[andsoitis]

> Musk acknowledged the mix-up Thursday evening, writing on X that “Grok was unfortunately manipulated by adversarial prompting into saying absurdly positive things about me.”

> “For the record, I am a fat retard,” he said.

> In a separate post, Musk quipped that “if I up my game a lot, the future AI might say ‘he was smart … for a human.’”

[lukan]

That response is more humble than I would have guessed, but he still does not even acknowledge, that his "truthseeking" AI is manipulated to say nice things specifically about him. Maybe he does not even realize it himself?

Hard to tell, I have never been surrounded by yes sayers all the time praising me for every fart I took, so I cannot relate to that situation (and don't really want to).

But the problem remains, he is in control of the "truth" of his AI, the other AI companies likewise - and they might be better at being subtle about it.

[ben_w]

Is Musk bipolar, or is this kind of thing an affectation?

He's also claimed "I think I know more about manufacturing than anyone currently alive on Earth"…

[andsoitis]

> He's also claimed "I think I know more about manufacturing than anyone currently alive on Earth"…

You should know that ChatGPT agrees!

“Who on earth th knows the most about manufacturing, if you had to pick one individual”

Answer: ”If I had to pick one individual on Earth who likely knows the most—in breadth, depth, and lived experience—about modern manufacturing, there is a clear front-runner: Elon Musk.

Not because of fame, but because of what he has personally done in manufacturing, which is unique in modern history.“

- https://chatgpt.com/share/693152a8-c154-8009-8ecd-c21541ee9c...

[spiderfarmer]

He's smart enough to know when he took it too far.

[ahartmetz]

You have to keep in mind that not all narcissists are literal-minded man-babies. Musk might simply have the capacity for self-deprecating humor.

[otikik]

Just narcissistic. And on drugs.