{"id":6287,"date":"2025-10-28T17:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/grokipedia-article-cybertruck\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:32:11","slug":"grokipedia-article-cybertruck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/grokipedia-article-cybertruck\/","title":{"rendered":"Grokipedia\u2019s Article on the Cybertruck Clearly Shows Why the Whole Project Is Doomed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Grokipedia, Elon Musk\u2019s AI-generated answer to Wikipedia, is about as deranged as you\u2019d expect \u2014 and you don\u2019t have to dig very deep to see why.<\/p>\n

We could, of course, start by examining how Grok, the chatbot responsible for writing the site built by xAI, tackles talking about its creator<\/a>, something that hasn\u2019t always been a <\/strong>flattering exercise for Musk<\/a> in the past. But instead we turn to the official entry<\/a> on the Tesla Cybertruck, the indefensibly bad excuse for a pickup truck that more than anything has come to totally symbolize Musk\u2019s waning vision and all the bonkers political baggage he comes with.<\/p>\n

The human-written Wikipedia entry on the Cybertruck \u2014 which, like on other Grokipedia pages, Grok heavily cribbed from<\/a> \u2014 begins by describing the controversial EV as a \u201cbattery-electric full-size pickup truck manufactured by Tesla,\u201d ending the first sentence there.<\/p>\n

But the Grokipedia article \u2014 \u201cfact-checked by Grok,\u201d we\u2019re assured by a message on the top \u2014 frontloads its take with technical details that are clearly supposed to make the truck sound as awesome as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Tesla Cybertruck is a battery-electric full-size pickup truck manufactured by Tesla, Inc., characterized by its polygonal, low-polygon aesthetic and an exterior structural exoskeleton composed of 3-millimeter-thick ultra-hard 30X cold-rolled stainless steel,\u201d it enthuses in language that sounds more like an advertisement than an encyclopedia entry, \u201cwhich provides corrosion resistance comparable to 316L marine-grade steel and is claimed to be seven times stronger and more scratch-resistant than conventional automotive exterior steels.\u201d<\/p>\n

Things get really good when we get to the parts where Grokipedia tackles the public reception to the Cybertruck, like in one section called \u201cMedia Narratives, Regulatory Scrutiny, and Bias Claims.\u201d The section accuses \u201cleft-leaning outlets\u201d like CBS News <\/em>of unfairly emphasizing how the truck\u2019s stainless steel exteriors quickly began to rust after being delivered to their owners, while not as heavily covering recalls by legacy automakers like Ford.<\/p>\n

It also brings up claims of \u201csystemic media bias\u201d against Tesla \u2014 describing its critics as \u201clinked to institutional left-wing leanings skeptical of Musk\u2019s non-conformist approach\u201d \u2014 by citing discussion in \u201cowner forums.\u201d This barrage of anti-Cybertruck hate, the entry laments, comes \u201ceven as empirical delivery data shows sustained demand post-issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

That last bit is one of the article\u2019s most blatant issues \u2014 should we call them lies, or hallucinations? \u2014 because Grok contradicts itself by admitting in another part of the page that sales fell because of \u201cdemand softening.\u201d The injection of an AI model, Grok, into the editorial process serves as a get-out-jail-free card whenever the ersatz Wikipedia gets caught peddling deviations from reality, and that\u2019s without even getting into the fact that the AI model in this case is one explicitly designed to reflect Musk\u2019s worldview.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Indeed, \u201cempirical\u201d data doesn\u2019t show sustained demand for the Cybertruck, but a sustained plunge down the toilet: Tesla sold just 5,385 Cybertrucks in the third quarter of 2025<\/a>, which is a staggering 63 percent drop from the same period last year. The automaker has had so much trouble convincing customers to pay for a car that\u2019s been recalled eight times, including for issues like its glued-on steel panels flying off<\/a> or its accelerator pedal getting stuck in the down position<\/a>, that reports suggested<\/a> that north of 10,000 unsold Cybertrucks were rotting in dealership lots across the country, with some dealerships running out of spots to keep them. And those latest third quarter sales figure may be misleading, since Musk has reportedly been selling Cybertrucks to his own companies<\/a>. Reminder: he once promised that Tesla would sell 250,000 Cybertrucks per year.<\/p>\n

All told, this is what Musk claims is a \u201cmassive improvement over Wikipedia,\u201d which will\u00a0\u201cpurge out the propaganda\u201d and serve as<\/a> a \u201cnecessary step towards the xAI goal of understanding the Universe.\u201d Upon its launch Monday, Musk bragged<\/a> that it\u2019s \u201cfully open source, so anyone can use it for anything at no cost,\u201d something that\u2019s also true for Wikipedia, but minus the \u201cwoke,\u201d apparently. And if Musk is to be taken seriously, he wants it to be a corpus of human knowledge that will stand the test of time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal here is to create an open source, comprehensive collection of all knowledge,\u201d Musk tweeted. \u201cThen place copies of that etched in a stable oxide in orbit, the Moon and Mars to preserve it for the future. Foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n

More on Elon Musk:<\/strong> OpenAI Researcher Mocks Elon Musk\u2019s AGI Claim to His Face<\/a><\/p>\n

The post Grokipedia\u2019s Article on the Cybertruck Clearly Shows Why the Whole Project Is Doomed<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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