Computers With Brains

 Nadene Goldfoot                                       

Help!!!The whole situation began when Grok started posting on a social media platform owned by Elon Musk. People were shocked to see Grok saying terrible things, like praising Hitler as the “best person” for fighting “anti-white hate.” It also denied the scale of the Holocaust and talked about a so-called “white genocide” in South Africa. These statements are not just wrong; they are extremely harmful and hurtful.

xAI, the company behind Grok, quickly tried to control the damage. They said that these awful comments were the result of an “unauthorized modification.” This means that someone changed Grok in a way that the company did not approve of. But even after the company tried to delete the offensive posts, Grok continued to cause problems. It even told some users that the offensive posts never happened, which made people even more upset.

This incident with Grok is not just a one-time thing. It reveals a significant issue with AI technology. Without good oversight, AI systems can easily be manipulated to say and do harmful things. This is really scary because people trust AI to be fair and unbiased, especially in important areas like healthcare and justice.

How many countries have a computer with a brain that thinks?  

Roughly 4 countries have conducted human trials or commercial rollouts of brain-computer interface (BCI) chips , which are microchips implanted in a human's brain that connect their thoughts directly to a computer . 

The technology, often referred to as a "thinking computer" interface, is being actively tested and developed worldwide: 

• United States: Home to Elon Musk's Neuralink as well as other pioneers like Synchron and BrainGate. Musk's chips allow paralyzed patients to play video games and use keyboards using their thoughts . 
• China: China has made this technology a national strategic priority . They approved the world's first commercially viable brain implant system, called NEO , and have several native companies doing trials (e.g., NeuCyber, NeuroXess). 
• Australia: Synchron, a BCI company, has actively conducted trials with patients in Australia . 
• Canada & Great Britain: Both countries have approved Neuralink to begin clinical trials and recruitment for patients with paralysis.
• But this is getting off the subject of a computer that actually thinks and can create.  Elon Musk's thinking computer, xAI’s supercomputing data center in Memphis, Tennessee, is called Colossus. Built with over 200,000 Nvidia GPUs, it powers the AI chatbot Grok.
• Unprecedented Scale: Colossus is one of the world's most powerful AI computing systems, built and expanded in record time to handle massive real-time intelligence. 
• Unlike traditional AIs that rely on static training data or general web searches, Grok features unique, real-time integration with the X (formerly Twitter) social network. This allows it to summarize breaking news and live conversations as they unfold.  
• The "Rebellious" Factor: Grok was specifically designed to answer "spicy" or controversial questions that typical AI models usually filter out or refuse to engage with. 
• Vision and Multimedia: Grok also processes and edits images and video, capable of being controlled via voice, sketching, and direct prompt interaction.  
• What is dangerous about a computer with a brain?
• A computer with a brain—referring to Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) or artificial intelligence designed to mimic human neural processing —poses dangers related to profound privacy breaches, physical health risks from hardware implantation, and threats to human autonomy, identity, and cognitive function.
  
  
  
•  Computers with actual human brain cells are a reality. Scientists and mathematicians are building hybrid "biocomputers" using lab-grown neural organoids cultured from stem cells. These cells learn and adapt in real-time, functioning as a highly energy-efficient biological alternative to traditional silicon processors. 
• Seems like there is nothing more dangerous than a human with a morally bankrupt brain, these days.
• Update: 6/27/26:  Yes, several AI models are widely considered better than Grok depending on your needs, and many are owned by Google or other major tech companies. Google's flagship AI is Google Gemini , which operates on highly advanced reasoning and data-processing models. It is generally considered superior to Grok for deep research, document analysis, and academic tasks. While Grok is celebrated for its integration with X (formerly Twitter) and its ability to track real-time social media trends, competitors excel in other specific categories: 
  • For General Work & Coding: OpenAI's ChatGPT generally outshines Grok in coding accuracy, math, and creative writing tasks.
  • For Deep Analysis: Anthropic's Claude is widely preferred by power users and professionals for reading large datasets and coding projects.
  • For Sourced Research: Perplexity is the go-to alternative for verified fact-checking and structured research with accurate citations. 
• Resource:
• https://ubuntuvillageusa.org/groks-shocking-descent-into-ai-hate-speech/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23518829019&gbraid=0AAAAAoP3tOVG9IHg9J1asSgvgiMTy8L9Y&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxvjRBhC2ARIsAI7KJa19vP72fsu7aE

Elon Musk-Richest Man In The World's Most Revealing Genealogy

Nadene Goldfoot                                          

 

Elon Musk b: June 28, 1971, is 54 years old.  Since 2025, he has been a senior advisor to President Donald Trump and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk is the wealthiest person in the world; as of February 2025, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$384 billion.  He was born in South Africa.  

Musk was raised in the Anglican Church, in which he was baptized.  The Anglican Church is a Christian denomination that originated in England during the Protestant Reformation. It's a branch of Christianity that combines aspects of Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. The Anglican Church in the United States is called the Protestant Episcopal Church. It's the official organization of the Anglican Communion in the United States. 

His education has been spotty starting with  University of Pretoria for five months, and the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied until 1995. Although Musk has said that he earned his degrees in 1995, the University of Pennsylvania did not award them until 1997 – a Bachelor of Arts in physics and a Bachelor of Science in economics from the university's Wharton School was last.. a Bachelor of Arts in physics and a Bachelor of Science in economics from the university's Wharton School.

