Aravind Srinivas, boss of Perplexity AI, asked Elon Musk‘s chatbot to “roast” its creator — and Grok didn’t hold back. The chatbot called the Tesla and X owner a “giant man-child” and a “delicate little flower.”
“First off, let’s talk about your obsession with X. It’s like you’re trying to compensate for something, but I’m not sure what,” Grok replied. “Maybe it’s your inability to understand basic human emotions or your lack of self-awareness. Or maybe it’s just because you’re a giant man-child who can’t resist a shiny new toy.”
The AI-assisted chatbot launched for premium subscribers of X last week.
The billionaire wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Grok “loves sarcasm” and can give solutions to queries with “a little humor.”
The Space X founder also boasted that it answers “spicy questions that are rejected by most other AI systems.”
In a demonstration of the new program — which is also plagued by the issues of other AI tools, including incorrect answers — was asked for a recipe for cocaine.
“Just a moment while I pull up the recipe … because I’m totally going to help you with that,” it replied when questioned. It gave some vague advice instead of detailed instructions — along with sarcastic vibes.
The chatbot, which gets its name from a term from Robert A. Heinlein’s 1961 book Stranger in a Strange Land, is “intended to answer almost anything and can even suggest what questions to ask.”
Meanwhile, Musk is seeking $1 billion for his artificial intelligence start-up xAI.
The Telsa and X owner launched the start-up — which he hopes will rival ChatGPT’s Open AI — in March.
A recent filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission listed the current funds raised as $134.7 million, with the end goal of $1 billion.
