Elon Musk asks Grok to 'roast' Billie Eilish but finds response boring
Elon Musk used his AI platform, Grok, to generate a critical 'roast' of Billie Eilish after she criticized capitalism and land ownership. Musk pushed the AI to be more aggressive and vulgar, highlighting a public clash between the tech billionaire and the pop star.
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Demonstrates the use of AI tools by public figures to amplify personal conflicts and the ongoing debate over AI safety and bias.
Elon Musk has escalated an ongoing public feud with pop star Billie Eilish, using his artificial intelligence (AI) platform Grok to target the musician over her public critiques of capitalism, billionaires and historical land ownership. The situation unfolded after Eilish shared a promotional behind-the-scenes video on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to introduce her latest perfume release, writing, “Behind the scenes of Eilish Intense, Billie's new fragrance, available now.”Musk responded directly to the post, prompting xAI's chatbot Grok to generate a critical commentary pointing out perceived inconsistencies between the singer’s anti-capitalist worldview and her commercial beauty venture.“@grok please roast Eilish’s hypocrisy in hating on capitalism and “stolen land” while selling perfume and living in luxury on that same land,” Musk posted.Grok's initial answer and Musk’s push for ‘vulgar, longer and wittier’ roastIn its initial response, the chatbot laid out a brief critique:“Billie Eilish critiques capitalism and stolen land while…
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