Elon Musk's Grok AI Determines Which Political Party Has Performed Better for the Economy

Elon Musk's "anti-woke" AI chatbot Grok is now apparently a Democratic operative. That's our takeaway, at least, from Grok's response to progressive activist Alex Cole after he tagged the chatbot on X and asked it whether Republicans or Democrats were "better for the economy in the last 30 years." Grok was so eager to shill for Elon Musk's opposition that instead of staying within the timeframe Cole asked, it summarized politics and economics since World War II — a period during which "Democrats have outperformed Republicans on the economy," the chatbot noted. "[Gross domestic product] growth averages 4.23% under Dems vs. 2.36% under GOP," Grok continued. "Job creation? 1.7% yearly for Dems, 1.0% for Republicans. Also, 9 of the last 10 recessions started under Republican presidents." "Data speaks louder than party lines," it declared pithily. It appears the first part of Grok's reply was taken almost verbatim from the Wikipedia page for "US economic performance by presidential par ... Read full article.