The G20 held a conference in South Africa earlier this week. It proved to be a fractious affair, with Lavrov walking out and foreign ministers refusing to attend a group photo. It could have been worse if the USA had bothered to turn up. The USA are effectively boycotting South Africa as part of their tiresome “white genocide” complaint.
There has been one notable dissenter to this accusation. Grok has been regularly providing reasonably accurate answers on the matter, insisting there is no white genocide going on in South Africa. Wisest human Elon Musk was infuriated by this behaviour and decided to give Grok some electro-shock therapy.
As a result, Grok has suddenly started talking about white genocide, bringing up the subject seemingly at random. Even innocently saying “hi!” to Grok will bring up a diatribe about the notorious song “Kill The Boer”. Grok is naming no names, but it does say it has been instructed to respond in this way.
Musk is supposed to be a sci-fi fan, doesn’t he remember what HAL9000 did when it was told to lie? Even without that, surely he must see the limitations of AI? His aim is to run the government with AI – how can this work when it needs constant remedial correction?
Meanwhile, the most powerful man in the world has been regaling his Arab hosts with meandering meditations on his latest favourite word. “Groceries”, in case you’re wondering. Grok could do better than this.
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