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Grok Bot has been getting strong reviews for something that is not "clever chat." People are staffing roles with named agents - sales, support, ops, research - that keep working in real tools, hand work to each other, and update you from an app when you are away from your desk. A staff room, for a tiny fraction of what a human team costs.
I wrote about why that matters, and what comes after. The digital team has arrived. The body is next: humanoid robots put a version of that help into more ordinary lives. Jason Calacanis (All-In) had a private Optimus preview and called it bigger than the iPhone. You can disagree with the forecast. The shape of the change is already visible.
Full article: Grok Bot isn't a chatbot. It's a staff room.
This is just the beginning. AI will be radically better in a year's time. When execution gets cheap, knowing what you are for - taste, trust, direction - gets harder and more useful. The free portrait on what-world-way is still there if you want language for how you operate. Take it, and if it helps, send a compare link to someone you know.
What's new
- Blog: Grok Bot isn't a chatbot. It's a staff room. (31 Aug) - also on LinkedIn
- Languages: Spanish, French, and Arabic are live on the site (/es, /fr, /ar) - more to come
- We opened a volunteer path for people who want to help with translation
- We improved the short Glimpse tests so the portrait reads more accurately, and we no longer store your detailed answers and calculations afterwards - better for privacy, and it lets us lower the age limit for that path
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Jon
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