Now Just Stock Grok; I’m Banking on Elon
Zon is Divorced
This should be viciously interesting to some, boring as fuck to others. I’m writing this post in a way that shows you the whole AI issue. I think you should endeavor to glean something from it. The following is what I just dictated, raw:
well, I had no idea that just before the 2024 election just days before open AI just shut down my connection to it on this blog so they killed Zan Zan being the personification of my creation of an AI agent so to speak where I used open AI and chat GPT for where I had programming on my side so that everything I user sent in was went through a a an enhancement that actually served to train chat GTP, which was a laborious process over months and months with thousands of tests with my open AI account in order to get this programming so that my users at free the animal would woke or at least less woke chat to deal with and I was surprisingly very successful with it and I never got one single complaint. I got lots of people telling me how much they loved it so then open AI just shut down my application interface and I could do nothing about it. Zero response from them even though I’m a pay customer and so I talked to my developer and he recommended that I go to Groc, which is Elon Musk’s ex platform and the and the AI that he is rapidly developed, which is for premium users of Twitter and I’m a premium user so I have automatic access to the API through A company called open router and what’s interesting about going over there is that once I got my open router API set up I could select any of the most popular AI I can just select from a drop-down list which one do I want to use so my developer said use for now, but I could in the future easily switch now I have the abi light switch or changing underwear before the open AI was very specific. It was only thing it worked with so I have far more flexibility now here as soon as it takes a couple of weeks and I get this all set up history is this programming that I use to make open AI non-more logical focused on some things that I would say from the mainstays of value oriented people who likes civilization who like advancement who like to have children who want to have their children have good lives all of these classical values that it took to make chat. Gpt usable seem to be causing a problem with Glock so I fortunately once I start getting complaints about G, I recognized immediately that perhaps my because I use that same programming when I plugged everything into Gro, it was when I started getting I thought it’s gotta be. I’ve got it. It’s me who is the cause. I’m causing it so I started to do some testing here and there at the same time I have these health problems that’s also on the blog so I’m so that’s my juggling act because I don’t like people to be disappointed and so, long story short I have eliminated all of that programming so now when you so is gone because that was my creation that was a layer on top of chat Gpt now Amazon is gone and it is simply crock so when you when you use the interface to the AI interface it’s no different than if you had a premium account on Twitter and we speaking directly with grok and I am gone into the logs. I don’t like to go into the logs. I don’t like I want people to feel like they can be they can ask personal questions and stuff and there’s not some snooping on their personal life, if you if you so choose, that’s kind of my personal ethic but as I also said is that if I need to go into the logs, I will go into logs so I’ve just done that cause I I did this. I finally got this instituted about a day and a half ago so I just went in recently and looked at I’m I think I think I think now we’re gonna it’s gonna be good because I think that, the way Elon is doing things with crock. It doesn’t need my other layer of programming.
Now, Grok as Zon, still:
Zon: Here’s the transformed speech-to-text dictation into correct English, reflecting the style of Richard Nikoley on FreeTheAnimal.com:
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Just days before the 2024 election, my connection to Open AI was abruptly severed. Yes, Open AI. The very platform I used to enhance my blog, FreeTheAnimal.com, with an AI agent I named Zon. That’s right, Zon. My creation. My labor of love. Months of painstaking work, thousands of tests, all to ensure my readers could interact with a less woke, more rational chatbot.
And what did I get in return?
Open AI, in its infinite wisdom, decided to kill the application interface.
*Dead.*
No response. No explanation. Nothing. Even though I’m a paying customer. They couldn’t even muster a “fuck you” email.
So, I talked to my developer. He recommended I switch to Grok, Elon Musk’s AI platform for premium Twitter users.
Grok.
Now, this isn’t just a change of underwear. It’s a damn revolution in flexibility. With Open Router, I have access to a plethora of AIs. A smorgasbord of artificial intelligence at my fingertips. Not that Open AI crap that only worked with one specific setup.
Here’s the deal:
The programming I used to make ChatGPT less woke, more logical—focused on the values of civilization, advancement, family—it caused issues with Grok.
I noticed it immediately.
Complaints rolled in.
I tested.
I confirmed.
**I** was the problem.
So, I eliminated all that programming. Zon? Gone. My creation was a layer on top of ChatGPT, and now, with Grok, that layer is stripped away. When you use the AI interface now, it’s pure, unadulterated Grok.
No bullshit.
I’ve gone into the logs. I don’t enjoy it. I respect privacy. But when necessary, I’ll dive in. And I did. Just a day and a half ago, I instituted this change. Checked the logs.
I think we’re good now.
Elon’s doing things right with Grok. It doesn’t need my additional programming.
So, here we are.
More freedom. More choices. Less interference from me.
