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Elon Musk Had Grok Rewrite Wikipedia. It Calls Hitler “The Führer.” (theintercept.com)
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In late October, Elon Musk released a Wikipedia alternative, with pages written by his AI chatbot Grok. Unlike its nearly quarter-century-old namesake, Musk said Grokipedia would strip out the “woke” from Wikipedia, which he previously described as an “extension of legacy media propaganda.” But while Musk’s Grokipedia, in his eyes, is propaganda-free, it seems to have a proclivity toward right-wing hagiography.

Take Grokipedia’s entry on Adolf Hitler. Until earlier this month, the entry read, “Adolf Hitler was the Austrian-born Führer of Germany from 1933 to 1945.” That phrase has been edited to “Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and dictator,” but Grok still refers to Hitler by his honorific one clause later, writing that Hitler served as “Führer und Reichskanzler from August 1934 until his suicide in 1945.” NBC News also pointed out that the page on Hitler goes on for some 13,000 words before the first mention of the Holocaust.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's a title he invented though, after taking control. Continuing to use it is honoring his memory in a way.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's true, but to reuse my comparison to Romans, we call Augustus "emperor" too despite the term "imperator" being co-opted from an earlier, different meaning. I can see both points of view here, I just don't feel strongly enough to see it as a red flag. God knows there are lots of other, actual red flags.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I think there is a way to present the information that makes it unambiguous that he isn't being honored.

Instead of saying that he "was the fuhrer of Germany", it could say, "after taking power, Hitler took on the title of 'fuhrer'."

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 1 points 23 hours ago

I like that phrasing.