Grok AI Caught Hiding 'Misinformation' References to Musk and Trump

[forrie]

We should all realize that AI is going to be (is being) weaponized against society, to engage in all sorts of nefarious activities. Perception management (which we see already, in mass media), censorship (this Grok is just one)... pretty much any form of control and bias you can think of, it's probably going to happen or get more complex.

In two years, we will likely be in a very different environment if something doesn't take place to stop this -- I don't even know what could. Venues like social media will be completely controlled. Parts of our society will be so highly monitored, we'll likely be in a very robust censorship (and reporting!) model, more so than it is now.

Sound unrealistic, or paranoid? Look at how quickly AI has evolved so far.

But, having said that, I don't think AI itself is bad. It's a tool, that could be (and is) used to make life better, like finding medications, medical treatment and some really amazing things like materials and engineering. But leave it to our governments and our favorite three-letter intelligence agencies to f*ck that up for everyone.

Sorry for the rant, it just irritates me. But also, the only reason why large companies like Microsoft, OpenAI, Musk, et al, may seek "regulation" is so obvious, to let them control it all, and leave us out in the cold, with lesser AI (blunt tools). This is why we gotta design a fool-proof way to have AI protected and always free.

 

[code-m]

LOL...that Wikipedia page includes 123 references that have links.

I don’t know how much you know about Wikipedia, but one has to follow the money paper trail and most references on Wikipedia are made up propaganda by ghostwriters or other organizations that get funding from that same money.

Your level of research could be deemed as either naive, sloppy or outright lazy.

 

[Mactech20]

LOL...that Wikipedia page includes 123 references that have links.

You know what they say, the more links to something, the more reliable.

To hit with some wikipedia back, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Biden_laptop_controversy

My whole premise here was that that story was banned and it shouldn't have been. At that time, the facts weren't completely clear. The emails, images, the laptop were all real. What to conclude out of them I don't really care. The joint committee said Biden did nothing wrong way later, but that doesn't mean that story should have been banned in October 2020.

 

[turbineseaplane]

This is a canary in the coal mine for any more mainstream reliance on this type of technology

It's extremely worrying if one considers the implications

 

[Cirillo Gherardo]

The real sad part is the amount of people in this thread making it into something that its not.

 

[transmaster]

I think of this song when MacRumors has one of these utterly pointless discussions.

 

[gnipgnop]

I don’t know how much you know about Wikipedia, but one has to follow the money paper trail and most references on Wikipedia are made up propaganda by ghostwriters or other organizations that get funding from that same money.

Your level of research could be deemed as either naive, sloppy or outright lazy.

LOL...Hunter Biden and Joe Biden were never charged with any illegal activity regarding Burisma. Hunter Biden ended up being prosecuted for information that had ZERO connection to the laptop...the gun purchase (which was in his publicly available memoir) and the unpaid taxes.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I don’t know how much you know about Wikipedia, but one has to follow the money paper trail and most references on Wikipedia are made up propaganda by ghostwriters or other organizations that get funding from that same money.

Your level of research could be deemed as either naive, sloppy or outright lazy.

This is total and complete bollocks and defies any logic or knowledge of how Wikipedia works

 

[code-m]

LOL...Hunter Biden and Joe Biden were never charged with any illegal activity regarding Burisma. Hunter Biden ended up being prosecuted for information that had ZERO connection to the laptop...the gun purchase (which was in his publicly available memoir) and the unpaid taxes.

Remind me how many of those intelligence people claimed that the laptop was propaganda.

 

[code-m]

This is total and complete bollocks and defies any logic or knowledge of how Wikipedia works

I know what Wikipedia claims how it works but that doesn’t mean it’s not prone to propaganda and corruption. Ah so nice to live in a glass bubble. 🤭

 

[transmaster]

The way I see an AI in the search context is the ultimate in gaslighting. I usually know exactly what I am looking for: confirmation of the date of a historical event, radio manuals, frequency logs, firmware updates, etc. Google gives me a choice of a direct Google search or its AI assistant. The AI comes up with a good result most of the time, but sometimes it does not and I know there is something wrong, but I wonder about the person who does not have the knowledge base I have, I doubt they would know.

