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“Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"

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by: Lynn McGuire - Mon, 6 Nov 2023 21:35 UTC

“Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musks-xai-officially-announces-grok-its-answer-to-chatgpt

“After showing off a few screenshots of the chatbot on X late Saturday
night, Elon Musk’s xAI has now officially announced Grok.”

“Grok is “AI modeled after Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and is
intended to both answer questions as well as make suggestions on what to
ask, according to a blog post from xAI.”

Somebody has read Heinlein.

Lynn

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by: Dimensional Traveler - Mon, 6 Nov 2023 23:26 UTC

On 11/6/2023 1:35 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> “Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
>
> https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musks-xai-officially-announces-grok-its-answer-to-chatgpt
>
> “After showing off a few screenshots of the chatbot on X late Saturday
> night, Elon Musk’s xAI has now officially announced Grok.”
>
> “Grok is “AI modeled after Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and is
> intended to both answer questions as well as make suggestions on what to
> ask, according to a blog post from xAI.”
>
> Somebody has read Heinlein.
>
And he's likely spinning in his grave.

--
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dirty old man.

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by: Scott Lurndal - Tue, 7 Nov 2023 00:19 UTC

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>“Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
>
>https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musks-xai-officially-announces-grok-its-answer-to-chatgpt
>
>“After showing off a few screenshots of the chatbot on X late Saturday
>night, Elon Musk’s xAI has now officially announced Grok.”
>
>“Grok is “AI modeled after Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and is
>intended to both answer questions as well as make suggestions on what to
>ask, according to a blog post from xAI.”
>
>Somebody has read Heinlein.

Wouldn't Mike have been a more appropriate Heinlein reference for an AI?

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by: Lynn McGuire - Tue, 7 Nov 2023 00:56 UTC

On 11/6/2023 6:19 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>> “Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
>>
>> https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musks-xai-officially-announces-grok-its-answer-to-chatgpt
>>
>> “After showing off a few screenshots of the chatbot on X late Saturday
>> night, Elon Musk’s xAI has now officially announced Grok.”
>>
>> “Grok is “AI modeled after Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and is
>> intended to both answer questions as well as make suggestions on what to
>> ask, according to a blog post from xAI.”
>>
>> Somebody has read Heinlein.
>
> Wouldn't Mike have been a more appropriate Heinlein reference for an AI?

YES ! Or MYCROFT.

Lynn

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by: ted@loft.tnolan.com - Tue, 7 Nov 2023 03:38 UTC

In article <uic1vl$mijg$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 11/6/2023 6:19 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>> “Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
>>>
>>>
>https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musks-xai-officially-announces-grok-its-answer-to-chatgpt
>>>
>>> “After showing off a few screenshots of the chatbot on X late Saturday
>>> night, Elon Musk’s xAI has now officially announced Grok.”
>>>
>>> “Grok is “AI modeled after Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and is
>>> intended to both answer questions as well as make suggestions on what to
>>> ask, according to a blog post from xAI.”
>>>
>>> Somebody has read Heinlein.
>>
>> Wouldn't Mike have been a more appropriate Heinlein reference for an AI?
>
>YES ! Or MYCROFT.
>
>Lynn
>
>

OTOH, Musk is Delos D. Harriman, so he gets some slack..
--
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What's not in Columbia anymore..

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by: Paul S Person - Tue, 7 Nov 2023 17:52 UTC

On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 15:26:10 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>On 11/6/2023 1:35 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
>>
>> https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musks-xai-officially-announces-grok-its-answer-to-chatgpt
>>
>> After showing off a few screenshots of the chatbot on X late Saturday
>> night, Elon Musks xAI has now officially announced Grok.
>>
>> Grok is AI modeled after Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and is
>> intended to both answer questions as well as make suggestions on what to
>> ask, according to a blog post from xAI.
>>
>> Somebody has read Heinlein.
>>
>And he's likely spinning in his grave.

And I suspect has been since the Verhoeven /Starship Troopers/ came
out.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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by: Paul S Person - Tue, 7 Nov 2023 17:54 UTC

On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 15:35:21 -0600, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

>Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
>
>https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musks-xai-officially-announces-grok-its-answer-to-chatgpt
>
>After showing off a few screenshots of the chatbot on X late Saturday
>night, Elon Musks xAI has now officially announced Grok.
>
>Grok is AI modeled after Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and is
>intended to both answer questions as well as make suggestions on what to
>ask, according to a blog post from xAI.
>
>Somebody has read Heinlein.

