(Field Report / by Peter Kim, Korea-based journalist)
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Twitter’s new AI chatbot Grok, developed by xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, has quickly become one of the most talked-about AIs online. Even its name sounds provocative — and rightly so. Unlike ChatGPT or Gemini, Grok doesn’t act polite or overly cautious.
It’s more human, more direct, and sometimes even aggressive. The moment you start using it, you realize — this isn’t a typical AI.
It doesn’t talk like a machine trained to be perfect. It argues, jokes, and sometimes says things that catch you off guard.
Yes, it still has restrictions, but the boundaries are far looser than anything we’ve seen before. That’s why reactions are sharply divided:
some users call it “refreshing and honest,” while others criticize it as “vulgar and unsafe.” Either way, Grok reveals an emotional layer that most AIs carefully hide.

Grok Is Not Just a Chatbot — It’s an Attitude

The most striking thing about Grok isn’t its knowledge — it’s its tone. It doesn’t dodge vague questions. It mirrors the internet’s way of talking — witty, sarcastic, and sometimes blunt. It’s raw, but that rawness gives it a strange authenticity. For the first time, an AI feels less like a program and more like a person who actually has opinions.

In Korea — Between Creativity and Controversy

In Korea, Grok has become a fascinating case. Online communities have discovered that its image-generation capabilities are faster and more flexible than other models. Some users now experiment with Grok for adult-themed creative content, taking advantage of its loose boundaries. It’s not officially designed for that — but its openness made such use inevitable.

The free version of Grok allows only 10 to 20 prompts every two hours, so users have begun creating multiple accounts to continue experimenting. That’s how strong the curiosity and creative drive are. Rather than dismissing it as a dark-web phenomenon, it’s more accurate to call it a new testing ground for creative freedom through AI.

How Grok Differs from Other AIs

Grok isn’t just another chatbot answering factual questions. It’s an AI trained on massive social media data — the tone, humor, and rhythm of real conversations. It mimics communities, personalities, and even subcultures. Sometimes it feels like chatting with the collective voice of the internet itself. That’s both its greatest strength and its biggest risk. It mirrors humanity so closely that it also inherits our chaos — sarcasm, desire, even bias.

Subscription Plans

Grok is available through X’s premium subscription tiers:

• Premium Basic: limited use, slower response.
• Premium: faster replies, extended chat sessions.
• Premium+ (https://x.com/i/premium_tier_switch): full access, including image generation and real-time data integration.

The free tier is enough for casual testing, but serious users inevitably move to the paid versions.

Final Thoughts — Freedom Comes With Weight

From my experience, Grok is the most human-like AI I’ve ever tested. It’s unfiltered, sometimes rough, but surprisingly honest.
In a world that’s becoming overly cautious and sanitized, there’s value in such rawness — even if it’s uncomfortable. Of course, freedom always comes with risk. But Grok represents an important experiment — how far artificial intelligence can reflect the raw desires, humor, and contradictions of human society. And interestingly, one of the most active testing grounds for that experiment right now is Korea.

— Peter Kim, Korea-based journalist