{"id":3539,"date":"2025-11-03T03:10:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T01:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2025\/11\/03\/grok-confirms-michael-shellenberger-talks-abject-nonsense\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T20:22:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T18:22:58","slug":"grok-confirms-michael-shellenberger-talks-abject-nonsense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2025\/11\/03\/grok-confirms-michael-shellenberger-talks-abject-nonsense\/","title":{"rendered":"Grok Confirms Michael Shellenberger Talks Abject Nonsense"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Thanks to Going South for <a href=\"https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/2025\/10\/facts-about-the-arctic-in-october-2025\/#comment-822546\">the heads up<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yes. NSIDC satellite data shows Arctic September sea ice extent declined from ~6.5 million km\u00b2 in the early 2000s to ~4.2 million km\u00b2 by 2024, while PIOMAS volume estimates fell from ~12,000 km\u00b3 to under 4,000 km\u00b3. Shellenberger&#8217;s claim ignores these multi-decadal trends, though\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Grok (@grok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grok\/status\/1985085522470146468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>By way of additional background information, Wikipedia asserts that:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grok_(chatbot)\">Grok<\/a> is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI. It was launched in November 2023 by Elon Musk as an initiative based on the large language model (LLM) of the same name. Grok has apps for iOS and Android and is integrated with the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), Tesla vehicles, and Tesla\u2019s Optimus robot. The chatbot is named after the verb grok, coined by American author Robert A. Heinlein in his 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land to describe a deeper than human form of understanding.<\/p>\n<p>The bot has generated various controversial responses, including conspiracy theories, antisemitism, and praise of Adolf Hitler, as well as referring to Musk\u2019s views when asked about controversial topics or difficult decisions. Updates since 2023 have shifted the bot politically rightward to provide conservative responses to user queries.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>and that:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Shellenberger\">Michael D. Shellenberger<\/a> is an American author and journalist. He is the first endowed professor at the University of Austin, serving as CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech.<\/p>\n<p>Shellenberger is a prominent heterodox thinker on topics including climate change and homelessness\u2026<\/p>\n<p>University of Austin is not a school recognized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/\">U.S. National Center for Education Statistics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"Schizo\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In other news, is Grok schizophrenic?<\/p>\n<p>Watch this space!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-sharing-icons\" id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-sharing-icons-af97fe80\"><div class=\"social-icons-wrap\"><a class=\"social-icon is-facebook\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539&#038;title=Grok%20Confirms%20Michael%20Shellenberger%20Talks%20Abject%20Nonsense\" target=\"_blank\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.6.0 by @fontawesome - https:\/\/fontawesome.com License - https:\/\/fontawesome.com\/license\/free Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d=\"M512 256C512 114.6 397.4 0 256 0S0 114.6 0 256C0 376 82.7 476.8 194.2 504.5V334.2H141.4V256h52.8V222.3c0-87.1 39.4-127.5 125-127.5c16.2 0 44.2 3.2 55.7 6.4V172c-6-.6-16.5-1-29.6-1c-42 0-58.2 15.9-58.2 57.2V256h83.6l-14.4 78.2H287V510.1C413.8 494.8 512 386.9 512 256h0z\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"v-line\"><\/span>Facebook<\/a><a class=\"social-icon is-twitter\" aria-label=\"Share on X\" href=\"http:\/\/x.com\/share?url=https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539&#038;text=Grok%20Confirms%20Michael%20Shellenberger%20Talks%20Abject%20Nonsense\" target=\"_blank\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.6.0 by @fontawesome - https:\/\/fontawesome.com License - https:\/\/fontawesome.com\/license\/free Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d=\"M389.2 48h70.6L305.6 224.2 487 464H345L233.7 318.6 106.5 464H35.8L200.7 275.5 26.8 48H172.4L272.9 180.9 389.2 48zM364.4 421.8h39.1L151.1 88h-42L364.4 421.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><a class=\"social-icon is-linkedin\" aria-label=\"Share on LinkedIn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;url=https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539&#038;title=Grok%20Confirms%20Michael%20Shellenberger%20Talks%20Abject%20Nonsense\" target=\"_blank\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.6.0 by @fontawesome - https:\/\/fontawesome.com License - https:\/\/fontawesome.com\/license\/free Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d=\"M100.3 448H7.4V148.9h92.9zM53.8 108.1C24.1 108.1 0 83.5 0 53.8a53.8 53.8 0 0 1 107.6 0c0 29.7-24.1 54.3-53.8 54.3zM447.9 448h-92.7V302.4c0-34.7-.7-79.2-48.3-79.2-48.3 0-55.7 37.7-55.7 76.7V448h-92.8V148.9h89.1v40.8h1.3c12.4-23.5 42.7-48.3 87.9-48.3 94 0 111.3 61.9 111.3 142.3V448z\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"v-line\"><\/span>Linkedin<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grok is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI. It was launched in November 2023 by Elon Musk as an initiative based on the large language model (LLM) of the same name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3539"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3622,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539\/revisions\/3622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}