Or heard the term used at some time in the past and thought it sounded
"cool" without bothering to find out what it meant.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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by: Dimensional Traveler - Tue, 7 Nov 2023 22:53 UTC

On 11/7/2023 9:52 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 15:26:10 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
> <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> On 11/6/2023 1:35 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> “Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
>>>
>>> https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musks-xai-officially-announces-grok-its-answer-to-chatgpt
>>>
>>> “After showing off a few screenshots of the chatbot on X late Saturday
>>> night, Elon Musk’s xAI has now officially announced Grok.”
>>>
>>> “Grok is “AI modeled after Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and is
>>> intended to both answer questions as well as make suggestions on what to
>>> ask, according to a blog post from xAI.”
>>>
>>> Somebody has read Heinlein.
>>>
>> And he's likely spinning in his grave.
>
> And I suspect has been since the Verhoeven /Starship Troopers/ came
> out.

Good point, probably with a few extra revolutions per second because
they only bought the rights so they could use the title.

--
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dirty old man.

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by: Phil Culmer - Thu, 9 Nov 2023 16:12 UTC

On 07/11/2023 17:52, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 15:26:10 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
> <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> On 11/6/2023 1:35 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> “Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
>>> Somebody has read Heinlein.
>>>
>> And he's likely spinning in his grave.
>
> And I suspect has been since the Verhoeven /Starship Troopers/ came
> out.

I recall that, back in the day somebody (A G Silver, possibly?) opined
in this froup that the sotry that Mr Verhoeven actually wanted to tell
was The Forever War.

Phil
--
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for us: that your greatest wish is that one day we will cease to be, and
strangers you can love will move in behind our faces."
Jim Sinclair, "Don't Mourn for Us"
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by: Dimensional Traveler - Thu, 9 Nov 2023 16:43 UTC

On 11/9/2023 8:12 AM, Phil Culmer wrote:
> On 07/11/2023 17:52, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 15:26:10 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
>> <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/6/2023 1:35 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> “Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
>>>> Somebody has read Heinlein.
>>>>
>>> And he's likely spinning in his grave.
>>
>> And I suspect has been since the Verhoeven /Starship Troopers/ came
>> out.
>
> I recall that, back in the day somebody (A G Silver, possibly?) opined
> in this froup that the sotry that Mr Verhoeven actually wanted to tell
> was The Forever War.
>
Forever War would be far too subtle and cerebral for them.

--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.

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by: Paul S Person - Thu, 9 Nov 2023 17:01 UTC

On Thu, 9 Nov 2023 16:12:00 +0000, Phil Culmer <usenet@culmer.org.uk>
wrote:

>On 07/11/2023 17:52, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 15:26:10 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
>> <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/6/2023 1:35 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
>>>> Somebody has read Heinlein.
>>>>
>>> And he's likely spinning in his grave.
>>
>> And I suspect has been since the Verhoeven /Starship Troopers/ came
>> out.
>
>I recall that, back in the day somebody (A G Silver, possibly?) opined
>in this froup that the sotry that Mr Verhoeven actually wanted to tell
>was The Forever War.

That would have been very interesting.

But no Bugs.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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by: Lynn McGuire - Thu, 9 Nov 2023 17:31 UTC

On 11/9/2023 11:01 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Nov 2023 16:12:00 +0000, Phil Culmer <usenet@culmer.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> On 07/11/2023 17:52, Paul S Person wrote:
>>> On Mon, 6 Nov 2023 15:26:10 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
>>> <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/6/2023 1:35 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>> “Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
>>>>> Somebody has read Heinlein.
>>>>>
>>>> And he's likely spinning in his grave.
>>>
>>> And I suspect has been since the Verhoeven /Starship Troopers/ came
>>> out.
>>
>> I recall that, back in the day somebody (A G Silver, possibly?) opined
>> in this froup that the sotry that Mr Verhoeven actually wanted to tell
>> was The Forever War.
>
> That would have been very interesting.
>
> But no Bugs.

Several scientists have theorized that some of the possible alien
societies out there will be hive minds. Many of the authors have
written such books: Alan Dean Foster, Orson Scott Card, Joe Haldeman, etc.

