Elon Musk releases Grok-2 AI image generator for edgelords

Finally you don't even have to go off platform to post fake news on Twitter.

Guess it’s appropriate that Musk should go from some sort of entrepreneurial tech guru who was going to save the planet to some right wing billionaire shitheel, steals “grok” from Heinlein, who went for sic-fi author darling to libertarian shitheel.

Look what I didn't make

I feel like generative AI is an indicator of a broader pattern of innovation in stagnation (shower thoughts here, I'm not bringing sources to this game).

I was just a little while ago wondering if there is an argument to be made that the innovations of the post-war period were far more radically and beneficially transformative to most people. Stuff like accessible dishwashers, home tools, better home refrigeration etc. I feel like now tech is just here to make things worse. I can't think of any upcoming or recent home tech product that I'm remotely excited about.

I've already seen people go absolutely fucking crazy with this - from people posting trans-supportive Muskrat pictures to people making fucked-up images with Nintendo/Disney characters, the utter lack of guardrails has led to predictable chaos.

Between the cost of running an LLM and the potential lawsuits this can unleash, part of me suspects this might end up being what ultimately does in Twitter.

I really wish we would stop calling shitty tech products (such as this) the invention of billionares like Elon Musk. He probably did jackshit during the development of this.

Is that Play-Doh baby on the right supposed to be Vance?

I’m still waiting for even one argument for the usefulness of AI image generation that isn’t fucked up. Just one.

Grok seems so support nudity and deepfakes too according to some news articles I’ve seen because of course nothing screams more free speech than plastering the face of your favorite actor or political opponent into a porn scene, so now let’s see how long it takes the first bluecheck fucker to try and create CSAM with it, because I suppose that’ll be the point when it gets too hot even for Elon.

I'd love to abuse this, but I refuse to use Twitter

Giving Elon an image generator is like giving a toddler a bucket of paint, both is guaranteed to mess up the house

Relevant meme

You have only begun to understand what us possible https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_s4C8ltL_04&pp=ygUQZ2hvc3QgYnJhaW4gbGl2ZQ%3D%3D

I'm glad the model doesn't have heavy censorship applied like some of the others.

You just know that if Elon wasn't trying to rehabilitate his whole "free speech" image, he'd have blocked anything that could criticize his views, while allowing everything that could criticize his opponents.