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Do people really use Grok for anything outside of Twitter memes or understanding tweets? I'm asking out of genuine curiosity.

amarka 6mo ago
Ohh sure, its users use it for all sorts of things https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/elon-musks-xai-sued-for-turning-three-girls-real-photos-into-ai-csam/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/elon-musks-xai-s...
qingcharles 6mo ago
Yes, it is genuinely useful for some tasks. It doesn't nanny you as much as the other models. I do a lot of hunting for orphan copyright items that are decades out of print, but the primary models won't do it, chastising me for trying to find copyrighted items. Grok will do it [0]. [0] sometimes you need to lightly jailbreak it, or rerun the prompt, the non-deterministic nature means sometimes you will get a refusal
- rcpt 6mo ago
  I haven't been nannied in a long time. It was definitely a problem 2 years ago but now it seems all the models are ok with just about everything I want.
seanw444 6mo ago
Yes.
guluarte 6mo ago
I wonder how much of that comes from twitter training data. It is useful for memes and trends, but for other things is super bad.
- sroussey 6mo ago
  I tried it in Cursor and oh my. No thanks. I hid it after that.
vl 6mo ago
Grok has the most useful voice mode (ChatGPT voice mode is very dumb, grok seems to use same model as main chat), so if I want to use voice this is the AI I use. Also I use it for all uncomplicated topics because it gives precise short answers without fluff. Very refreshing.
sergiotapia 6mo ago
It's my go to for searches, DIY, personal finance, and more general slice of life AI. Once it is as good as Kimi K2.6 for coding, I will probably use Grok exclusively. It really is the best conversational AI I've used. It has helped me fix a broken fridge, and a broken electrical oven. Literally saved me at least $4k this year. Edit: Also saved me $600 because I did my taxes with it. H&R Block is cooked. Edit 2: Oh shit it is as smart as Kimi K2.6. Time to try it!
- swarnie 6mo ago
  How do you save money on taxes? The taxes you owe is a mathematical solve which is always the same....
  - adampunk 6mo ago
    in america you need to pay a preparer for your taxes because we hate poor people. The user is saying they don't need to pay a preparer because they used Grok. I didn't do that this year but I'll probably do it next year with a frontier model. US taxes are a perfect use case for AI, tbh.
  - sergiotapia 6mo ago
    deductions child credits points per paycheck proper setup and of course, avoiding to pay an accountant to set run all this if you are a normal w2 worker.
- sroussey 6mo ago
  Did you do legal filings with it after doing your taxes? Oh my.
  - sergiotapia 6mo ago
    what do you mean?
    - sroussey 6mo ago
      It was a joke about people relying on AI and it doing absolutely terrible things. Coding is an interesting area -- it can code, then compile to see if that part worked, then test to see if more worked. With taxes, it sets things up and the review phase is the IRS fining you.
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amarka 6mo ago

Ohh sure, its users use it for all sorts of things https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/elon-musks-xai-sued-for-turning-three-girls-real-photos-into-ai-csam/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/elon-musks-xai-s...

qingcharles 6mo ago

Yes, it is genuinely useful for some tasks. It doesn't nanny you as much as the other models. I do a lot of hunting for orphan copyright items that are decades out of print, but the primary models won't do it, chastising me for trying to find copyrighted items. Grok will do it [0]. [0] sometimes you need to lightly jailbreak it, or rerun the prompt, the non-deterministic nature means sometimes you will get a refusal

rcpt 6mo ago
I haven't been nannied in a long time. It was definitely a problem 2 years ago but now it seems all the models are ok with just about everything I want.

seanw444 6mo ago

Yes.

guluarte 6mo ago

I wonder how much of that comes from twitter training data. It is useful for memes and trends, but for other things is super bad.

sroussey 6mo ago
I tried it in Cursor and oh my. No thanks. I hid it after that.

vl 6mo ago

Grok has the most useful voice mode (ChatGPT voice mode is very dumb, grok seems to use same model as main chat), so if I want to use voice this is the AI I use. Also I use it for all uncomplicated topics because it gives precise short answers without fluff. Very refreshing.

sergiotapia 6mo ago

It's my go to for searches, DIY, personal finance, and more general slice of life AI. Once it is as good as Kimi K2.6 for coding, I will probably use Grok exclusively. It really is the best conversational AI I've used. It has helped me fix a broken fridge, and a broken electrical oven. Literally saved me at least $4k this year. Edit: Also saved me $600 because I did my taxes with it. H&R Block is cooked. Edit 2: Oh shit it is as smart as Kimi K2.6. Time to try it!

swarnie 6mo ago
How do you save money on taxes? The taxes you owe is a mathematical solve which is always the same....
- adampunk 6mo ago
  in america you need to pay a preparer for your taxes because we hate poor people. The user is saying they don't need to pay a preparer because they used Grok. I didn't do that this year but I'll probably do it next year with a frontier model. US taxes are a perfect use case for AI, tbh.
- sergiotapia 6mo ago
  deductions child credits points per paycheck proper setup and of course, avoiding to pay an accountant to set run all this if you are a normal w2 worker.
sroussey 6mo ago
Did you do legal filings with it after doing your taxes? Oh my.
- sergiotapia 6mo ago
  what do you mean?
  - sroussey 6mo ago
    It was a joke about people relying on AI and it doing absolutely terrible things. Coding is an interesting area -- it can code, then compile to see if that part worked, then test to see if more worked. With taxes, it sets things up and the review phase is the IRS fining you.

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