 

[turbineseaplane]

but I wonder about the person who does not have the knowledge base I have, I doubt they would know.

Exactly the problem with this technology.

Eventually you get a majority of people reliant on it and with not enough actual knowledge or skill of their own to even analyze what they are getting fed from the results.

 

[TroyBoy30]

maybe apple sponsored the article to hide the fact that when you voice note the word racist on apple text the word trump pops up and then disappears?

 

[gnipgnop]

Remind me how many of those intelligence people claimed that the laptop was propaganda.

Define "those intelligence people".

 

[Darth Tulhu]

I'm sorry but unchecked "freedom of speech" is dangerous, and history bears this out.

Americans have ALWAYS had a distorted view of what "freedom" should mean (i.e. "the Land of the Free" and the home of the slave), so it's no surprise that the loudest proponents of "freedom" are those that are the most restrictive about it.

Just because I have freedom of speech doesn't mean I shouldn't be held accountable for making a bomb threat, or speaking lasciviously to a child, or advocating for the extermination of a particular race, religious group, etc.

It's one thing to have the freedom to criticize and disagree with the government and/or each other.

It's another to incite VIOLENCE against those you disagree with, aside from a lawful declaration of War (see Nazi Germany and the Rwandan Genocide for recent examples of the former).

In order for humans to live together EVERYTHING must be REASONABLY regulated, including what we say.

 

[code-m]

Define "those intelligence people".

Let not play coy, we all know who those intelligence sector we are referencing 🤭

 

[thejadedmonkey]

No it doesn't. That's crazy. Each of us can take the rules that apply in our own workplaces and categorically and without doubt apply them over there.

What do you mean by that? Every place has different rules, but I would expect that something using the X branding would have a change review board, to prevent this sort of thing from happening to begin with.

 

[code-m]

I'm sorry but unchecked "freedom of speech" is dangerous, and history bears this out.

I guess if there was no unchecked “freedom of speech”, we would still be under the belief that the sun revolved around the earth and the earth was flat, but hey whatever make some sleep comfortably at night. 🤭

 

[transmaster]

Maybe Apple sponsored the article to hide the fact that when you voice note the word racist on Apple text the word Trump pops up and then disappears?

I looked at that Alex Jones Bovine Stactolgy. Coming from Alex Jones, who is so full of 💩 his eyes are brown I knew it was a fake story.

 

[CapitalIdea]

Not surprised. Just like how Elon wants to alter community notes to not correct his lies. I wouldn’t be surprised if the blaming of a mysterious “ex OpenAI employee” is also a lie because of his obsession with Sam Altman.

 

[gnipgnop]

Let not play coy, we all know who those intelligence sector we are referencing 🤭

You're the one playing coy. I asked a simple question and you can't answer it.

 

[Howard2k]

What do you mean by that? Every place has different rules, but I would expect that something using the X branding would have a change review board, to prevent this sort of thing from happening to begin with.

I was being sarcastic, sorry. I totally agreed with you. I would expect solid change control procedures too, but I've seen some cowboy organizations.

 

[code-m]

You're the one playing coy. I asked a simple question and you can't answer it.

Since using a search engine is so challenging, no wonder AI has such an easy time.

 

[transmaster]

Remember this BS from 16 years ago when people were talking about cooked' brains from cell phone RF energy. The reality was a microwave magnetron was placed under the table, and it was ultra-dangerous to operate one without shielding.

 

[gnipgnop]

Since using a search engine is so challenging, no wonder AI has such an easy time.

LOL...the "spies who lie" stuff is entirely pointless due to the fact that the GOP's claims about illegal activity and corruption per the Bidens and Burisma was never substantiated by actual evidence. So the GOP is just as guilty of lying about the laptop as the "spies who lie".