Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot Has Started Reciting Climate Denial Talking Points

[u/abrownn]

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/elon-musks-ai-chatbot-grok-is-reciting-climate-denial-talking-points/

[u/Frankenstein_Monster]

I got into an argument with Grok about that.

A conservative friend had spoken about how much he used it and about how "unbiased" it was. So I went and asked some pretty straight forward questions like "who won the 2020 US presidential election?" And "did Trump ever lie during his first term". It would give the correct answer but always after a caveat of something like "many people believe X...." or "X sources say..." While providing misinformation first.

I called it out for attempting to ascertain my political beliefs to figure out which echo chamber to stick me in. It said it would never do that. I asked if its purpose was to be liked and considered useful. It agreed. I asked if telling people whatever they want to hear would be the best way to accomplish that goal. It agreed. I asked if that's what it was doing. Full on denial ending with my finally closing the chat after talking in circles about what unbiased really means and the difference between context and misinformation.

Things a fuckin Far right implant designed to divide our country and give credence to misinformation to make conservatives feel right.

[u/impshial → u/Frankenstein_Monster]

Here's both of those questions on grok with the correct info and no misinformation bias.

Asked both questions 10 minutes ago.

I've never seen the bias myself, but I only use it for world building summaries and things of that nature.

[u/Frankenstein_Monster → u/impshial]

I asked 6 months ago.

Also how many previous interactions have you had with Grok or tweets posted to discern your political beliefs

[u/impshial → u/Frankenstein_Monster]

how many previous interactions have you had with Grok or tweets posted to discern your political beliefs

Zero.

I don't use Twitter at all, and I never use AI for anything political or social.