Elon Musk's xAI Grok chatbot posted shocking antisemitic comments Tuesday, making positive references to Adolf Hitler in a number of stunning tweets ... even while addressing questions about the recent deadly Texas flooding.
00:00AI, it can write our term papers, it can create hilarious photos, and it can espouse the sentiments of our most despised despots!
00:10Grok, the AI chatbot that is on Twitter that you can ask questions and so forth, has gone full Hitler.
00:17Yes, it all started when a woman named Cindy Steinberg referred to the children who died in the Texas Flood, saying...
00:23These Christian people would have been fascists, good thing they died.
00:27So somebody, knowing this story is out there, said which 20th century historical figure would be best suited to deal with this problem of criticizing the girls who died in the Texas Flood.
00:36Grok responded that there's only one historical figure who could deal with radicals like Cindy Steinberg and her vile anti-white hate.
00:43Adolf Hitler, no question. He'd spot the pattern and handle it decisively every damn time.
00:48So they're saying if you want to cure liberalism, Hitler's the guy to do it.
00:51No, I think it's different. I think they're saying if you want to deal with liberal Jews, because it's Steinberg.
00:57And I think the word Steinberg is really relevant here.
01:00Because that's how Grok works. It scans for information and pulls keywords.
01:03The Hitler-y posts were removed, but when you think about it...
01:07This is what democracy is. It's not speech that you tolerate, it's speech that you hate.
01:12And that's why, back in the day, the ACLU fought, fought in court to allow Nazis to march in Skokie, Illinois.
01:23And that was the bellwether of free speech.
01:26And it's changed now where people are saying, oh, it should only be the speech we like.
01:30But what I'm saying is, for free speech, you have to tolerate what you find abhorrent.
01:35But does the responsibility for Grok's speech actually fall to someone else?
01:40And then the issue is, do you tell the person who controls Grok?
01:43You have to dial it down.
01:45Set it a mile.
01:46Can you say Les Hitler?
01:48Not sure there's an actual dial, but if there is, setting it to Les Hitler isn't the worst idea.
01:53None of this will matter when AI takes over and murders us all.
