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This is what they say in their announcement of Grok: > A unique and fundamental advantage of Grok is that it has real-time knowledge of the world via the 𝕏 pl

This is what they say in their announcement of Grok: > A unique and fundamental advantage of Grok is that it has real-time knowledge of the world via the 𝕏 platform. You disagree with that?

empath-nirvana 3y ago
Chatgpt has done internet searches in responses for a while now.
Imnimo 3y ago
I would disagree that that constitutes a "fundamental advantage"
- riku_iki 3y ago
  "knowledge" is also disputable.
  - haltist 3y ago
    Unlike religion which is indisputable.
dragonwriter 3y ago
It's technically unique since the kind of access it has to X is obviously proprietary. It's not a fundamental advantage for most AI model uses or a particularly good source of knowledge of the world.
- tomcam 3y ago
  What is a particularly good source of knowledge of the world?
  - Tao3300 3y ago
    Something that's not Twitter.
    - tomcam 3y ago
      Such as…?
      - Tao3300 3y ago
        You're missing the point. I can identify a pile of crap without leaving my own next to it.
haltist 3y ago
Ask it for the latest news on Hamas and Israel. What does Grok say about it using its root access to X.com? The best use cases for Grok are going to be in advertising. Corporations that pay X.com a lot of money will get privileged access to Grok features for sentiment analysis and ad placement. Basically, the AI is going to optimize advertising revenue because real-time access to data will allow advertisers to optimize their targeting as quickly as Grok can manage to summarize the relevant metrics for impact of the current ad campaign. Advertising agencies are not dumb so I suspect they will start pivoting to using generative assets for their A/B testing and optimization which means that something like Grok with the proper generative plug-ins will let them do a lot more with a smaller team of marketing "creatives".
simonw 3y ago
Have they said anything yet about how they plan to compensate for Twitter being full of stuff that isn't true?
- ilikehurdles 3y ago
  What social media isn't? Seriously? X's Community Notes have been a great improvement in that dimension.
  - Tao3300 3y ago
    > What social media isn't? You could ask "which turd sandwiches don't taste like shit?" when really, the question isn't "where are the better turd sandwiches?" but rather "why the hell are we eating turd sandwiches?"
- Tao3300 3y ago
  Yeah, real time knowledge sounds more like a bug than a feature. "Real time knowledge" is what I get when my sons come to me yelling about which one of them is to blame for the fight they were just in.

This is what they say in their announcement of Grok: > A unique and fundamental advantage of Grok is that it has real-time knowledge of the world via the 𝕏 platform. You disagree with that?

empath-nirvana 3y ago

Chatgpt has done internet searches in responses for a while now.

Imnimo 3y ago

I would disagree that that constitutes a "fundamental advantage"

riku_iki 3y ago
"knowledge" is also disputable.
- haltist 3y ago
  Unlike religion which is indisputable.

dragonwriter 3y ago

It's technically unique since the kind of access it has to X is obviously proprietary. It's not a fundamental advantage for most AI model uses or a particularly good source of knowledge of the world.

tomcam 3y ago
What is a particularly good source of knowledge of the world?
- Tao3300 3y ago
  Something that's not Twitter.
  - tomcam 3y ago
    Such as…?
    - Tao3300 3y ago
      You're missing the point. I can identify a pile of crap without leaving my own next to it.

haltist 3y ago

Ask it for the latest news on Hamas and Israel. What does Grok say about it using its root access to X.com? The best use cases for Grok are going to be in advertising. Corporations that pay X.com a lot of money will get privileged access to Grok features for sentiment analysis and ad placement. Basically, the AI is going to optimize advertising revenue because real-time access to data will allow advertisers to optimize their targeting as quickly as Grok can manage to summarize the relevant metrics for impact of the current ad campaign. Advertising agencies are not dumb so I suspect they will start pivoting to using generative assets for their A/B testing and optimization which means that something like Grok with the proper generative plug-ins will let them do a lot more with a smaller team of marketing "creatives".

simonw 3y ago

Have they said anything yet about how they plan to compensate for Twitter being full of stuff that isn't true?

ilikehurdles 3y ago
What social media isn't? Seriously? X's Community Notes have been a great improvement in that dimension.
- Tao3300 3y ago
  > What social media isn't? You could ask "which turd sandwiches don't taste like shit?" when really, the question isn't "where are the better turd sandwiches?" but rather "why the hell are we eating turd sandwiches?"
Tao3300 3y ago
Yeah, real time knowledge sounds more like a bug than a feature. "Real time knowledge" is what I get when my sons come to me yelling about which one of them is to blame for the fight they were just in.