“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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On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 19:33:48 +1200, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:

=93I 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=92d say, almost >certainly. So, like, just let that sink in.=94 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?
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Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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On 7/12/2025 8:31 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 19:33:48 +1200, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> 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?

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dirty old man.

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On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 09:56:43 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 7/12/2025 8:31 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 19:33:48 +1200, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
=20

=93I 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=92d say, =

almost

certainly. So, like, just let that sink in.=94 Elon Musk. July 2025.

=20
If I understand the headlines, Grok has most recently discovered a
great love of a certain Adolf.
=20
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.
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Reply-To: sb.nospam@belgacom.net

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.

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Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> 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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