the Know it All…doesn’t
I’ve been questioned about using Grok (Elon Musk’s brainchild)… so I’ll make a report. While it has a superb memory, it essentially only “steals” other people’s research… ergo, it does not “think”. This is essentially my gripe with Ancestry.com and it’s Melting Pot of everyone’s idea of what they all think might be what they think it might be, maybe… because they heard it somewhere they can’t remember, or aunt Mable said.
Grok will take a tidbit of info it digs up anywhere it finds it… and run like Forest Gump.
Grok will take a total fiction or outright falsehood and put whipping cream and a cherry on top of it. Grok does not care… it is programmed to answer your question. And it does just that, often erroneously.
As far as genealogy goes… Grok is a Crock… but, just as blind acorns often find squirrels… it has a place in my arsenal. You just have to aim it correctly.
…somewhat related…
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-08-28/does-ai-lie-and-why
Marc, have you joined the FT EIJ British Isles project? You+that project is mutually beneficial in more ways than I can predict. They are your long-lost people, both deep-dive and wit-wise
Anne
August 23, 2025 at 11:27 pm
Anne, I am hopelessly intimidated by FTDNA “projects”. I am a member of 3 groups and mired in confusion.
To me it is like hearing a knock on my door and answering, only to find an endless mass of people asking questions. I have not found any answers.
Once I root out the dirty, rotten Brantley dog what knocked up my GGGGGGranny Elizabeth, then, perhaps, I can relax a bit and peruse those folks across the pond.
I’m reminded of Johnny Cash, singing A Boy named Sue…. smiling.
anderson1951
August 24, 2025 at 1:24 am