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Opinion | Elon Musk’s Grok brings racism to AI — we have enough of that without the help of technology

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Elon Musk’s Grok brought racism to AI this week, writes Vinay Menon. I thought AI was supposed to cure cancer – not drive up membership in the KKK.


Vinay Menon is the Star’s pop culture columnist based in ɫɫ. Reach him via email: vmenon@thestar.ca

The Unabomber was right.

Oh, he was wrong about blowing people up. But he was right about how technology posed an existential threat to humanity. And, recall, he was fretting in that dank log cabin before the internet, smartphones, social media and now AI.

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Vinay Menon

Vinay Menon is the Star’s pop culture columnist based in ɫɫ. Reach him via email: vmenon@thestar.ca

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