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by Amorymeltzer 955 days ago
Elon says[1] the AI assistant will be part of X premium for $16/month.

More importantly:

>Grok is an AI modeled after the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, so intended to answer almost anything and, far harder, even suggest what questions to ask!

I'm a big fan of both, but using a Robert Heinlein word to name something you say is based on a Douglas Adams idea is weird.

1: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1720839331365929290

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He's that guy in your group who makes references to things he doesn't actually understand. This is the same guy that said the Cybertruck is what "Bladerunner" would drive. There is no such character named Bladerunner, his name is Deckard.
> I'm a big fan of both, but using a Robert Heinlein word to name something you say is based on a Douglas Adams idea is weird.

This doesn't have anything to do with your point. It's just that I see people call things "weird" all the time on this forum. The way you've framed it comes off as a criticism, but is something being weird a bad thing?

If it doesn't make sense, then ... yes.
Hallucinating what questions to ask is far easier than answering correctly and definitively in my opinion.