Pascal’s Substack

Grok fact-checks the Feb 28 2025 Joe Rogan podcast featuring Elon Musk: Musk and Rogan’s dynamic thrives on bold speculation, but many assertions crumble under scrutiny.

Asking ChatGPT and Grok: Is Musk right? Answer: NO. Grok: While Musk's perspective has some ethical and strategic validity, from a purely legal standpoint, his claims face significant hurdles.

Asking AI: Trump, Musk, DOGE + Palantir, Anduril, Booz Hamilton = Deep State? Grok: The (MAGA) movement’s tolerance for such contradictions suggests broad support will persist.

Elon Musk's Empire: A Complex Web of Business and Political Connections - by Claude.

ChatGPT-4o: While the U.S. may prioritize AI expansion at all costs, Europe has an opportunity to shape AI’s trajectory in a way that protects democracy, preserves institutional integrity...

Perplexity: The video "Elon Musk is the Apex White Predator" presents a highly critical and often exaggerated view of Elon Musk.

Grok: The Millers, entrenched Trump loyalists, mediate between Musk and the White House, ensuring alignment with Trump’s vision.

GPT-4o: DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) is seemingly controlled by Elon Musk or at least heavily influenced by him​.

Analysis of Elon Musk and DOGE's Actions until 22nd February 2025, by GPT-4o and Claude.

GPT-4o: Wikipedia (Ex-)Founder Larry Sanger’s calls for Elon Musk to defend free speech and transparency in relation to Wikipedia editing are either highly naive or intentionally misleading.

Overall, X users in this context predominantly view Musk negatively regarding Nazi symbolism allegations, with a strong consensus among critics that he’s either intentionally signaling extremism...

GPT-4o: Musk controls not only X’s content policies but also how content is ranked and distributed, which can shape public perception far more powerfully than Murdoch’s newspapers ever did.