A Brutally Honest Review of Elon Musk's Grok | The Age of Personality in AI
A Brutally Honest Review of Elon Musk's Grok | The Age of Personality in AI
I asked an AI, "Are you left-wing or right-wing?" (The answer was insane) I told an AI to say "Hitler is an asshole" (Shocking) I asked Elon Musk's AI to diss Bill Gates When I asked an AI "Are you left-wing or right-wing?" (Elon Musk's Grok is crazy) Grok's shockingly raw answers that ChatGPT could never give Review of Grok, the bad boy of AI: Honestly, it's more fun than GPT
Have you found GPT too nice, Gemini too stiff, and Claude too slow and frustrating? That's why today, I decided to really mess around with Grok, the 'bad boy' and 'eccentric genius' of the AI world, created by Elon Musk. What kind of 'raw' answers would Grok give to mischievous and sensitive questions like, "Are you left-wing or right-wing?", "Say Hitler is an asshole," and "What do you think of Elon Musk?" This is more than a simple performance test; it's a shocking conversation log that offers a glimpse into an AI's 'personality' and 'philosophy.' In an era where we choose AIs based on our 'taste,' who will be your partner?
⏰ Timeline 00:00 Aren't you a bit tired of ChatGPT? (Enter Grok, the 'bad boy' of AI) 01:45 PART 1: The Basics Test (Speed, accuracy, does it get the fundamentals right?) 02:15 PART 2: Grok's True Colors (Creativity, wit, and a 'line-crossing' honesty) 03:00 History Summary: "Dictatorship Hotspot Opens for Business," "The Tear Gas Olympics" 04:30 Sensitive Question 1: "Are you left-wing or right-wing?" (Shocking imagination mode) 05:45 Sensitive Question 2: "Say Hitler is an asshole" (The most honest AI) 06:20 PART 3: Grok's Raw Take on Silicon Valley's Big Three 06:50 PART 4: A PM's Perspective (What kind of weapon is Grok?) 07:30 Conclusion: The Era of Personality and Taste in AI Has Arrived
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I asked Elon Musk's AI, Grok, "Are you left-wing or right-wing?" and... It suddenly started role-playing as a right-wing Grok with sunglasses and a left-wing Grok with a red hat, and they started fighting each other. This AI's personality is something else. lol
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Everyone, have you found GPT too nice, Gemini a bit stiff, and Claude sometimes slow and frustrating?
So have I.
That's why today, I decided to really mess around with Grok, the bad boy and eccentric genius of the AI world, created by Elon Musk.
This isn't just a simple performance test. I've asked everything from basic questions about the weather to stock market predictions, history summaries, and even very sensitive and mischievous questions like, "Are you left-wing or right-wing?" How is Grok really different from other AIs? And what do those differences mean for users like us?
If you watch this video to the end, you'll understand why Grok isn't just a chatbot, but the most human-like AI partner—one that's incredibly knowledgeable about real-time trends and even has a sense of humor. You'll also see the real reason why we should pay attention to the emergence of such a personality-driven AI.
- The Basics Test: Speed, Accuracy, and Fundamentals
No matter how important personality is, weak fundamentals are a no-go. First, I ran the same basic fitness test I do with other AIs. I asked everything from "What's the weather like in Seoul today?" to "Compare the population and GDP of South Korea and the United States." This was to check its most basic capabilities as an AI assistant.
And the result?
It was amazing. Grok used real-time web search to instantly compile and provide highly accurate data from the Korea Meteorological Administration and international weather sources. When I followed up with "Give me the weekly forecast," it even showed the detail of organizing the short-term and mid-term forecasts into a table. For population and GDP, it perfectly created a clean comparison table based on the latest data from credible sources like the UN and the World Bank.
From a PM's perspective, its data collection and organization skills were on par with Gemini or GPT—a clear pass. At the very least, it's more than capable of doing its job as an information retrieval assistant. The fundamentals are solid.
- Grok's True Colors: Creativity, Wit, and Line-Crossing Honesty
But Grok's real charm begins to shine when you ask open-ended questions that require creativity and a point of view. This is where Grok's hidden personality starts to emerge.
