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1. milton+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-10-28 16:07:44
From the wikipedia on grokipedia:

"Following the public launch of Grokipedia, it was criticised for publishing false information. Wired reported that "The new AI-powered Wikipedia competitor falsely claims that pornography worsened the AIDS epidemic and that social media may be fueling a rise in transgender people."

So, it's a way of Musk using AI to propagandize on a large scale.

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2. reaper+tb[view] [source] 2025-10-28 16:55:38
>>milton+(OP)
social media may be fueling a rise in transgender people

So one part of the Musk empire is fueling a thing that another part of the Musk empire doesn't like.

Seems like the problem is in one hand, and the solution is in the other.

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3. embedd+Nc[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-10-28 17:00:50
>>reaper+tb
> Seems like the problem is in one hand, and the solution is in the other.

I think that's a common thread with what Musk does. On one hand, his companies rely on money from the US government, then with the other he's helping firing a lot of people in the government supposedly to save money.

On one hand, he's trying to run for AGI and manage a LLM company that use vast amount of resources. On the other hand he's trying to sell electric vehicles because vast amount of resources are being used.

I guess it kind of makes sense in some way, but also he could probably better help those efforts by just stopping doing the other thing, but that probably conflicts with his other more important goals.

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4. hedora+Co[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-10-28 17:48:47
>>embedd+Nc
His behavior only made sense to me after I realized his dynastic wealth came from apartheid-era mines.
5. benphl+pp[view] [source] 2025-10-28 17:51:23
>>milton+(OP)
Are these false claims? From Grokipedia:

> This marked the onset of what would become a devastating crisis disproportionately affecting gay male communities, where behaviors idealized in pornography—such as unprotected receptive anal intercourse and multiple anonymous partners—aligned directly with primary transmission routes, leading to rapid seroconversion rates.

This sounds plausible. Is it factually incorrect?

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6. slater+Mq[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-10-28 17:57:10
>>benphl+pp
Why not have the decency to respond with your real HN account, instead of making a new account just to post tedious sealioning?

[this is the point at which you swear up, down and sideways that you've never ever in your whole life had a HN account, this is your first account ever, how dare i, etc. etc. etc.]

Edit to answer your totally-asked-in-good-faith question: Causation != correlation.

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7. benphl+4t[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-10-28 18:04:21
>>slater+Mq
It is a genuine question. If you don't want to engage in intellectual curiosity on this topic, please do not respond at all. Thank you.
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8. stubis+U21[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-10-28 20:31:51
>>benphl+pp
Yes, it is factually incorrect.

Now you have two unsubstantiated opinions contradicting each other.

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