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how did Twitter’s AI get so obsessed with white genocide?

how did Twitter’s AI get so obsessed with white genocide?

kill switch
May 28, 2025 36 min
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<p>For about 24 hours, Grok, Twitter&rsquo;s AI chatbot, went berserk. You could ask it about puppies, sports, or movies, and it would reply with a bizarre diatribe about white genocide in South Africa. If you&rsquo;ve already heard of this, you&rsquo;ve probably seen people dunking on Elon Musk, and, well, that&rsquo;s understandable. But Max Read, today&rsquo;s guest, explains why this brief peek into a weird conspiracy theory might have actually been a good thing.</p> <p>Got something you&rsquo;re curious about? Hit us up <a href="mailto:killswitch@kaleidoscope.nyc">killswitch@kaleidoscope.nyc</a>, or @dexdigi on IG or Bluesky.</p> <p>Read:&nbsp;<a href="https://maxread.substack.com/p/regarding-white-genocide">Max&rsquo;s Substack article</a> on the whole thing.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

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