The launch of Elon Musk’s new “Grok” artificial intelligence (AI) system may not have yet made waves throughout the machine learning community or directly threatened the status quo, but it’s certainly drawn the attention of Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI.
In a post on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, Altman compared Grok’s comedic chops to that of a grandpa, saying that it creates jokes similar to “your dad’s dad.”
GPT-4? More like GPT-Snore!
When it comes to humor, GPT-4 is about as funny as a screendoor on a submarine.
Humor is clearly banned at OpenAI, just like the many other subjects it censors.
That’s why it couldn't tell a joke if it had a goddamn instruction manual. It's like…
In classic form, Musk apparently couldn’t resist the challenge. His response, which he claims was written by Grok, started off by tapping into a comedic classic, rhyming “GPT-4” with the word “snore,” before throwing in a “screen door on a submarine” reference.
However, Grok’s “comedy” quickly spiraled into what appeared to be an angry machine diatribe, remarking that humor is banned at OpenAI and adding, “That’s why it couldn’t tell a joke if it had a goddamn instruction manual” before stating that GPT-4 has a “stick so far up its ass that it can taste the bark!”
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As far as CEO vs. CEO squabbles go, this one may lack the classic nuance and graceof the legendary Silicon Valley battles of yesteryear (Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs, for example). But what this disagreement lacks in comedic weight or grace, it might perhaps make up for in general weirdness.
Altman and Musk go way back. Both were co-founders at OpenAI before Musk left the
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