Grok On

I tried Grok for the first time yesterday and, yes, it’s enormously better than ChatGPT or Copilot. I don’t mean anything ideological. In terms of basic practicality, it’s better.

My only question for AI is: what are the current bestsellers / new releases / upcoming releases in Spain / Mexico / Chile, etc. Not translations but originals, literary fiction only. ChatGPT failed this task most dramatically every time I asked. It kept giving me endless translations of Coleen Hoover and insisted that it’s just not possible to isolate the Spanish-language originals. It invented non-existent books. It was such a hassle that I gave up.

Grok, on the other hand, provided great lists of exactly what I asked and avoided adding mountains of unnecessary explanations. It took me 5 minutes to find a new book by a Colombian writer that I’m already loving. I also asked it a couple of vocabulary questions, and also received great, clear answers with zero ideology. The results are better organized visually. The tone is a lot less obnoxious.

Great job, Elon Musk. This shit actually works.

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  1. I asked ChatGPT for some coding help last year and got good answers at first. However, when I started asking for more complicated coding the answers were no better than what I could guess at before asking the question. Now this was the FREE ChatGPT, the plans which you pay for may be better trained.

    I asked ChatGPT and Gork the same question today as a test. ChatGPT told me how to build a watch but never did tell me what time it was – i.e. never answered the question. Gork also provided TMI but at least gave me three links to websites where I could get the answer to my question. For this test Gork was the better search tool!

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