X users poke fun at "Grok" name: a meme-era coinage now seriously rivaling ChatGPT
yungcontent · x · 2026-11-04
Netizens mock how Elon Musk named xAI's chatbot "Grok" during his meme phase, yet the app now competes seriously with ChatGPT. A reply notes the term was actually coined in Robert Heinlein's classic Stranger in a Strange Land, a famous sci-fi neologism.
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