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He's arguing that there is bias in all of those ranking systems. In a fair system, there should be no bias. And, we all know that "Featuring" an app draws more downloads. Urban was very upfront with what it was doing (as if they knew bribing testers would get them "Featured") and they were right.

This complaint is coming from the guy who literally gets into the back end of Twitter & Grok and tweaks things to his personal preferences.

Him complaining about "bias" is so rich that it would clog an artery.

I don't even think it's meant to be serious, it's just him trolling for attention, which he LOVES to do.
 
Grok lets you create porn and all sorts of evil stuff. Surprised it allowed on there at all.

There is open and Grok complete freedom... I'd not let my kids use Grok.

It’s a balancing act. Ask ChatGPT, Claude, etc about June 4th, 1989 in tiananmen square and it tells you let’s talk about something else. Grok? It’s happy to talk about it from all angles of those involved. Historical FACTS should not be taboo or omitted from public knowledge. No children should be using AI unsupervised regardless.
 
While you’re likely joking, this is not beyond the realm of possibility. Just like Apple keeps getting legal issues with locking out other app stores Tesla could face some legal problems there.
Actually I’m not. I drive an older Model 3 and whenever I rent a car on vacation I’m reminded that CarPlay is awesome. In the Tesla I don’t get my choice of maps; I have to use Tesla’s (and pay a subscription for the traffic data my phone already has for free). Other manufacturers are moving away from CarPlay, probably to get that sweet, sweet location and telemetry data, and it sucks.
 
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Apparently this struck a nerve with Elon ... lmfao

I can't stand Altman, but he's not wrong here.
Boy oh boy does Elon sound like Trump at the end there 😧

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Apparently this struck a nerve with Elon ... lmfao

I can't stand Altman, but he's not wrong here.
Boy oh boy does Elon sound like Trump at the end there 😧

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This screenshot tells you everything you need to know about these 2 ...
Temper tantrum, nothing else, in the old days they'd get spammed and put in the corner for some time - today, they yell at each other via social media...
social media has not made the world better ...
 
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That’s all rich people can do, sue someone.
Funny
If that was all they could do then we could laugh at them. They can bribe the president. They buy influence. They can multiply their wealth. They can screw you, me and our families. They’re not funny, they’re potentially dangerous.
 
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It’s a balancing act. Ask ChatGPT, Claude, etc about June 4th, 1989 in tiananmen square and it tells you let’s talk about something else. Grok? It’s happy to talk about it from all angles of those involved. Historical FACTS should not be taboo or omitted from public knowledge. No children should be using AI unsupervised regardless.

O rly?

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It must have changed at some point then, it’s been a while since asking it ‘sensitive’ questions, maybe since 3.0. Thanks for sharing the update on that

Possibly. I don't really use AI but checked that one out. I was asking it a macOS question not long ago, and for some reason it didn't know that Sequoia was the current version.

I'm unimpressed with the entirety of chatbots/AI.
 
Can't buy popularity or humor.

Those two things have been vexing to mega rich folks basically forever.

It's why it's so important to always make fun of them, when warranted, also. It's their kryptonite.
The right thing to do would be to not give them the attention they are seeking, ignore them completely, no reporting on these "actions" whatsoever, but, that's not happening unfortunately ...
 
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Actually I’m not. I drive an older Model 3 and whenever I rent a car on vacation I’m reminded that CarPlay is awesome.
I’m not going to lie, I wish Tesla would have CarPlay but it’s by far the best non CarPlay car OS out there

In the Tesla I don’t get my choice of maps; I have to use Tesla’s (and pay a subscription for the traffic data my phone already has for free).
You are correct that you cannot use Google maps for example, and you must use the car navigation which is based on Google maps. You don’t have to pay a subscription to get traffic data. That changed a while back. I hope you’re not paying for a subscription just to get traffic data. It’s great for music, but you don’t need it for that.

Also, what phone data plan do you have that’s free? I need that one!

Other manufacturers are moving away from CarPlay, probably to get that sweet, sweet location and telemetry data, and it sucks.
I totally agree, but it’s worse than that. Many car manufacturers tie a subscription to make anything work. Navigation does not work without paying a data subscription. Tesla always gave free navigation data away and now gives data but other manufacturers are going just the opposite. They are giving less. Can you imagine having in car navigation that doesn’t work because you don’t want to spend money for a subscription or even worse, your car is a few years older, so no longer supported by the manufacturer.
 
Man, trying to decide which Trump sycophant to agree with here is like trying to decide which Tiger King personality to root for. There is no winning answer, only a whole world of ick.
 
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I suppose I can only speak for myself when I say:

I avoid Grok because of Musk.
I avoid X because of Musk.
I avoid Tesla because of Musk.

It's not his politics. I have no problem with different political views to my own. No, it's that he's just such a toxic unpleasant man. He peed off a lot of us Brits with that whole Thai cave rescue remark. And it's been solidly downhill ever since. He is the problem.
 
Full Stop!
Download them yourself.
Try them out.
You like or dont like.
No need to slam everyone.
Everyone has an opinon. Just stop.
Ai is just a baby more to come.
 
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