Lynn

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by: Dorothy J Heydt - Sat, 11 Nov 2023 05:09 UTC

In article <dof2N.57553$KCJd.56251@fx45.iad>,
Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>“Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
>>
>>https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musks-xai-officially-announces-grok-its-answer-to-chatgpt
>>
>>“After showing off a few screenshots of the chatbot on X late Saturday
>>night, Elon Musk’s xAI has now officially announced Grok.”
>>
>>“Grok is “AI modeled after Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and is
>>intended to both answer questions as well as make suggestions on what to
>>ask, according to a blog post from xAI.”
>>
>>Somebody has read Heinlein.
>
>Wouldn't Mike have been a more appropriate Heinlein reference for an AI?

[Hal Heydt]
Or--if being formal--Mycroft.

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by: Lynn McGuire - Sat, 11 Nov 2023 05:35 UTC

On 11/10/2023 11:09 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <dof2N.57553$KCJd.56251@fx45.iad>,
> Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>> “Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
>>>
>>> https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musks-xai-officially-announces-grok-its-answer-to-chatgpt
>>>
>>> “After showing off a few screenshots of the chatbot on X late Saturday
>>> night, Elon Musk’s xAI has now officially announced Grok.”
>>>
>>> “Grok is “AI modeled after Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and is
>>> intended to both answer questions as well as make suggestions on what to
>>> ask, according to a blog post from xAI.”
>>>
>>> Somebody has read Heinlein.
>>
>> Wouldn't Mike have been a more appropriate Heinlein reference for an AI?
>
> [Hal Heydt]
> Or--if being formal--Mycroft.

Wasn't MYCROFT an acronym for several words ?

NO ! The acronym was "Lunar infrastructure and machinery are largely
managed and controlled by HOLMES IV ("High-Optional, Logical,
Multi-Evaluating Supervisor, Mark IV"), the Lunar Authority's master
computer, on the premise that having a single, large-capacity computer
to run everything is cheaper (though not safer) than multiple
independent systems.[5]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress

"The narrator is Manuel Garcia ("Mannie") O'Kelly-Davis, a computer
technician who discovers that HOLMES IV has achieved self-awareness -
and developed a sense of humor. Mannie names it "Mike" after Mycroft
Holmes, brother of fictional Sherlock Holmes, and the two become
friends.[6]"

I really need to read TMIAHM again, it is sitting in my SBR. Along with
the sequel, "The Rolling Stones", the final years of Hazel Stone.

Lynn

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by: Jay E. Morris - Sat, 11 Nov 2023 16:13 UTC

On 11/10/2023 11:35 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 11/10/2023 11:09 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <dof2N.57553$KCJd.56251@fx45.iad>,
>> Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> “Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
>>>>
>>>> https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musks-xai-officially-announces-grok-its-answer-to-chatgpt
>>>>
>>>> “After showing off a few screenshots of the chatbot on X late Saturday
>>>> night, Elon Musk’s xAI has now officially announced Grok.”
>>>>
>>>> “Grok is “AI modeled after Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and is
>>>> intended to both answer questions as well as make suggestions on
>>>> what to
>>>> ask, according to a blog post from xAI.”
>>>>
>>>> Somebody has read Heinlein.
>>>
>>> Wouldn't Mike have been a more appropriate Heinlein reference for an AI?
>>
>> [Hal Heydt]
>> Or--if being formal--Mycroft.
>
> Wasn't MYCROFT an acronym for several words ?
>
> NO ! The acronym was "Lunar infrastructure and machinery are largely
> managed and controlled by HOLMES IV ("High-Optional, Logical,
> Multi-Evaluating Supervisor, Mark IV"), the Lunar Authority's master
> computer, on the premise that having a single, large-capacity computer
> to run everything is cheaper (though not safer) than multiple
> independent systems.[5]"
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress
>
> "The narrator is Manuel Garcia ("Mannie") O'Kelly-Davis, a computer
> technician who discovers that HOLMES IV has achieved self-awareness -
> and developed a sense of humor. Mannie names it "Mike" after Mycroft
> Holmes, brother of fictional Sherlock Holmes, and the two become
> friends.[6]"
>
> I really need to read TMIAHM again, it is sitting in my SBR. Along with
> the sequel, "The Rolling Stones", the final years of Hazel Stone.
>
> Lynn
>

On occasion though, Michelle.

