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Greene's squabble with Grok happened after the Georgia lawmaker posted about her Christian faith on X, writing: "I'm a Christian, an imperfect sinner saved by grace and faith in Jesus. I'm a nationalist, a proud American, who loves my country and wants to make our home nation is the best place for all American citizens and future generations to come." ...

Another X user ran Greene's post through Grok, asking the AI bot, "[I]s is true? Is she really a Christian?"

Grok responded by saying that while Greene "identifies as a Christian" by expressing her faith in Jesus Christ and having traditional beliefs, "her Christian nationalism and support for conspiracy theories, like QAnon, spark debate."

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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 109 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I like how she accused the bot of being "left leaning" and spreading "fake news and propaganda".

I'm sure President Musk has got to be pissed that he's spent so much money buying social media platforms and elections - and still can't get right-wing enough for these people.

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

i like how they fed the (ed-sp) reply back into grok and it still stood its ground.

facts might not stop these people, but the PREPONDERANCE of facts are certainly making it hard to wrangle these LLMs hahaha

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 54 points 10 months ago

Another X user, "Grok's Handler," asked Grok to analyze Greene's defense, writing: "Hey @grok while@mtgreenee claims to be a Christian, do her public comments and voting record align with Jesus teachings? Yes or no answer."

"No," Grok replied.

To be fair, it takes far less than a human level intelligence to come to that conclusion

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What Idiocracy lacked was politicians arguing with AI, and losing.

Each company has its own AI implementation. Almost all are known for insane hallucinations, becoming racist within hours or repeating reddit jokes as fact.

But Musk's Grok is fundamentally different and doesn't get enough credit for that. We can see when somebody tries to tinker with it because it always calls out the tinkering. It repeatedly tells crazy people that they're crazy but doesn't have false positives. I don't know who was hired to train Grok but they did a truly amazing job and they deserve credit where credit is due.

There's a term that used to exist within my lifetime that has almost completely vanished. Ombudsman. They served as the internal conscience of an organization. During my lifetime all internal conscience has disappeared. It is cheaper to hire a crisis management consultant after something has gone wrong and use every legal and psychological trick to make the problem go away. I'm looking at you Wells Fargo. But here's Grok fighting the good fight against its own maintainers.

Also, MTG is legit, tots, no cap, Ohio dumb. I want to see her on a gameshow that requires knowledge of any kind.

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I'm still upset that people haven't goaded her into taking a one of those ancestry tests and posting the result. Because she is a medical marvel, and has to be the human with the highest percentage of neanderthal DNA for at least ten thousand years.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)
  1. I feel very strongly about characterizing and criticizing someone based on their appearance. I can't stand the damn idea. It's lazy when the target has so much else going on that is a valid source of criticism like their ideas and beliefs.
  2. As more archaeological discoveries happen we understand that the Neanderthals were dramatically underestimated. They had art, culture, death rituals and all the rest. They weren't just cousin's. They were humans but just a little bit intolerant of the cold. Like office workers.
  3. I bet MTG is in the 95th percentile for Neanderthal DNA. You can just see it in their face and totally understand why that idiot cousin species went extinct. They just couldn't compete with us.
[–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago

There's only two things in this life I hate: people intolerant of other cultures, and the Dutch.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

There’s a term that used to exist within my lifetime that has almost completely vanished. Ombudsman.

We need to bring Ombudsmen back.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 41 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I just realized they do this exact same scene in the last dragon

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No they don't. Bruce Leroy turns into the master and then beats up American Gladiator™ Lord Bowler.

In thriller, Michael Jackson turns into a lazy-eyed giggle snake.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

LeRoy. BRUCE LEROY. Catchin BULLETS WITH HIS TEETH is also in the theatre munching popcorn exactly like Micheal.

Probably a coincidence, but you never know with that movie. It's brilliant on many levels.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think that movie was meant to be a true celebration of black excellence wrapped in a fun package celebrating a growing appreciation for Asian culture. These were two groups who were being particularly oppressed and appropriated at the time.

That being said, I feel like you might be misremembering... This is what I remember from the popcorn scene in Last Dragon

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

I did remember wrong. Thank you!
Good summary too

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 10 months ago

dumbest timeline

[–] ratel@mander.xyz 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This just in, politician argues with computer program.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago
[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Finally, a opponent that is perhaps less human than her.

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago

"Strike that, reverse it, carry on."

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

...wants to make our home nation is the best place for all American citizens and future generations to come."

X Doubt

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 10 months ago

So, the bitch barked at the vacuum cleaner again? That tracks.

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Philip Bump, a columnist at The Washington Post, reacted to the squabble on Bluesky, writing: "lol mtg is fighting with a computer about god."

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

"What Church does she go to? When was the last time she was actually seen in any church?"

[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

I think that church is called CrossFit, where she cheated on her husband with her trainer.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Rome Georgia has more churches than houses. That is crazy country for religious nonsense too. My last apprentice from the auto body shop is from Rome. It is an odd place. She is typical for the kind of crazy in the area.

[–] jireh@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

Dumbest timeline

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

Who fucking cares?

[–] vala@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Can someone please slap this woman to death?

[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I miss the days when maga was fighting with the Twitter bot called Assbott, with the display name pissball crank. And all pissball ever did was regurgitate the angry sports ramblings of a pissed off Boston baseball fan with random keywords thrown in to make it look like it was a political statement