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Genuine question: Why did you use `grok` in that context?
by rrr_oh_man 2y ago
Genuine question: Why did you use `grok` in that context?
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoYou're on a site named hacker news; why would you expect any other word there?
- threecheese 2y agoAre you also weirdly angry that Musk used the term for their “he has one so I also must have one” LLM? *Stole* the term? That’s a special word, and out of the mouth of anyone but Valentine Michael is obscenity.
- j-bos 2y agoUnder what contexts are you familiar with the term grok?
- EasyMark 2y agoor don't feel like using an online dictionary when it's quicker than typing a question especially when you take feedback time into consideration. I just don't grok why anyone would do that.
- rrr_oh_man 2y agoI feel that you didn’t take the time to understand the question and keyboard warriored an irritated response instead. Nonetheless, have a wonderful Sunday evening!
- loloquwowndueo 2y agoRule: whenever someone prefaces a question with “genuine question” it’s actually a troll. Also here you go: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok
- rrr_oh_man 2y ago> Rule: whenever someone prefaces a question with “genuine question” it’s actually a troll That’s a very cynical take.
- detaro 2y ago... in what other contexts would you use the word "grok"?
- rrr_oh_man 2y ago> ... in what other contexts would you use the word "grok"? My understanding: When complex knowledge is absorbed through deep immersion. I was surprised to see to grok as a synonym for (? a possibly very superficial flavour of) to understand. Would have loved to know why, from a linguistic perspective, GP used that word in this context.