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As soon as it's out of early beta, xAI's Grok system will be available to all X Premium+ subscribers

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I thought grok was from the Gor novels, the pinnacle of late 60's-early 70's pulp trash

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Grok is a neologism coined by American writer Robert A. Heinlein for his 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land. While the Oxford English Dictionary summarizes the meaning of grok as "to understand intuitively or by empathy, to establish rapport with" and "to empathize or communicate sympathetically; also, to experience enjoyment"

Different chud.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"thou art god, grok deez nuts lmfao"

^ literally the entire novel summarized

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I never finished it; it was too insufferably arrogant and full of Great Man Theory fever dreams.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To be fair a space sex wizard might actually be able to pull off some great man shit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Sure, if the writer decides that the Great Man has the magical chops to be the Great Man, yes of course in the setting that is the Great Man. It's how the Thermian argument works.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

I'm aware of what Grok means. I just remember it being explained to me as a thing they say in the Gor novels, by someone who is simply far too intelligent (and too good-looking, IMO) to have enjoyed the Gor novels.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Nah, it is from a polyamorous Martian religious teaching