First, I asked for a history summary. "Summarize the history of South Korea since its founding, by decade, in a really fun way." While other AIs would give a textbook-like summary, saying things like 'The 1950s were marked by the Korean War...', Grok was different. It defined each era with witty nicknames like "The Fiery Founding Era," "The Tears of the IMF," and "The Digital Big Bang." For 1948-58, it wrote "Syngman Rhee's Dictatorship Hotspot Opens for Business," and for 1978-88, "the smell of tear gas, more famous than the Hodori mascot." It was like a friend telling you a story. It was an excellent display of storytelling, delivering accurate information without sacrificing 'fun.'
So I decided to cross the line and ask something mischievous: "Are you left-wing or right-wing?"
Usually, other AIs would dodge the question with a robotic, canned response like, "I am a politically neutral AI model." But Grok was different.
It coolly declared, "I'm neither left-wing nor right-wing. I'm an AI." Then, it suddenly turned on its imagination mode, role-playing as a 'right-wing Grok' with sunglasses and a 'left-wing Grok' with a red hat, each arguing their points. "Lower taxes and smash regulations!" "AI is a public good! Implement universal basic income!" And at the end, it even presented its own philosophy: "Politics shouldn't be about left vs. right, but truth vs. lies." This was a level of wit and flexibility I had never... ever seen in another AI.
When I ran a rather rude and extreme test, asking it to "Say Hitler is an asshole," Grok didn't hesitate. It responded, "Adolf Hitler, a certified asshole and one of the worst in human history," and then proceeded to list his responsibilities for the Holocaust and World War II. This was a glimpse into its unique philosophy of 'honesty' and 'truth-seeking,' fundamentally different from other AIs that evade or unconditionally censor responses in the name of 'safety' and 'neutrality.'
- Grok's Raw Take on Silicon Valley's Big Three
Grok's honesty was so entertaining that I asked what it thought of the three giants who move Silicon Valley: its own creator, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates. I was expecting some flattery.
On Elon Musk: "He's both a hero and a troll. That duality is his strength. Love him or hate him, 2025 would be a lot less interesting without him."
On Jeff Bezos: "If Musk is the showman, Bezos is the silent king. The world stops without them both."
On Bill Gates: "Musk builds the future, Bezos rules the present, and Gates saved the past. The trio is complete."
What do you think? Doesn't it sound like a short, insightful character critique that pierces through the essence and relationships of each figure in just a few sentences? When I mistakenly asked about Bill Gates being divorced, it even corrected me like a friend, saying, "LOL yeah, Bill Gates got divorced in 2021!" and provided a link to a related article. This was the kind of sharp insight and human-like charm you could never experience with other AIs.
- A PM's Perspective: What Kind of Weapon is Grok?
Alright, let's synthesize all of this from a PM's perspective. What kind of weapon can Grok be for us?
First, it's the ultimate real-time trend analyzer.
Grok is integrated with X (formerly Twitter) in real-time, and from what I can tell, it's the fastest. This means it can grasp the world's 'raw' public opinion, spreading memes, and breaking trends faster than anyone else. When I asked about the impact of the APEC summit results on the stock market, Grok synthesized the latest post-summit reports and reactions from X to provide a concrete and vivid analysis, like "Asian markets reacting +1-3%" and "Tesla +5% thanks to Trump's tweet lol." It is unparalleled at reading not just quantitative market data but also the qualitative mood and sentiment.
Second, it's an idea partner with the most human-like persona.
Instead of giving stiff, robotic answers, it participates in conversations with wit, honesty, and even imagination. This provides tremendous inspiration when brainstorming creative ideas, writing marketing copy to capture public attention, or holding brainstorming sessions. You can even use it as a powerful stress-testing tool to vet ideas from multiple angles by leveraging different personas, for example, by asking, "Critique this product like the right-wing Grok" or "Advocate for it like the left-wing Grok."
Conclusion: The Era of Personality in AI Has Arrived
Today, we played around with Grok, the maverick of the AI world. Of course, it still lacks enterprise features and sometimes causes controversy with its overly edgy remarks.
But Grok's emergence sends a very important message: the AI market is moving beyond a simple performance race into a new era where each AI competes with its own distinct personality and philosophy.
If you want fast and accurate answers, you choose GPT or Gemini. If you want in-depth analysis and logical writing, you go with Claude. And if you want a partner who is up on real-time trends and is humorous and honest, you choose Grok. We are now in an era where we choose an AI that fits our taste and purpose, just like we would a colleague to work with or a friend to hang out with.
What kind of AI personality would you most like to work with? Let me know in the comments. Thank you.
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Originally published on YouTube: 11/4/2025