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He probably had plans to use it for some sort of Ender's Game crap but then realized that grok wasn't smart enough to do it.
by c-linkage 5mo ago
He probably had plans to use it for some sort of Ender's Game crap but then realized that grok wasn't smart enough to do it.
- XargonEnder 5mo agoThe word Grok comes from the novel Stranger in a Strange Land where the main character is Valentine.
- ETH_start 5mo agoIt's extremely unlikely Musk was personally involved in any way in the decision on the username.
- petesergeant 5mo agoIn a normal business? Sure. When it comes to Musk and Twitter? Less sure.
- mghackerlady 5mo agoAdd grok to that list, it's pretty much his pet project
- mcintyre1994 5mo agoMore likely is that they took a bunch of good usernames to sell - if you pay for their most expensive subscription one of the features is that you can rent a better username now.