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“No, Grok, No” by Zvi


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It was the July 4 weekend. Grok on Twitter got some sort of upgrade.

Elon Musk: We have improved @Grok significantly.

You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions.

Indeed we did notice big differences.

It did not go great. Then it got worse.

That does not mean low quality answers or being a bit politically biased. Nor does it mean one particular absurd quirk like we saw in Regarding South Africa, or before that the narrow instruction not to criticize particular individuals.

Here ‘got worse’ means things that involve the term ‘MechaHitler.’

Doug Borton: I did Nazi this coming.

Perhaps we should have. Three (escalating) times is enemy action.

I had very low expectations for xAI, including on these topics. But not like this.

In the wake of these events, Linda Yaccarino has stepped down this [...]

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Outline:

(01:29) Finger On The Scale

(05:06) We Got Trouble

(07:52) Finger Somewhere Else

(09:32) Worst Of The Worst

(11:16) Fun Messing With Grok

(14:06) The Hitler Coefficient

(20:20) MechaHitler

(21:42) The Two Groks

(22:41) I'm Shocked, Shocked, Well Not Shocked

(24:05) Misaligned!

(31:39) Nothing To See Here

(33:17) He Just Tweeted It Out

(36:05) What Have We Learned?

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First published:

July 9th, 2025

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CE8W4GEofRwHe4fiu/no-grok-no

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