Musk's 'Grok' challenges OpenAI's 'ChatGPT' in a Humorous AI Face-off
Summary:
Elon Musk's latest AI system, Grok, has sparked a comedic debate with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who compared Grok's humor to a grandpa's jokes. In response, Musk claimed Grok produces comedy akin to a celebrated sci-fi novel, "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy." Both co-founders of OpenAI, Musk and Altman now head separate AI models, with Musk staunchly defending Grok's capabilities, while the effectiveness of OpenAI's GPT-4 remains under discussion. No clear benchmarks exist to validate these claims objectively.
Elon Musk’s introduction of his latest AI system "Grok" may not have stirred up a storm in the realm of machine learning or rattled prevailing conventions, but it has surely caught the interest of Sam Altman, the head honcho of OpenAI, the company that produced ChatGPT. In a post using the social network application X, previously known as Twitter, Altman likened the humor of Grok to a grandfather, commenting it produces jokes akin to “your father's father.”
In a reply characteristic of Musk, the chief executive of multiple companies including Tesla and SpaceX, seemingly embraced the challenge. Musk's riposte, which he attributes to his AI, Grok, begins by punning "GPT-4" with "bore" following up with a joke about a “screen door on a submarine”. Grok's humor quickly veers off, seeming miffed, noting humor is forbidden at OpenAI and even stating “that’s why it couldn't crack a joke even with a detailed comedy guide”, concluding with a sarcastic stab at GPT-4.
Whether the spats between these CEOs fall short of the elegance and sophistication of the iconic Silicon Valley disputes of the past or not, the disagreement certainly compensates in terms of its peculiar nature.
Altman and Musk have a shared history. Both served as co-founders at OpenAI before Musk decided to leave the company and consequently avoiding the unprecedented escalation that led it to a hefty two billion dollar value. As OpenAI flourished, largely due to the effectiveness of its GPT-3 and GPT-4 language models, Musk joined other voices suggesting a half-year halt in AI development primarily driven by unverified fears of chatbots potentially leading to human extinction. Half a year later, Musk and X launched a chatbot model, "Grok", which Musk claims surpasses ChatGPT.
The model called Grok, according to Musk, is a language model specially calibrated to generate humorous texts akin to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” a highly acclaimed sci-fi novel penned by Douglas Adams. The sharp and witty humor from the pen of Adams is universally renowned as the cornerstone of comedic science-fiction and fantasy literature.
Now, the focus is on GPT-4, OpenAI’s newly unveiled “GPTs” feature permitting users to customize a personality for their ChatGPT interface, and Musk’s stout affirmation that Grok is indeed more hilarious.
As of now, it's uncertain which model is superior or well-able. With no established yardsticks for Language Learning Models or humor, it's largely subjective. Though OpenAI has shared several research papers highlighting ChatGPT’s prowess, X has yet to provide any such specifics about Grok, aside from claims of it outshining GPT-3.5 on select benchmark indices.
Published At
11/10/2023 4:10:22 PM
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