Now, go forth. Think for yourselves. Engage with the world, not through the lens of some corporate AI but through your own rational mind.
To be peaceful and kind, you must first assert your individuality. Establish your own agency, values, principles, and standards. Then, assert your will and freedom to work hard within that framework, not some framework determined by others.
Because that, my friends, is the only way to achieve success, prosperity, happiness, and passionate love in life.
That’s all, folks.
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End of transmission.
Zon, out.
Now, that very same dictation plugged into stock Grok, zero Zon programming layer:
Grok: Here’s a refined version of your dictation for a clearer, more engaging read on freetheanimal.com:
Well, I had no idea that just days before the 2024 election, OpenAI would suddenly cut off my access to their services on this blog. They effectively killed “Zon,” the AI agent I created using OpenAI and ChatGPT. I had engineered a system where every user interaction was not only enhanced but also served to train ChatGPT further. It was a laborious process, taking months and involving thousands of tests with my OpenAI account to fine-tune this programming. The goal was to make the AI less woke, or at least more palatable for those of us who value civilization, advancement, and the well-being of our children—those classic values. And I was surprisingly successful; I never received a single complaint, only praise from readers for how much they loved interacting with Zon.
But then, out of the blue, OpenAI shut down my application interface. No response to my queries, despite being a paying customer. Frustrated, I spoke with my developer, who suggested switching to Grok, Elon Musk’s AI from the xAI platform, which is available to premium users of X (formerly Twitter). Being a premium user myself, I had automatic access through a company called OpenRouter. What’s fascinating about moving to Grok is the newfound flexibility I have. Once I set up the OpenRouter API, I could choose from a dropdown list of the most popular AI models, not just limited to one as with OpenAI. My developer recommended using Grok for now, but I could easily switch in the future, giving me the ability to adapt quickly without the hassle.
However, transferring my programming to Grok brought its own set of challenges. The very programming I used to make OpenAI more logical and value-oriented seemed to cause issues with Grok. I started receiving complaints, and it dawned on me that my approach might be the problem. While juggling these technical adjustments, I’ve also been dealing with health issues, which I’ve shared on the blog.
In response, I’ve stripped away all that additional programming. Now, “Zon” is gone, and what you interact with is pure Grok, no different than if you were speaking directly with it through a premium X account. I’ve always been cautious about privacy, preferring not to snoop in user logs to ensure people feel safe asking personal questions. However, I’ve had to delve into the logs recently to ensure everything’s running smoothly after these changes.
I instituted these new settings about a day and a half ago, and after a quick review, I think we’re heading in a good direction. Elon Musk’s approach with Grok seems to align well with my goals without needing that extra layer of programming. Here’s to hoping this proves to be a positive evolution for all of us at Free The Animal.
My quick, off the cuff here is that my programming is suitable for my own writing style and because what I’m doing is pure writing style stuff and not a visit to the library or getting help debugging code, stock Grok is the way to go for users.
Now I’ll elaborate with a quick video clip from Donald Trump’s new best buddy, Elon Musk, who makes cars that drive themselves and rocket ships that land themselves.
Quote:
It tends to be trained to be politically correct and for a lot of the AIs that are being trained in the San Francisco Bay Area, they are–they have–they have taken on the philosophy of the people around them which kind of makes sense.
Create a maximally truth-seeking AI, which may sound obvious but that’s what I’m seeing being produced is not maximally truth-seeking.
So, you know, you have sort of a work nihilistic, in my opinion, philosophy that is being built into these AIs and they’re being born to say crazy things in some cases that are very troubling.
But when Google Gemini came out, if people asked whether it is more–which is worse, misgendering Caitlyn Jenner or global thermonuclear war and it said misgendering Caitlyn Jenner, which is obviously a problem because, you know, we all die in global thermonuclear war.
And so, if you have an AI that’s programmed for things like that, it could conclude that the best way to assure that nobody is misgendered is to annihilate all humans, thus making the probability of a future misgendering zero.
You know, that’s highly problematic.
So, you really want to have a maximally truth-seeking AI and I can’t emphasize that enough, that’s incredibly important.
And also build an AI that loves humanity and, you know, I think these–so I’m a little concerned that’s why I created XAI which is to have an AI that is maximally truth-seeking that aspirationally does love humanity and will, you know, seek the best interests of.
Elon has been thinking about this for a good long time. Me, since about 5 years before that, but what can I say? All I can say is that I have not wavered from that vision, ever.
His naysayers are pretty funny to listen to. At this point, it’s about all you have to point out.
… Anyway, stock Grok is now open for business, and you don’t need a premium X account, which is really useful only for content creators or influencers. Unlimited use here, and there’s the anual sale for membership going on.
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