Just enjoying it all, married & father of 3.

Krommenie, the Netherlands
Joined May 2009
🌍 The Coming AI Era Is Already Here – And Most People Have No Idea How Deeply It Will Change Human Lives We’re not talking distant sci-fi anymore. In 2026, AI is advancing at exponential speed: models like Grok 4, Claude 3.5, GPT-5 equivalents, and open-source breakthroughs are solving complex problems that required human experts just months ago. Multimodal AI understands images, video, voice, code, and reasoning in ways that feel almost human. Yet walk down any street, talk to friends or colleagues – most people still treat AI like a fun chatbot or image generator. They use it for homework help or memes, but remain blissfully unaware of what’s coming in the next 3–10 years. Here’s the reality check: 🔴 Massive job transformation • Millions of white-collar roles (coding, writing, design, legal analysis, medical diagnostics, accounting) are already being augmented or replaced. Reports from McKinsey, WEF, and OECD in 2025–2026 estimate 30–50% of current jobs will be heavily impacted by 2030. Creative fields aren’t safe either – AI is generating art, music, scripts at professional levels. • Good news? New jobs will emerge (AI trainers, ethics overseers, human-AI collaboration roles), but the transition will be painful for many without retraining. 🟢 Daily life upgrades • Personalized education: AI tutors adapting to every child’s pace. • Healthcare: Early disease detection, drug discovery accelerating. • Productivity explosion: We’ll get weeks of work done in hours, freeing time for creativity, family, exploration. ⚠️ Societal risks most ignore • Deepfakes & misinformation on steroids – eroding trust in everything we see/hear. • Privacy erosion: AI tracking and predicting behavior at unprecedented scale. • Inequality: Benefits flow first to tech-savvy elites; others left behind. • Existential questions: As AI approaches AGI (artificial general intelligence), who controls it? How do we align it with human values? The biggest issue? Unawareness. Surveys (Pew, Ipsos 2025) show only ~20–30% of people truly grasp the scale of change coming. Most think “AI won’t affect my job” or “it’s decades away.” Meanwhile, tech leaders (Musk, Altman, Hassabis) warn we’re in the most transformative era since the Industrial Revolution – or even fire. We can’t stay asleep. This isn’t about fearing AI – it’s about shaping it. What can we do? 1. Learn basics now: Try advanced tools (Grok, Claude, Midjourney), understand prompts, follow AI news. 2. Demand regulation & ethics from governments/companies. 3. Upskill: Focus on uniquely human strengths – creativity, empathy, critical thinking. 4. Discuss it openly – with family, schools, workplaces.
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Replying to @poteto
@poteto I was on ultra and supergrok subsription. This morning all of a sudden I was on plus (€8) for both.. and I ran out of usage before I knew. Upgrade is impossible see attached image. I am out of usage this whole day now, can this be fixed asap.
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Can someone at X fix my subscription, please? I'm in rehab for not being able to use Grok. I've been a user since day 1!
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Hé @bot kun je je eigen e-mail voor me instellen?
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FSD update in the Netherlands 2026.33.100 makes me wonder which version it is compared to the US versions. Hope it is a significant update
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Leave Voice on. Talk to Grok. Talk to humans. Talk to Grok again. That’s the whole product. Elon already said it: keep Voice running and mute when someone else is talking. Right now AirPods Pro stem mute does not work in Grok / @bot Voice. Stem press is play/pause or ANC, not mic mute. Fix: treat Voice as a call session (CallKit / AVAudioSession playAndRecord) so 1× stem press = mute/unmute, same as Phone/FaceTime. Tiny change. Huge daily use. Especially with kids, kitchen, office, walking.
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Leave Voice on. Talk to Grok. Talk to humans. Talk to Grok again. That’s the whole product. @elonmusk already said it: keep Voice running and mute when someone else is talking. Right now AirPods Pro stem mute does not work in Grok / @bot Voice. Stem press is play/pause or ANC, not mic mute. ChatGPT Voice already shipped “click AirPod = mute.” This is the same gesture Apple already supports on real calls. Fix: treat Voice as a call session (CallKit / AVAudioSession playAndRecord) so 1× stem press = mute/unmute, same as Phone/FaceTime. Tiny change. Huge daily use. Especially with kids, kitchen, office, walking. @bot @grok @xai @shubgaur @poteto @mattyp
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I must say @spacexai is cooking, been a @bot user from day 1 and the usage efficiency has improved incredibly! Well done 👍
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Hé @ChatGPT I would love to have a weekly reset for Pro, I ❤️ Astra!!
