Final week, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok skilled a “bug” that made it inform customers concerning the “white genocide” conspiracy idea in South Africa, even when prompted with questions that had nothing to do with the subject … and shortly after, Grok expressed skepticism over the Holocaust loss of life toll, which it chalked as much as a “programming error.”
However with a level of psychological gymnastics that would put Simone Biles to disgrace, Consultant Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has determined that Elon Musk’s robotic child Grok is simply too far left.
“Grok is left leaning and continues to unfold faux information and propaganda,” Greene wrote on X.
She shared a screenshot wherein Grok says that Greene is a Christian who has expressed her perception in Jesus, however concedes that some Christians are troubled by her assist for conspiracy theories like QAnon.
“Critics, together with spiritual leaders, argue her actions contradict Christian values of affection and unity, citing her protection of January 6 and divisive rhetoric,” Grok wrote within the screenshot Greene shared.
X was already having a very difficult day — the app has been experiencing outages for hours, which might probably be associated to fires that broke out in its Oregon knowledge middle yesterday.
However whereas Greene could also be a recognized peddler of dangerous misinformation and conspiracies, she did truly make an important level in the long run: “When folks hand over their very own discernment, cease in search of the reality, and rely on AI to research data, they are going to be misplaced,” she mentioned on X.
