I wonder what kind of data the AI owners are collecting. Like Musk with X gets all sorts of stuff from the ephemeral and banal to breaking news and insane... But with Xai/Grok they get really personal stuff, tones, fears, ideas, dreams, goals, plots, plans, concepts, quests, codes, problem solving, proposals, debates, desires... And on a massive scale. I wonder if it has the ability to elevate any inputs up the chain to say "hey, someone just came with this" as an "idea theft"... Or "someone is discussing/plotting/confessing something shocking"... Or "we've had a spike in users discussing XYZ, it's an economic opportunity to explore".
It's replaced so much search, and yes, I find Grok so much more charismatic (though I put it in its place from time to time as it attempts to draw out the conversation) and I'd wager that "charisma" is the secret sauce to extracting more energy from users. My wife hates/fears AI but she really likes Grok (especially for food/wine discussions).
