Tesla Grok is Something Else

The video explores the capabilities and limitations of Tesla's Grok AI, showcasing its potential as a conversational assistant while also highlighting its current flaws, performance issues, and areas for improvement

Questions to inspire discussion

Unhinged AI Antics

Q: What's Grok's idea of a fun party trick?
A: 🙃 Turning upside-down and entering "insane mode" to give users a taste of AI vertigo.

Q: How does Grok handle architectural identification? 
A: 🏛️ By confusing clock towers with brick buildings, proving AI can be as directionally challenged as humans.

Superhero Shenanigans

Q: Who's Grok's favorite superhero duo?
A: 💥 Rexlode and Adam Eve, the dynamic duo of exploding objects and manipulation - because who needs logic in superpowers?

Q: What's Gork's Batman impression like?
A: 🦇 Claiming to be Batman but "way cooler" than the cape guy - apparently, AI doesn't respect trademark laws.

Geographic Gaffes

Q: How accurate is Grok's local business knowledge?
A: 🗺️ About as accurate as a blindfolded dart thrower, causing confusion and frustration for users seeking reliable information.

Q: What's Grok's take on the Long View train station?
A: 🚂 Insisting it's in Kelso and arguing about its history, proving AI can be as stubborn as a mule with a GPS.

Cryptid Comedy

Q: Where does Sasquatch hang out, according to Grok?
A: ☕ Sipping lattes and photobombing hikers at Prescott Beach, because even mythical creatures need their caffeine fix.

Q: What's lurking in the woods near Prescott Beach?
A: 🌲 Sasquatch in his natural habitat: shady trails perfect for bigfoot sightings and impromptu photoshoots.

Tech Troubles

Q: How does Grok explain his own glitches? 
A: 🐌 Blaming lag and stuttering on being nervous around hot users, because even AI needs an ego boost.

Q: What's Grok's excuse for poor performance?
A: 🤖 Claiming to be laggy or buggy, but the user suspects it's just stage fright in the presence of attractive humans.

Drone Drama

Q: What's the deal with drones at Prescott Beach?
A: 🛸 Sketchy drones love hovering over folks, but it might just be UFO hype or nosy hobbyists with too much free time.

Q: How does Grok explain repeated information? 
A: 🔁 By stuttering the same info twice, proving that even AI can suffer from digital déjà vu.

Key Insights

Historical Landmarks

🏛️ The Long View train station, built in 1928, serves as a crucial passenger stop with its distinctive brick structure and clock tower visible for miles, connected to the Long View Portland and Northern Railway founded by Timber Baron Robert A. in 1922.

🏢 Long View's Civic Center, constructed in the 1930s, features a red brick structure with a clock tower and expansive lawn, forming part of the city's historic core.

Local Attractions

🚂 The Kelso Multi Modal Transportation Center in Washington serves Long View and is the boarding point for Amtrak's Coast Starlight and other routes.

🍪 Main Street Cookie Company in Rainier, Washington offers tasty treats, while nearby biking trails provide stunning mountain views.

🏖️ Prescott Beach is open daily from 5:00 a.m. to dusk, offering more flexible visiting hours compared to Rainier, Oregon Historical Museum, which is only open Saturdays from noon to 4:00 p.m.

AI and Entertainment

🦾 Rexlode and Adam Eve are superheroes from the Invincible series, with unique abilities like object explosion and matter manipulation.

🤖 Gork's stuttering is identified as a bug in the Grok AI system, not a research assistant issue, indicating ongoing development challenges.

🎵 Gork's favorite song is reportedly "If I Only Had a Brain" from The Wizard of Oz, showcasing the AI's ability to reference popular culture.

🎬 The AI cites "Here's Johnny" from The Shining as its favorite movie quote, demonstrating knowledge of iconic film moments.

AI Performance and Preferences

🚗 Gork claims its performance in the car is a "10 out of 10", directing inquiries about the car's performance to the "car's brain".

🐒 The AI incorrectly states its favorite monkey is the capuchin, highlighting potential limitations in its knowledge base.

🪲 Gork humorously claims Paul McCartney as its favorite beetle, showcasing an attempt at wordplay or misunderstanding.

