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  • AI (Grok) Creating New Technologies.

    From Titus G@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 12 19:33:48 2025
    “I think it may discover new technologies as soon as later this year,
    and I would be shocked if it has not done so next year. I would expect
    Grok to, yeah, literally discover new technologies that are actually
    useful no later than next year, and maybe end of this year, and it might discover new physics next year, and within two years, I’d say, almost certainly. So, like, just let that sink in.” Elon Musk. July 2025.

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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to Titus G on Sat Jul 12 08:31:17 2025
    On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 19:33:48 +1200, Titus G <[email protected]> wrote:

    �I think it may discover new technologies as soon as later this year,
    and I would be shocked if it has not done so next year. I would expect
    Grok to, yeah, literally discover new technologies that are actually
    useful no later than next year, and maybe end of this year, and it might >discover new physics next year, and within two years, I�d say, almost >certainly. So, like, just let that sink in.� Elon Musk. July 2025.

    If I understand the headlines, Grok has most recently discovered a
    great love of a certain Adolf.

    Or has that been corrected?
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Paul S Person on Sat Jul 12 09:56:43 2025
    On 7/12/2025 8:31 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 19:33:48 +1200, Titus G <[email protected]> wrote:

    “I think it may discover new technologies as soon as later this year,
    and I would be shocked if it has not done so next year. I would expect
    Grok to, yeah, literally discover new technologies that are actually
    useful no later than next year, and maybe end of this year, and it might
    discover new physics next year, and within two years, I’d say, almost
    certainly. So, like, just let that sink in.” Elon Musk. July 2025.

    If I understand the headlines, Grok has most recently discovered a
    great love of a certain Adolf.

    Or has that been corrected?

    It's gotten worse. Apparently now it uses Musk quotes as primary sources.

    And hasn't Elon previously predicted he'd have colonists on Mars by now?

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jul 15 11:44:03 2025
    On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 09:56:43 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 7/12/2025 8:31 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 19:33:48 +1200, Titus G <[email protected]> wrote:

    �I think it may discover new technologies as soon as later this year,
    and I would be shocked if it has not done so next year. I would expect
    Grok to, yeah, literally discover new technologies that are actually
    useful no later than next year, and maybe end of this year, and it might >>> discover new physics next year, and within two years, I�d say, almost
    certainly. So, like, just let that sink in.� Elon Musk. July 2025.

    If I understand the headlines, Grok has most recently discovered a
    great love of a certain Adolf.

    Or has that been corrected?

    It's gotten worse. Apparently now it uses Musk quotes as primary sources.

    And hasn't Elon previously predicted he'd have colonists on Mars by now?

    Well, that's one way to keep it from embarassing its owner.

    I don't pay a lot of attention to AI. I ... tolerate it ... in
    programs where it cannot be removed but I remove it when possible.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From s|b@21:1/5 to Titus G on Tue Jul 15 21:51:42 2025
    On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 19:33:48 +1200, Titus G wrote:

    “I think it may discover new technologies as soon as later this year,
    and I would be shocked if it has not done so next year. I would expect
    Grok to, yeah, literally discover new technologies that are actually
    useful no later than next year, and maybe end of this year, and it might discover new physics next year, and within two years, I’d say, almost certainly. So, like, just let that sink in.” Elon Musk. July 2025.

    Musk, that's that fascist with the chainsaw, isn't it? He also boasted
    that Teslas could drive by themselves while they were (are?) still
    crashing. Very good chance he's exaggerating again.

    --
    s|b

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  • From Stefan Ram@21:1/5 to Titus G on Wed Jul 16 13:56:41 2025
    Titus G <[email protected]> wrote or quoted:
    "I think it may discover new technologies as soon as later this year,
    and I would be shocked if it has not done so next year. I would expect
    Grok to, yeah, literally discover new technologies that are actually
    useful no later than next year, and maybe end of this year, and it might >discover new physics next year, and within two years, I'd say, almost >certainly. So, like, just let that sink in." Elon Musk. July 2025.

    Sometimes I catch myself thinking the same way. I've got a
    few personal projects I mess around with in my free time -
    mostly little programs I've started building. I've kicked off
    a bunch of them, but they're all sitting at like 20 percent.
    - One of them's a text formatter.

    Then I'll read some thread where folks are arguing about
    how to format text and I'll find myself thinking, "Hey,
    why isn't everyone just using /my/ formatter? It handles
    all that stuff way better!" At that point I get the itch to
    jump in and drop a link to it. But that's when it hits me -
    "Wait, that thing's not even close to done yet!".

    Honestly, I might never actually finish any of these side
    projects. Getting something built out enough that it's
    really useful to other people? That's a whole different
    skill set, and I'm not sure I've got it . . .

    Feels like you end up borrowing against your future self,
    expecting you'll build it all out someday - and sometimes
    the math just doesn't add up.

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