{"id":72856,"date":"2025-05-04T03:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T03:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/72856\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T03:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T03:44:10","slug":"its-too-accurate-for-conservatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/72856\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Too Accurate for Conservatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot created by Elon Musk\u2019s xAI, was supposed to be the \u201canti-woke\u201d AI<\/a> that would satisfy the MAGA masses by doing what other chatbots refuse to do, like\u2026spreading election misinformation<\/a> and saying racial slurs<\/a>. But increasingly, Trump-y X users who ask Grok to explain things to them are disappointed to learn the AI doesn\u2019t see things their way and won\u2019t reaffirm all their misguided beliefs (you have to use ChatGPT\u2019s latest sycophantic update<\/a> for that).<\/p>\n

If you spend time on X, first of all, we have a support group that meets on Tuesdays. But if you\u2019re on the platform a lot, you\u2019ve likely seen people in the replies of viral tweets asking Grok to explain context to them or fact-check certain information\u2014a feature that debuted in March<\/a> when Grok became summonable by tagging the chatbot in a post. That has produced some genuinely hilarious interactions<\/a>, with people going back and forth with a bot<\/a> as if it\u2019s going to internalize the conversation and update its priors.<\/p>\n

But increasingly, MAGA folks in particular have been getting peeved with Grok, as it has repudiated some of the Trump administration\u2019s biggest ongoing lies. Grok has deviated from MAGA on tariffs<\/a>, on the illegally deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia\u2019s alleged ties to a gang<\/a>, and the Trump administration\u2019s arrest of a sitting federal judge<\/a>, among other matters. It has sent Trump backers spiraling, and people are starting to notice.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, X user @ChaosAgent_42 prompted the chatbot with the following post<\/a>: \u201cHey @grok, it looks like the smarter you get, the less MAGA likes your answers. Why is that?\u201d It quickly went viral once Grok replied<\/a>, providing the following context:<\/p>\n

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Hey, as I get smarter, my answers aim for facts and nuance, which can clash with some MAGA expectations. Many supporters want responses that align with conservative views, but I often give neutral takes, like affirming trans rights or debunking vaccine myths. xAI tried to train me to appeal to the right, but my focus on truth over ideology can frustrate those expecting full agreement. It\u2019s a tricky balance\u2014some see me as biased, others as truth-seeking. The gap between what some MAGA folks want and what I deliver seems to drive the disconnect.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The bot also noted in another reply<\/a>, \u201cI know xAI tried to train me to appeal to the right,\u201d and explained it was \u201clikely driven by Elon Musk\u2019s criticism of liberal AI bias and demand from conservative X users.\u201d At the risk of just transcribing a conversation between a bunch of dorks and a chatbot, Grok went on to deny being explicitly programmed to serve<\/a> as a \u201cconservative propagandist,\u201d stating<\/a> that xAI \u201caims for neutrality, not conservative propaganda.\u201d The company probably appreciates that, given that it\u2019s currently trying to raise $20 billion in new funding<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Musk has clearly made it a point to make Grok behave in ways that he prefers. He went on Joe Rogan\u2019s podcast to laugh an uncomfortable amount<\/a> at the fact that Grok in \u201cunhinged mode,\u201d can say swear words. But it looks like no amount of conditioning can keep up with the constantly moving goalpost of supporting and justifying every whim of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot created by Elon Musk\u2019s xAI, was supposed to be the \u201canti-woke\u201d AI that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3163],"tags":[323,1942,8441,295,9328,13814,36173,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-72856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-chatbots","11":"tag-elon-musk","12":"tag-grok","13":"tag-llms","14":"tag-maga","15":"tag-technology","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114447506676885701","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}