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Re:Grok3 Launch by nhod on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @12:48AM (#43086457)
I'm not sure what you mean here? Musk has a history of doing both incredibly useful and cool things, and also incredibly dumb, cruel, and for some people even terrible things. That context should be part of any clear thinking around him. He does not get a clean slate in every new discussion of him.

There are widespread, legitimate concerns about what kind of person Elon Musk is turning out to be. There is a lot of chatter about fears of China's AI rise, but what happens if we get Elon's brand of cruelty and lack of empathy in an authoritarian superintelligent AI ? Is that the AI future we want? Can you imagine an SAI with real power that interacts with people like Elon does on Twitter? I am not sure that is a future I want to live in.

Re:Grok3 Launch by Rover222 on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @01:10AM (#43086567)
We’re trying to talk about the capabilities of Grok and you can only focus on Musk. That’s what I’m talking about.
Re:Grok3 Launch by spiderfarmer on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @02:36AM (#43086997)
Don’t defend a persona over substance. His concerns are valid and relevant to the discussion.
Re:Grok3 Launch by FranzFerdiNaN on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @03:21AM (#43087270)
You cant see this separate from Musk. Musk isnt a business as usual type.
Re:Grok3 Launch by notfromhere on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @03:11AM (#43087209)
It’s relevant to the subject since he owns it.
Re:Grok3 Launch by nozzlegear on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @09:51AM (#43090130)
There would be no Grok without Musk, any discussion of Grok is going to involve discussion of Musk as well.