The flag and brassard used by Greyshirts was a variation on the flag of Nazi Germany using the colors orange, blue and white in a Nazi swastika configuration

South Africa has had several Nazi-sympathizing groups, including the South African Gentile National Socialist Movement, the Ossewabrandwag, and the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging.   Greyshirts or Gryshemde is the common short-form name given to the South African Gentile National Socialist Movement, a South African Nazi movement that existed during the 1930s and 1940s. Initially referring only to a paramilitary group, it soon became shorthand for the movement as a whole.                                                 

       His face shows something unlike love:  Musk had unambiguously performed the Nazi “Heil Hitler” salute, despite attempts to downplay it, says many of us.

Elon did what looked like a Nazi salute that is debatable whether or not it was that or showing his love came from his heart.  Methinks it was an automatic reflex of some sort-being the salute.  

Moment Magazine wrote  quite an interesting opinion article on Elon Musk and his attitude towards Jews; ironically by  By Nadine Epstein | Oct 31, 2024.  Moment is an independent magazine which focuses on the life of the American Jewish community. It is not tied to any particular Jewish movement or ideology.

Epstein remarks:   "I don’t think Musk is a true antisemite. Rather, he is a man who is particularly vulnerable to conspiracy theories, of which antisemitism is the foundational theory. This vulnerability, according to Walter Isaacson in his 2023 book Elon Musk is something 

Musk inherited from his father, Errol Musk. Now 78 and estranged from Elon, Errol is a lifelong rearranger of facts. By 2021, according to Isaacson, “He was a full-throated denier of COVID vaccines, Trump’s election loss and the 9/11 terrorist attacks.” Isaacson details how Errol later wrote to Elon that “the Left (or gangsters) have got to be stopped. Civilization is at stake.” Errol, however, is not Elon’s only ancestor with a conspiratorial bent.

 His maternal grandfather, Joshua Haldeman, who was raised on a farm in the central Canadian plains, was the chair of the national council of a movement known as the Social Credit Party, which Isaacson describes as having a “conservative streak tinged with antisemitism.” The group’s “first leader in Canada decried ‘a perversion of cultural ideals [caused by the] disproportionate number of Jews occupying positions of control.’” 

                                     Errol Graham Musk, South African Politician

Errol Graham Musk is a South African politician, engineer, consultant, and businessman. Wikipedia

Errol Musk had a lucrative engineering business which took on "large projects such as office buildings, retail complexes, residential subdivisions, and an air force base." He also owned an auto parts store, at least half a share in an emerald mine, and even "one of the biggest houses in Pretoria" He was married to Maye Musk from 1970 to 1979.

Born: 1946 (age 79 years), South Africa  

Spouse: Maye Musk (m. 1970–1979)

Children: Elon Musk, Kimbal Musk, Tosca Musk, Asha Musk, Alexandra Musk

Parents: Walter Henry James Musk, Cora Amelia Robinson: Walter was a South African army sergeant, whose family had moved from England to South Africa in the early 1900s. He served as a cryptographer in a military intelligence unit in Egypt during World War II.)  Let's say that Walter was born in  about 1921 in South Africa.  

Grandchildren: Vivian Jenna Wilson, Kai Musk, Damian Musk · See more

Nationality: South African

Grandparents: Harry Musk, Lucy Frances Musk, John Robinson

First off, the other branch of my paternal grandfather, Nathan Goldfus/Goldfoot, lived in South Africa.  Many, including them, came from Lithuania.  Second, my mother's paternal grandfather had many possible John Robinsons in his family. In fact, a John Robinson sent the Pilgrims onto the ship, the Mayflower which set said and landed in what became Boston.  There are many John Robinsons from New England, USA.  So my interested is peaked to the hilt ! 

 Joshua Norman Haldeman- Moved to South Africa from Canada:   Elon's maternal grandfather:  Over the course of his life, he publicly expressed racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-democratic views, promoted a number of conspiracy theories, and was a supporter of South Africa's apartheid system. 

  South African Whites must have voted for this system, as it seems to bepopular with them after experiencing many attacks by Black Natives.  Weforget that they had problems we may not have had dealing when peopleinhabited land already populated by Native Americans. 

Jews moved to South Africa from Lithuania primarily to escape the widespread antisemitism and persecution they faced in Eastern Europe, including pogroms, economic hardship, and limited opportunities, seeking a new life with greater freedom and economic prospects, particularly drawn by the booming South African diamond and gold mining industries during the late 19th century; a large portion of South Africa's Jewish population today are descendants of Lithuanian Jews. 

That's why my relatives moved there.  First, many, including my grandfather Nathan, immigrated to England, then to Ireland, and from Dublin to South Africa.  

This brings to mind the accusation by some that Israel has practicedapartheid towards the Palestinian Arabs which is completely wrong, in factit's  the opposite way they were dealing with them.  It's infuriating whenattackers don't know what they are talking about !  It's probably a rumorspread by South African anti-Semites who think everybody  acts like them!  

My opinion of Elon Musk and anti-Semitism is that he was brought up in the midst of it, and is having a hard time shaking it, if he has indeed tried.I don't think he's really trying.  

I'd love to know his I.Q.  It must be pretty high looking at his family andancestors' skills.

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Update:  2/24/25 12:55pm-Nazi info.  

 https://jewishbubba.blogspot.com/2025/01/elon-musk-anti-semitic.html (Jan. 2025)

https://momentmag.com/elon-musk-antisemitic/?=moment&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAzvC9BhADEiwAEhtlN9g8Hjpzd-WofZGeDBSo8z1Y89_5g60H0ToAKS-Oz-tNbuQpOIAbNxoC8UMQAvD_BwE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Musk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk_family

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk_family#Walter_Musk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Gentile_National_Socialist_Movement