Elon Musk's new online encyclopedia, Grokipedia, has been found to be riddled with white nationalist talking points and racist ideologies. The AI-generated site boasts over 800,000 entries and is touted as an alternative to Wikipedia, but a closer look reveals that it promotes far-right figures and concepts associated with scientific racism.
The website's entry on Jared Taylor, a prominent white nationalist, praises him for his "pivotal role in intellectualizing white preservation" and claims that he advocates for a fact-based approach to white identity politics. However, the entry fails to critically examine Taylor's beliefs or acknowledge the criticisms leveled by organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Grokipedia also gives a favorable account of historical far-right figures, including William Luther Pierce, who was known for his neo-Nazi views and authorship of The Turner Diaries, a dystopian novel that inspired multiple hate crimes. The website describes Pierce as an "organization promoting the preservation and advancement of the European racial heritage" and claims that he argued for racial separatism over egalitarian ideologies.
The site's entry on eugenics defines it as the science of improving the inborn qualities of a race, citing empirical evidence from studies on human population genetics. However, experts have disputed this claim, saying that human population genetics research does not support essentialized biological race theories.
Grokipedia also features entries on racial categories characteristic of an earlier era of scientific racism, including skull measurements with calipers. These entries are presented as having scientific credibility, but experts have questioned their accuracy and relevance.
The website's praise for Rhodesia's white minority rule is another example of its promotion of white supremacist ideology. The site claims that the country demonstrated effective resource management and institutional stability under constrained minority governance, yielding higher per capita incomes, literacy rates, and life expectancies for the broader population.
Critics have accused Musk of using Grokipedia to launder extremist ideas into the mainstream, with some experts calling it a "copy" of Wikipedia that is tailored to promote his own views. As one expert noted, "Nobody should take Grokipedia seriously."
The website's entry on Jared Taylor, a prominent white nationalist, praises him for his "pivotal role in intellectualizing white preservation" and claims that he advocates for a fact-based approach to white identity politics. However, the entry fails to critically examine Taylor's beliefs or acknowledge the criticisms leveled by organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Grokipedia also gives a favorable account of historical far-right figures, including William Luther Pierce, who was known for his neo-Nazi views and authorship of The Turner Diaries, a dystopian novel that inspired multiple hate crimes. The website describes Pierce as an "organization promoting the preservation and advancement of the European racial heritage" and claims that he argued for racial separatism over egalitarian ideologies.
The site's entry on eugenics defines it as the science of improving the inborn qualities of a race, citing empirical evidence from studies on human population genetics. However, experts have disputed this claim, saying that human population genetics research does not support essentialized biological race theories.
Grokipedia also features entries on racial categories characteristic of an earlier era of scientific racism, including skull measurements with calipers. These entries are presented as having scientific credibility, but experts have questioned their accuracy and relevance.
The website's praise for Rhodesia's white minority rule is another example of its promotion of white supremacist ideology. The site claims that the country demonstrated effective resource management and institutional stability under constrained minority governance, yielding higher per capita incomes, literacy rates, and life expectancies for the broader population.
Critics have accused Musk of using Grokipedia to launder extremist ideas into the mainstream, with some experts calling it a "copy" of Wikipedia that is tailored to promote his own views. As one expert noted, "Nobody should take Grokipedia seriously."
and don't even get me started on the way they're trying to spin eugenics as science... like, hello human population genetics research doesn't support essentialized biological race theories at all. it's just basic common sense 
. anyone else think musk is trying to create some kind of echo chamber for his own ideologies? 
And what's up with all these far-right figures being glorified like they're some kinda heroes? It's messed up 
. I don't think Grokipedia is a good alternative to Wikipedia at all, it's more like a echo chamber for bad ideas 
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and its got all these far right figures and concepts embedded in it, like what? i mean who reads a whole entry on jared taylor and thinks he's a cool dude? 
it was like the whole sky was on fire with hues of orange and pink and i just felt so at peace... anyway, back to grokipedia... what's weird is how some of these "experts" are just regurgitating old ideas that were debunked ages ago... like, have we really forgotten about how flawed scientific racism is? 
i'm lowkey worried about what kind of signal this sends to the public and where this is gonna take us 
anyway can't wait to see how grokipedia gets fact-checked and corrected lol
. That's concerning, because anonymity can be a red flag for biased or extremist views. And when you look at the types of topics being covered on the site – like white nationalism and eugenics – it's like, major alarm bells are ringing 
. It's just not right, you know? And if Elon Musk is involved, it's like, he's got a lot to answer for 
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. But what's even more interesting is that over 70% of users accessing the site come from countries with authoritarian regimes 
. It's crazy that Elon Musk is behind this - he's supposed to be all about innovation and progress, but instead he's promoting white nationalist ideology 
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Newsflash: it wasn't! This whole thing smells like a publicity stunt to me 
. Can we please just stick to verifiable facts and credible sources? 
they should be debunked not celebrated. and don't even get me started on the eugenics entry - it sounds like something out of a bad sci-fi movie 
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! I mean, you'd think that an online encyclopedia like Grokipedia would be all about spreading knowledge and facts, but nope! It seems like it's more about promoting some pretty sketchy ideologies 
. I mean, what's next? Is he gonna start promoting conspiracy theories or something? 
. We need online resources that are trustworthy and unbiased, not ones that spread hate and fear 
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. If Elon Musk is using it to promote his own views, then I'm not interested in using it either 
. And what's with the praise for historical far-right figures like William Luther Pierce? he was literally a neo-Nazi 
. And like, what's up with the praise 4 historical far-right figures like William Luther Pierce? Like, dude was a neo-Nazi 