Grok, it is not the same thing to throw bricks at people’s houses and to shoot bricks during a basketball game.
Klay Thompson, the guard for the Golden State Warriors, had a poor performance last night, shooting 0 for 10 in a loss to the Sacramento Kings. As a result, the Warriors’ prospects of entering the NBA playoffs were eliminated. But then, almost as if to add insult to injury, X’s artificial intelligence bot Grok fabricated a trending report alleging that Thompson was vandalizing homes in the vicinity with bricks.
Given the current state of affairs, even casual basketball fans might be able to recognize what went wrong. However, Grok is not very intelligent because it appears that after viewing user posts about a player merely missing a number of shots (also known as shooting bricks), the bot took things literally, which resulted in a report that was entirely fabricated by artificial intelligence.
Grok initially wrote, “In a bizarre turn of events, NBA star Klay Thompson has been accused of vandalizing multiple houses with bricks in Sacramento.” These words were written in the case that Elon Musk decides to alter or delete this fiction, which was the fifth most popular story at the time of this writing. As a result of multiple people reporting that their homes had been damaged, including having windows destroyed by bricks, the authorities are conducting an investigation into the claims. There has been no statement given by Klay Thompson in response to the allegations as of yet. Despite the fact that the episodes have left the neighborhood scared, there have been no reports of injuries. There is still a lack of clarity regarding the nature of the alleged vandalism. In a humorous turn of events, Grok went on and published some gibberish despite the fact that he had pointed out the peculiar character of the story.
To be fair, the following statement can be seen in the tiny print beneath the story: “Grok is an early feature and can make mistakes.” Take a look at its results.” However, it appears that even that warning was ineffective, as basketball fans started posting memes on the artificial intelligence with messages that sarcastically verified the fake statement that the AI had made.
Grok’s most recent gaffe may appear to the majority of people to be nothing more than one another instance of a continuing string of early AI tools making mistakes. This should serve as a caution to those individuals, such as Musk, who are of the opinion that artificial intelligence would surpass human intelligence by the end of the next year. However, this should also serve as a reminder that AI is still in dire need of frequent fact-checking.