Episode 2770 CWSA 03/06/25
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What is the highlight of human civilization according to Scott Adams?
Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the highlight of human civilization. It's called Coffee with Scott Adams, and boy, you're lucky to be here. But if you'd like to take this experience up to levels that nobody can even understand with their tiny, shiny human brains, all you need for that is a cup or mug or a glass, a tank or chalice, a stein, a canteen, a jug or a flask, a vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite liquid. I like coffee. And join me now for the unparalleled pleasure of the dopamine hit of the day, the thing that makes everything way better. It's called the simultaneous sip and it happens now. Wasn't my best sip, but it was still great. Well, did you know that Grok, A.I.,
Allegedly, you can now, according to Maria Nofal, who's writing, doing a little write-up, according to Elon Musk, Grok can identify frauds. Let's say you get an email from a Nigerian prince. You could say, hmm, I wonder if that Nigerian prince really needs my money to free his fortune. And then you could run it through Grok, and Grok would say, no, Nigerian princes are not real. It is a scam.
How can Grok AI identify frauds and scams?
And it can spot phishing, phishing as in P-H-I-S-H, phishing scams and all kinds of red flags. But what I wondered is, can Grok spot hoaxes? So, of course, I asked it about the fine people hoax, and it got it completely correct. And I asked myself, do you think that Grok got the fine people hoax completely correct? by itself? Do you think it just looked at the facts and decided, yep, that's a hoax? I don't think there's any chance of that because I don't think the large language models can do that. I think the large language models would just look at the predominant opinion. And unfortunately, it would still look like there were more people saying it was real because most of the media would say that. So I think
that Grok is being, let's say, the finger is on the scale, just like all the AIs, except that the finger on the scale of Grok is trying to be accurate. I think some of the other AIs, if somebody puts their finger on it, is to keep the propaganda there. But in this case, the fine people hoax is definitely a hoax.
Can Grok AI spot hoaxes effectively?
And so if there's a little bit of programming in there to make sure that it gets that one right, that wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. But it makes me wonder if it can spot hoaxes in general. Because, you know, I've taught you the two on the nose rule. I've taught you the one anonymous source rule. You know, I've given you all these rules for spotting hoaxes. Can Grok do that? I'll bet no. but I'll bet it could do someday, and I'll bet it could be trained to do it. If the only thing he did was say, all right, there's a few people who are good at spotting hoaxes, so just look at their feed and try to imitate them, do what they would have done, then I think he could get there pretty quickly. For example, in this next story, there was a meta-analysis
to see if the public is good at detecting fake news. Oh, here you go. Do you think the public's good at detecting fake news? Well, somebody did a meta-analysis to find out if the public is good at spotting fake news. Do you see the joke yet? As I've taught you, meta-analysis is not real. It's fake science. They use fake analysis to determine whether people can spot fake news.
What does the recent meta-analysis say about detecting fake news?
If the people in this study didn't know that they were part of a meta-analysis, well, they probably should have known. No, actually, if it's meta-analysis, it means they're looking at studies that other people already completed. So no, meta-analysis is like horoscopes. And I've given you the long explanation of why. But as soon as you see meta analysis, just discount it. Just say, I mean, it could be true because a lot of questions are yes, no. Are people good at this? Yes, no. So meta analysis can be correct, but so can a coin flip. It's basically a coin flip because a human being decides what's in the analysis and what's not that that's the whole trick. And if it's based on the assumption of the person doing it, as opposed to just the data, it's not really a real analysis. So for example, if there's one big study that overwhelms all the other studies, a meta analysis looks at all the studies and says, all right, you know, one study might be unreliable. But if I look at the average of the studies, you know, I'll get something useful.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the highlight of human civilization according to Scott Adams?
0:06–1:29
2
How can Grok AI identify frauds and scams?
1:29–2:50
3
Can Grok AI spot hoaxes effectively?
2:50–4:20
4
What does the recent meta-analysis say about detecting fake news?
4:20–6:56
5
How does AI voice trust affect user perception?
6:56–8:48
6
What are the implications of the Department of Education executive order?
8:48–11:42
7
What does Scott Adams think about the Epstein files and JFK files?
11:42–28:17
8
How are oil prices affecting the economy?
28:17–1:26:43
Speakers
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