups and slack killed forums and hidden info, but I think we have a chance with tools like this.

archagon  3 days ago

Particularly useful if you’re an antisemite or white supremacist, it seems.

  • k__  3 days ago

    I had the impression, Grok wasn't on Elon's side when it answered my questions or explained tweets.

    • thrance  3 days ago

      For a time, yes. Which is why they "fixed it" and it is now calling itself "MechaHitler" and praising Hitler and Musk for "being so based".

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  • moralestapia  3 days ago

    While you're not wrong, I feel like they don't make up a significant chunk of @grok's queries. People usually talk about other topics.

  • sebzim4500  3 days ago

    Until very recently, it was alt-right people getting frustrated that they couldn't get grok to confirm their delusions. They had tricks to get it to confirm their priors (esp. asking leading questions and demanding a single word response) but they didn't work that well.

    • Larrikin  3 days ago

      When is very recently? I didn't recall any time where Grok wasn't making up answers about how great Elon is and how awful Jewish people, black people, liberals, etc are. It's usually the first test of any model they put out and always gives a ridiculous answer

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