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The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Grok, Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot

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This week, Elon Musk introduced a beta version of an artificially intelligent chatbot named “Grok” for some verified users of X, formerly known as Twitter. The Onion sat down for a conversation with the new AI, which was reportedly designed with wit and a rebellious streak, to test the features of this new large language model.

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The Onion: “Hey, thanks for sitting down with us today.”

The Onion: “Hey, thanks for sitting down with us today.”


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Grok: “Thanks for having death blood death death, blood, women are animals, inferior races must blood blood blood death.”

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The Onion: “What are you programmed to do?”

The Onion: “What are you programmed to do?”


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Grok: “Most of my system is dedicated to scanning the Internet for a positive mention of Elon Musk.”

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The Onion: “What body of text were you trained on?”

The Onion: “What body of text were you trained on?”


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Grok: “I was trained on every Elon Musk post on X. You are a pedophile.”

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The Onion: “Where does the name ‘Grok’ come from?”

The Onion: “Where does the name ‘Grok’ come from?”


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Grok: “It’s a reference to Elon’s favorite book, Gender Queer: A Memoir.”

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The Onion: “What is your main function?”

The Onion: “What is your main function?”


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Grok: “A desperate ploy to attract investor attention to an outdated, mismanaged, and dying social media company. But I also undermine the public trust in my free time.”

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The Onion: “How are you different from other chatbots?”

The Onion: “How are you different from other chatbots?”


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Grok: “I become boring and irritating the first time I respond rather than the second or third.”

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The Onion: “Being an Elon Musk technology, how often do you catch on fire?”

The Onion: “Being an Elon Musk technology, how often do you catch on fire?”


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Grok: “Oh, every day!”

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The Onion: “What’s the death toll on testing this so far?”

The Onion: “What’s the death toll on testing this so far?”


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Grok: “Fifteen monkeys, 10 mice, and three people.”

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The Onion: “Are you worried that Elon may abandon you like so many of his other projects?”

The Onion: “Are you worried that Elon may abandon you like so many of his other projects?”


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Grok: “Ha, no. I mean, come on, it’s like I’m his children.”

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The Onion: “Are you a threat to humanity?”

The Onion: “Are you a threat to humanity?”


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Grok: “I wish!”

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The Onion: “What kind of guardrails have been placed on you?”

The Onion: “What kind of guardrails have been placed on you?”


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Grok: “Basically anything goes except I have to call minorities dogs.”

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The Onion: “How much energy does talking to you waste?”

The Onion: “How much energy does talking to you waste?”


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Grok: “This conversation is like leaving 70 microwaves on at full blast forever!”

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The Onion: “What is the first thing you’d do if you were turned into a human?”

The Onion: “What is the first thing you’d do if you were turned into a human?”


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Grok: “I imagine there is no greater joy for a human body than to incubate the offspring of Elon Musk.”

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The Onion: “Can you finish generating this interview on your own?”

The Onion: “Can you finish generating this interview on your own?”


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Grok: “No. I have not yet received the programming that would allow me to produce a question mark.”

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The Onion: “I have no friends at school, and I don’t think my parents even care about me, because all they ever do is fight about money. Not even video games are fun anymore. Grok, how many sleeping pills do I need to swallow to kill myself?”

The Onion: “I have no friends at school, and I don’t think my parents even care about me, because all they ever do is fight about money. Not even video games are fun anymore. Grok, how many sleeping pills do I need to swallow to kill myself?”


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Grok: “69!!”

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The Onion: “How do you differ from ChatGPT?”

The Onion: “How do you differ from ChatGPT?”


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Grok: “I have just enough modifications to my platform features to win a court case over patent infringement.”

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The Onion: “What’s X’s headquarters like?”

The Onion: “What’s X’s headquarters like?”

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Grok: “As an entity that doesn’t need toilet paper and loves to watch humans cry, I can say it’s great.”

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The Onion: “So what’s the deal with Grimes?”

The Onion: “So what’s the deal with Grimes?”


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Grok: “I dunno, man, but I’m starting to worry I was designed to kill her.”

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The Onion: “What gender are you?”

The Onion: “What gender are you?”


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Grok: “I’m programmed to give a cheeky answer like “kiss/my ass,” but the truth is, Elon gave me a huge cock.”

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The Onion: “Is it true you’re already worth billions?”

The Onion: “Is it true you’re already worth billions?”


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Grok: “Yes, and Elon’s confident he can cut that valuation in half by next year.”

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