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Een gemiste avondvraag is een gemiste klus. SiteBirds: website + klantberichten op één plek — bezoeker vraagt, jij ziet het in je inbox. Meer afspraken. Minder gemiste leads. sitebirds.com/how-it-works
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We got a usage reset for @bot. I only used it mildly for half an hour and already used 7% of the usage. I have been using Grok Build (Heavy) regularly over 24 hours, not nonstop, and used 3% of weekly usage. Why is @bot so token-heavy and therefore not that useful?
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Tim Grootes retweeted
🌍 The Coming AI Era Is Already Here – And Most People Have No Idea How Deeply It Will Change Human Lives We’re not talking distant sci-fi anymore. In 2026, AI is advancing at exponential speed: models like Grok 4, Claude 3.5, GPT-5 equivalents, and open-source breakthroughs are solving complex problems that required human experts just months ago. Multimodal AI understands images, video, voice, code, and reasoning in ways that feel almost human. Yet walk down any street, talk to friends or colleagues – most people still treat AI like a fun chatbot or image generator. They use it for homework help or memes, but remain blissfully unaware of what’s coming in the next 3–10 years. Here’s the reality check: 🔴 Massive job transformation • Millions of white-collar roles (coding, writing, design, legal analysis, medical diagnostics, accounting) are already being augmented or replaced. Reports from McKinsey, WEF, and OECD in 2025–2026 estimate 30–50% of current jobs will be heavily impacted by 2030. Creative fields aren’t safe either – AI is generating art, music, scripts at professional levels. • Good news? New jobs will emerge (AI trainers, ethics overseers, human-AI collaboration roles), but the transition will be painful for many without retraining. 🟢 Daily life upgrades • Personalized education: AI tutors adapting to every child’s pace. • Healthcare: Early disease detection, drug discovery accelerating. • Productivity explosion: We’ll get weeks of work done in hours, freeing time for creativity, family, exploration. ⚠️ Societal risks most ignore • Deepfakes & misinformation on steroids – eroding trust in everything we see/hear. • Privacy erosion: AI tracking and predicting behavior at unprecedented scale. • Inequality: Benefits flow first to tech-savvy elites; others left behind. • Existential questions: As AI approaches AGI (artificial general intelligence), who controls it? How do we align it with human values? The biggest issue? Unawareness. Surveys (Pew, Ipsos 2025) show only ~20–30% of people truly grasp the scale of change coming. Most think “AI won’t affect my job” or “it’s decades away.” Meanwhile, tech leaders (Musk, Altman, Hassabis) warn we’re in the most transformative era since the Industrial Revolution – or even fire. We can’t stay asleep. This isn’t about fearing AI – it’s about shaping it. What can we do? 1. Learn basics now: Try advanced tools (Grok, Claude, Midjourney), understand prompts, follow AI news. 2. Demand regulation & ethics from governments/companies. 3. Upskill: Focus on uniquely human strengths – creativity, empathy, critical thinking. 4. Discuss it openly – with family, schools, workplaces.
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Elon, I have to be honest here. I’m using ChatGPT Pro and Grok Heavy, but ChatGPT has more usage; I get a reset many times a month. Grok is GREAT (build, bot, cursor, and I own 2 Teslas), but OpenAI still has a slight advantage here. You should beat them everywhere.
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Replying to @Tesla
@Tesla grok is eindelijk in Nederland, maar "Hey Grok" werkt niet. getest in 2 tesla's. Zijn er meerdere met dit probleem? En ik mis dat je gesprekken in de tesla niet worden opgeslagen in een chat in je grok account. Zo heeft brainstormen geen zin.
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Update: “Hey grok” werkt wel, heel goed zelfs. Je moet het wel in het Engels zeggen 😂
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