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Grok: Searching X for "From:Elonmusk (Israel or Palestine or Hamas or Gaza)"

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724 points simonw | 3 comments | 11 Jul 25 00:22 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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marcusb ◴[11 Jul 25 01:22 UTC] No.44527530[source]▶
This reminds me in a way of the old Noam Chomsky/Tucker Carlson exchange where Chomsky says to Carlson:

  "I’m sure you believe everything you’re saying. But what I’m saying is that if you believed something different, you wouldn’t be sitting where you’re sitting."
Simon may well be right - xAI might not have directly instructed Grok to check what the boss thinks before responding - but that's not to say xAI wouldn't be more likely to release a model that does agree with the boss a lot and privileges what he has said when reasoning.
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dupsik ◴[11 Jul 25 05:37 UTC] No.44528706[source]▶
That quote was not from a conversation with Tucker Carlson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nBx-37c3c8
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ZeroGravitas ◴[11 Jul 25 06:35 UTC] No.44528982[source]▶
Interestingly, someone said the same about Tucker Carlson's position on Fox News and it was Tucker Carlson, a few years before he got the job.

https://youtu.be/RNineSEoxjQ?t=7m50s

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LAC-Tech ◴[11 Jul 25 08:48 UTC] No.44529793[source]▶
Wasn't Tucker Carlson essentially kicked off of Fox for believing something different?
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sjsdaiuasgdia ◴[11 Jul 25 10:35 UTC] No.44530575[source]▶
There was the $787M lawsuit settlement Fox agreed to because of Carlson's content. That probably had a bit more to do with it.
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1. lesuorac ◴[11 Jul 25 16:23 UTC] No.44534044{4}[source]▶
The Dominion lawsuit was Hannity [1] not Carlson.

Carlson is much smarter and lets his guests actually make wild accusations while Carlson is "just asking questions".

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Hannity#2020_election

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2. dgeiser13 ◴[11 Jul 25 22:18 UTC] No.44537325[source]▶
You said Carlson twice.
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3. lesuorac ◴[11 Jul 25 22:56 UTC] No.44537618[source]▶
Now, I've said Carlson thrice!

Oh no! He's going to appear behind me.