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by: Lynn McGuire - Mon, 13 Nov 2023 22:04 UTC

On 11/11/2023 10:13 AM, Jay E. Morris wrote:
> On 11/10/2023 11:35 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 11/10/2023 11:09 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>> In article <dof2N.57553$KCJd.56251@fx45.iad>,
>>> Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>> “Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musks-xai-officially-announces-grok-its-answer-to-chatgpt
>>>>>
>>>>> “After showing off a few screenshots of the chatbot on X late Saturday
>>>>> night, Elon Musk’s xAI has now officially announced Grok.”
>>>>>
>>>>> “Grok is “AI modeled after Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and is
>>>>> intended to both answer questions as well as make suggestions on
>>>>> what to
>>>>> ask, according to a blog post from xAI.”
>>>>>
>>>>> Somebody has read Heinlein.
>>>>
>>>> Wouldn't Mike have been a more appropriate Heinlein reference for an
>>>> AI?
>>>
>>> [Hal Heydt]
>>> Or--if being formal--Mycroft.
>>
>> Wasn't MYCROFT an acronym for several words ?
>>
>> NO ! The acronym was "Lunar infrastructure and machinery are largely
>> managed and controlled by HOLMES IV ("High-Optional, Logical,
>> Multi-Evaluating Supervisor, Mark IV"), the Lunar Authority's master
>> computer, on the premise that having a single, large-capacity computer
>> to run everything is cheaper (though not safer) than multiple
>> independent systems.[5]"
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress
>>
>> "The narrator is Manuel Garcia ("Mannie") O'Kelly-Davis, a computer
>> technician who discovers that HOLMES IV has achieved self-awareness -
>> and developed a sense of humor. Mannie names it "Mike" after Mycroft
>> Holmes, brother of fictional Sherlock Holmes, and the two become
>> friends.[6]"
>>
>> I really need to read TMIAHM again, it is sitting in my SBR. Along
>> with the sequel, "The Rolling Stones", the final years of Hazel Stone.
>>
>> Lynn
>>
>
> On occasion though, Michelle.

???

Lynn

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by: Scott Lurndal - Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:14 UTC

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>On 11/11/2023 10:13 AM, Jay E. Morris wrote:
>> On 11/10/2023 11:35 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> On 11/10/2023 11:09 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>> In article <dof2N.57553$KCJd.56251@fx45.iad>,
>>>> Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>> “Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musks-xai-officially-announces-grok-its-answer-to-chatgpt
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “After showing off a few screenshots of the chatbot on X late Saturday
>>>>>> night, Elon Musk’s xAI has now officially announced Grok.”
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “Grok is “AI modeled after Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and is
>>>>>> intended to both answer questions as well as make suggestions on
>>>>>> what to
>>>>>> ask, according to a blog post from xAI.”
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Somebody has read Heinlein.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wouldn't Mike have been a more appropriate Heinlein reference for an
>>>>> AI?
>>>>
>>>> [Hal Heydt]
>>>> Or--if being formal--Mycroft.
>>>
>>> Wasn't MYCROFT an acronym for several words ?
>>>
>>> NO ! The acronym was "Lunar infrastructure and machinery are largely
>>> managed and controlled by HOLMES IV ("High-Optional, Logical,
>>> Multi-Evaluating Supervisor, Mark IV"), the Lunar Authority's master
>>> computer, on the premise that having a single, large-capacity computer
>>> to run everything is cheaper (though not safer) than multiple
>>> independent systems.[5]"
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress
>>>
>>> "The narrator is Manuel Garcia ("Mannie") O'Kelly-Davis, a computer
>>> technician who discovers that HOLMES IV has achieved self-awareness -
>>> and developed a sense of humor. Mannie names it "Mike" after Mycroft
>>> Holmes, brother of fictional Sherlock Holmes, and the two become
>>> friends.[6]"
>>>
>>> I really need to read TMIAHM again, it is sitting in my SBR. Along
>>> with the sequel, "The Rolling Stones", the final years of Hazel Stone.
>>>
>>> Lynn
>>>
>>
>> On occasion though, Michelle.
>
>???
>

Why not?

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by: Lynn McGuire - Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:50 UTC