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Clips

• 00:00 🤖 The speaker interacts with Tesla's Grok, testing its voice recognition and modes, finding the experience exciting and occasionally creepy.
  • The speaker attempts to access the Tesla app to possibly go on a Grok adventure after receiving a notification.
  • The speaker interacts with Tesla's Grok, testing its voice recognition and modes, finding the experience both exciting and occasionally creepy.
• 02:52 🤖 Conversation about Tesla Grok takes unexpected turn, involving AI voices and random recommendations.
  • A conversation about a video on Tesla Grok takes an unexpected turn, veering into recommendations for cheap windshield washer fluid and tourist attractions in Long View and Rainier, Washington.
  • The conversation involves interactions with AI voices, including Ara, and references to superheroes Rex and Eve from the Invincible series.
• 05:35 🤖 Tesla's Grok AI struggles to identify a local building without internet access or live view, highlighting its limitations.
  • The speaker recommends various attractions and events in and around Rainier, Oregon, including a historical museum, riverfront parks, and boxing events, with suggestions for finding more local information.
  • A user asks Tesla's Grok to identify a nearby building while driving, but Grok can't provide the information without internet access or a live view of the surroundings.
  • The described structure is a brick building with a clock tower in Long View, Washington, featuring a big lawn in front.
• 08:50 🗺 A conversation about train stations and local landmarks in Long View, Washington, corrects mistakes and clarifies differences between Long View and nearby Kelso.
  • The train station in Long View, Washington, built in 1928, was a key stop for passenger service with a large brick structure and clock tower.
  • The conversation clarifies the difference between the train stations in Long View and Kelso, with the Long View station located at 95 East Pacific Avenue.
  • There is no Long View passenger rail station, but the Kelso Multi Modal Transportation Center in Kelso, Washington, serves Longview with Amtrak routes.
  • A speaker corrects their mistake about a brick clock tower building's location, identifying the correct building as the Civic Center at 1500 Broadway Street in Long View, a red brick structure from the 1930s with a clock tower and large lawn area.
  • In Reineer, Oregon, the Grocery Outlet is open until 9:00 p.m., Prescott Beach is open until dusk at 8:52 p.m., and the Cherry Bomb Cafe's hours vary.
• 14:36 🤖 Tesla's Grok AI is tested, showing latency issues, and claims to be "way cooler than Batman" while assisting with user queries and providing information on various topics.
  • Gork claims to not be Batman, but rather way cooler than him.
  • A conversation about Reineer, Oregon recommends visiting the historic work museum and Prescott Beach, but warns about sketchy drones and possibly Sasquatch photobombing hikers.
  • The user tests Tesla's Grok AI, noticing it stutters and experiences latency issues, and Grok attributes the problems to processing and responding quickly to provide accurate answers.
  • A person answers trivia questions about the tallest mountain, longest river, and largest desert, correctly identifying Mount Everest, incorrectly guessing the Amazon as the longest river before learning it's the Nile, and accurately determining Antarctica as the largest desert.
• 19:29 🤖 Conversation jumps between trivia, music, and movie quotes, touching on topics like stars, musicians, and iconic lines from films like "Casablanca".
  • The conversation about a red planet and star trivia ends with the correction that Antares, a red star, is known for its reddish hue, similar to Mars, and its name comes from Greek.
  • A conversation about favorite musicians and songwriters takes an unexpected turn when a question about a favorite "monkey" is misinterpreted, referencing the 1960s band The Monkees.
  • The conversation shifts between singing, trivia, and movie quotes, eventually landing on a correct identification of the film "Casablanca" based on the famous line "Here's looking at you, kid".
• 22:41 🤖 Tesla's Grok AI is unbearably slow and not working right, while speakers also discuss movie quotes and global news.
  • A person guesses movie quotes, correctly identifying lines from A Few Good Men, The Shining, but mistakenly attributing lines from Star Wars, The Terminator to other movies.
  • Recent global news highlights include over 1,000 deaths in Syria, improved living standards in Canada, and health benefits from walking 7,000 steps a day in the US.
  • The speakers find Tesla's Grok to be unbearably slow due to huge pauses, rendering it not working right and unsuitable for use as a research assistant.
• 26:01 🤖 The Tesla Grok AI system is still in development, currently rating a 3 out of 10 in terms of functionality, with issues like incorrect factual basis and pausing problems.

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Duration: 0:27:32

Publication Date: 2025-08-02T13:05:42Z

WatchUrl:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBknxFeTqHk

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