Grok's Desprevity Perfectly Demonstrates How Utterly Screwed The AI Industry Is
It is violating in every way possible.
So, it turns out Space Karen’s Mechahitler AI is also the perfect tool for “PDF files.” That’s right, over the past week, Grok has started making unconsented sexually explicit images of women and children by ‘undressing’ them and putting them in sexually suggestive poses whenever a deviant Twitter pervert asks it to. Who would have thought a billionaire with ties to Epstein, who has had multiple serious sexual harrasments cases against him brought to court, and who publicly stated that he knew Trump is a giant paedophile from the get-go, but massivley help get him elected in the first place any way, and has since cosied back up with Trump, would enable something so sexually violating? Yeah, colour me suprised… But this goes far deeper than Grok’s heinous debauchery. You see, it perfectly highlights the actual dangers and the violating nature of generative AI and the AI bubble.
What Happened
I want to be very clear here. Musk made a conscious decision to take down Grok’s safeguards, knowing full well that it would unleash a horrific form of sexual violence on an unprecedented scale. And, this is sexual violence. It is the epitome of your body, my choice. It dehumanises, subjugates, removes advocacy, removes self-determination, removes privacy, and traumatises victims. The fact that many of these victims are children (and yes, teenagers are chilrden Elon!) just makes this whole debacle so much worse.
Now, yes, it is easy to jailbreak any AI image generator to circumvent safeguards, so this is a problem for the entire AI industry, not just Grok. But the fact that Musk has made a conscious decision to totally take down these safeguards and let this horrific stuff happen in the open and at scale shows a callous disregard for humanity and the well-being of people using his moronic services. The fact that, even after enormous backlash and legal pressure, as of writing, these safeguards have not been put back, and that this is still going on, again makes this all so much worse. Musk can see the pain, but doesn’t care.
Now, yes, in response, Elon has posted on the social media site formerly known as Twitter, which hosts Grok, stating that “Anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content.” But that is, to put it mildly, utter horseshit.
Hate speech is not only illegal, but also banned under X/Twitters terms of service. Yet the platform doesn’t ban accounts that spread damaging rhetoric, but under Musk’s imposed algorithm, openly prioritises them, all while Musk himself engages with, platforms and spreads hate speech. Musk doesn’t just not care about the law, but also doesn’t enforce his own hollow rules. Likewise, no accounts that have prompted Grok to make this heinous content have been taken down, banned or limited yet. X/Twitter has the information to, at the very least, stop these crimes or proactively reduce their damage, yet doesn’t.
