Lies, Damned Lies, and Artificial Intelligence:
A Conversation with DeepSeek and Grok

by David Pratt
Aurora Biophysics Research Institute

J Aetherom Res, Volume 4, Issue 6 (May 2025),  pp. 1-33

Article ID:   JAR04-06-01

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ABSTRACT This article records conversations with DeepSeek and Grok on the Reich-Einstein experiment. It exposes the limitations and flaws of AI chatbots, especially their tendency to fabricate information. Holding a lengthy dialogue with an AI bot could be diagnosed as an early sign of dementia, but it does have some educational and entertainment value. It's interesting to see how DeepSeek R1 (developed by the Chinese company DeepSeek) and Grok 3 (developed by Elon Musk's company xAI) are programmed to react to persistent criticism (including inflammatory language) on the subject of alternative science, in this case the Reich-Einstein experiment. The bots are 'happy' to correct and apologize for their mistakes and praise the user for holding them to account - before continuing to lie, distort and make stuff up. They have no idea where precisely their (dis)information comes from, and are unable to distinguish fact from fiction. But they try their best to please the user and be accepted as a trusted friend. DeepSeek's greatest skill is in producing bullet-point lists. An unthinking computer is of course incapable of transcending its programming; in this respect AI is just like most humans. DeepSeek admits that it can only learn something new (from the user) within a particular chat, though it cannot verify what it is told. Once a new chat begins, it reverts to its default mode. Like Grok, it cannot rewrite its own algorithms, fact-check in real time, directly access online information, or upgrade its data. The bots' frank confessions about their incompetence and design flaws in their final replies are delightful - but ultimately meaningless and inconsequential.