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The rivalry between Elon Musk’s newly unveiled artificial intelligence system Grok and OpenAI’s ChatGPT took a humorous turn when Musk engaged in a digital spat with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The exchange took place on social media platform X, where Altman, in a cheeky post, compared Grok’s style of comedy to that of a grandpa, making jokes reminiscent of “your dad’s dad.”
Musk, never one to shy away from a fight, responded in characteristic fashion. He claimed that Grok made up his answer and started with a rhyming beat, calling GPT-4 “GPT-Snore” and jokingly comparing it to “a hatch on a submarine”. However, the joke quickly turned into a more offensive tone, with Grok stating that OpenAI censors humor, claiming that GPT-4 can’t tell a joke even with an instruction manual. The AI-generated insult ended with a colorful statement about GPT-4 that “sticks so high it can taste skin!”
Altman-Musk conflict, while lacking the subtlety of historic Silicon Valley feuds like Gates vs. Jobs. It adds a bit of whimsy to the ongoing narrative of AI advancements. Both Altman and Musk share a history as co-founders of OpenAI. and Musk before the company was valued at $2 billion. Due to the success of GPT-3 and GPT-4, he left the company.
In the wake of OpenAI’s achievements, Musk previously advocated a six-month freeze on AI development, expressing concern about the potential dangers of AI. Ironically, six months later, Musk introduced Grok, claiming it could outperform ChatGPT.
Grok, the brainchild of Musk, was designed as a language model for producing satirical texts inspired by Douglas Adams’ classic science fiction novel, The Expanding Guide to the Galaxy. Meanwhile, OpenAI’s GPT-4 provides a “GPTs” feature. which allows users to define a personality for their ChatGPT interface.
The current debate raises questions about the relative capabilities of Grok and GPT-4. While OpenAI extensively documented the capabilities of ChatGPT. Details about Grok’s performance are sparse, and X only outperforms the old GPT-3.5 on certain metrics.
As AI giants ply their trade and make headlines. The real test is in the user experience and the real impact of these artificial intelligence systems on the future shaping of conversational and humorous factors in machine-generated content. The battle for the funniest AI isn’t over, and as technology advances, so does the banter between the characters behind the algorithms.