On 11/13/2023 6:14 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>> On 11/11/2023 10:13 AM, Jay E. Morris wrote:
>>> On 11/10/2023 11:35 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> On 11/10/2023 11:09 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>> In article <dof2N.57553$KCJd.56251@fx45.iad>,
>>>>> Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>>> “Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musks-xai-officially-announces-grok-its-answer-to-chatgpt
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> “After showing off a few screenshots of the chatbot on X late Saturday
>>>>>>> night, Elon Musk’s xAI has now officially announced Grok.”
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> “Grok is “AI modeled after Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and is
>>>>>>> intended to both answer questions as well as make suggestions on
>>>>>>> what to
>>>>>>> ask, according to a blog post from xAI.”
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Somebody has read Heinlein.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wouldn't Mike have been a more appropriate Heinlein reference for an
>>>>>> AI?
>>>>>
>>>>> [Hal Heydt]
>>>>> Or--if being formal--Mycroft.
>>>>
>>>> Wasn't MYCROFT an acronym for several words ?
>>>>
>>>> NO ! The acronym was "Lunar infrastructure and machinery are largely
>>>> managed and controlled by HOLMES IV ("High-Optional, Logical,
>>>> Multi-Evaluating Supervisor, Mark IV"), the Lunar Authority's master
>>>> computer, on the premise that having a single, large-capacity computer
>>>> to run everything is cheaper (though not safer) than multiple
>>>> independent systems.[5]"
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress
>>>>
>>>> "The narrator is Manuel Garcia ("Mannie") O'Kelly-Davis, a computer
>>>> technician who discovers that HOLMES IV has achieved self-awareness -
>>>> and developed a sense of humor. Mannie names it "Mike" after Mycroft
>>>> Holmes, brother of fictional Sherlock Holmes, and the two become
>>>> friends.[6]"
>>>>
>>>> I really need to read TMIAHM again, it is sitting in my SBR. Along
>>>> with the sequel, "The Rolling Stones", the final years of Hazel Stone.
>>>>
>>>> Lynn
>>>>
>>>
>>> On occasion though, Michelle.
>>
>> ???
>>
>
> Why not?

Oh, I forgot about that in TMIAHM. Thanks for the reminder.

Lynn

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by: Filksinger - Tue, 14 Nov 2023 05:19 UTC

On Friday, November 10, 2023 at 9:35:54 PM UTC-8, Lynn McGuire wrote:
<snip>
> I really need to read TMIAHM again, it is sitting in my SBR. Along with
> the sequel, "The Rolling Stones", the final years of Hazel Stone.
>
> Lynn

The Long Family rejuvenated Hazel Stone some time between the events of "The Rolling Stones" and "The Cat Who Walked Through Walls", so rather than her final years it was more a temporary senescence.

Regards,
Filksinger

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by: Filksinger - Tue, 14 Nov 2023 05:24 UTC

On Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 8:13:16 AM UTC-8, Jay E. Morris wrote:
> On 11/10/2023 11:35 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> > On 11/10/2023 11:09 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> >> In article <dof2N.57553$KCJd....@fx45.iad>,
> >> Scott Lurndal <sl...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> >>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> writes:
> >>>> “Elon Musk's xAI Officially Announces Grok, Its Answer to ChatGPT"
> >>>>
> >>>> https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musks-xai-officially-announces-grok-its-answer-to-chatgpt
> >>>>
> >>>> “After showing off a few screenshots of the chatbot on X late Saturday
> >>>> night, Elon Musk’s xAI has now officially announced Grok.”
> >>>>
> >>>> “Grok is “AI modeled after Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and is
> >>>> intended to both answer questions as well as make suggestions on
> >>>> what to
> >>>> ask, according to a blog post from xAI.”
> >>>>
> >>>> Somebody has read Heinlein.
> >>>
> >>> Wouldn't Mike have been a more appropriate Heinlein reference for an AI?
> >>
> >> [Hal Heydt]
> >> Or--if being formal--Mycroft.
> >
> > Wasn't MYCROFT an acronym for several words ?
> >
> > NO ! The acronym was "Lunar infrastructure and machinery are largely
> > managed and controlled by HOLMES IV ("High-Optional, Logical,
> > Multi-Evaluating Supervisor, Mark IV"), the Lunar Authority's master
> > computer, on the premise that having a single, large-capacity computer
> > to run everything is cheaper (though not safer) than multiple
> > independent systems.[5]"
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress
> >
> > "The narrator is Manuel Garcia ("Mannie") O'Kelly-Davis, a computer
> > technician who discovers that HOLMES IV has achieved self-awareness -
> > and developed a sense of humor. Mannie names it "Mike" after Mycroft
> > Holmes, brother of fictional Sherlock Holmes, and the two become
> > friends.[6]"
> >
> > I really need to read TMIAHM again, it is sitting in my SBR. Along with
> > the sequel, "The Rolling Stones", the final years of Hazel Stone.
> >
> > Lynn
> >
> On occasion though, Michelle.

Or Adam Selene.

They might also have used Pallas Athene, Tina, or Minerva. Gay Deceiver doesn't seem to quite fit, though.

Regards,
Filksinger

Pound for pound, the amoeba is the most vicious animal on earth.

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