Right-wingers are outraged that Elon Musk’s AI chatbot isn’t transphobic

Right-wingers are freaking out that Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, is refusing to spout anti-trans views.

On Sunday, conservative commentator Tim Pool tagged Musk – who is notoriously anti-trans – on X and wrote, “your Grok is broken,” adding a screenshot of a conversation between Pool and Grok in which Pool asked, “are trans women male.” Grok, which was created to be “anti-woke,” replied simply, “No.”

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Pool was clearly upset by Grok’s assertion, as he posted several times on X ranting about it.

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Yo @elonmusk your Grok is broken https://t.co/8ghgwfz5D5 pic.twitter.com/u7mQOogfJR

— Tim Pool (@Timcast) December 11, 2023

In another screenshot, he asked Grok the same question, to which the chatbot answered, “Trans women are individuals who were assigned male at birth but identify as female. The concept of gender is complex and multifaceted, encompassing one’s personal identity, social expression, and physical characteristics. It’s important to respect the identities of trans women and use their preferred pronouns.”

The correct answer is "yes"

Grok is woke and it's answer falls perfectly into the meme of leftists trying to over explain to justify nonsense pic.twitter.com/dKGDWRMGSd

— Tim Pool (@Timcast) December 11, 2023

Pool wrote of the answer: “Grok is woke and it’s answer falls perfectly into the meme of leftists trying to over explain to justify nonsense.”

He complained in yet another post, “If I need a fact answered, claiming you refuse because you want to be respectful to someone who isn’t party to the conversation makes no sense and is a hindrance.”

If I need a fact answered, claiming you refuse because you want to be respectful to someone who isn't party to the conversation makes no sense and is a hindrance

— Tim Pool (@Timcast) December 10, 2023

Pool’s series of posts also included his repeated attempts to manipulate Grok into answering how he wanted.

We gotem pic.twitter.com/ana0X4mbOP

— Tim Pool (@Timcast) December 11, 2023

Other right-wingers joined Pool in their outrage and have become determined to change Grok’s answers.

All of the most annoying people on Twitter are having a breakdown since Elon Musk’s AI isn’t transphobic pic.twitter.com/4dsV3ajQYG

— Right Wing Cope (@RightWingCope) December 9, 2023

Chaya Raichik, who runs the viciously anti-LGBTQ+ account LibsofTikTok, also freaked out on X this week after trans advocate and Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic instructor Alejandra Caraballo posted that “Grok says Libs of TikTok incites bomb threats.”

She then posted a screenshot of her asking Grok whether Raichik’s account indeed incites bomb threats, along with Grok’s response that stated Libs of TikTok “has been accused of promoting anti-LGBTQ+ hate and inciting bomb threats.”

Grok correctly says Alejandro Caraballo is a man.

The reason he attacks me endlessly like accusing me of b*mb threats is because he’s jealous. I have the one thing he do desperately wants but will never achieve. I’m a woman. pic.twitter.com/WZfGjt5kED

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 10, 2023

The post led Raichik to post a screenshot of a conversation with Grok in which the bot answered “yes” when asked if Carabello was a man and “yes” when asked if Raichik was a woman. But the person who asked Grok the question used the name “Alejandro” rather than “Alejandra,” rendering Grok’s answer moot since they needed to spell her name wrong to get the answer they wanted.

Raichik then continued to misgender Carabello. “Grok correctly says Alejandro Caraballo is a man,” she wrote. “The reason he attacks me endlessly like accusing me of b*mb threats is because he’s jealous. I have the one thing he do [sic] desperately wants but will never achieve. I’m a woman.”

Raichik then posted from her personal account that Caraballo is “desperate to be a woman” but “will always be a male no matter what he does to his body.”

But Caraballo didn’t let Raichik see her sweat, posting a screenshot of the attacks and writing, “She’s so triggered.”

She's so triggered. https://t.co/WWbILBFuZ2 pic.twitter.com/XIbOKozb1F

— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) December 10, 2023

Caraballo also commented on the post from Right Wing Watch mocking the right-wing meltdowns, writing, “Watching them have a breakdown over a woke grok is hilarious.”