Grimes is being trolled online for her latest interview on AI, Elon Musk and defending Musk
Grimes with her then-boyfriend Elon Musk. Photo: Getty Images
Techno-artist Grimes, also Elon Musk's ex-girlfriend, just did an interview, and social media is tripping over her comments. Grimes AKA Claire Boucher spoke to Wired about several things from her interest in AI, to a little bit on her relationship with Musk.
And people on X, formerly Twitter and now owned by Grimes' ex Musk, are getting a renewed insight into this person who is described as 'mysterious' by Wired.
Dating Elon Musk was "Best Internship"
- Grimes did not speak a lot about her relationship with Elon Musk, but she did allow one question and another one later on.
- Grimes described her relationship with Musk as the "best internship ever".
Defending Elon's transphobic comments
- This particular excerpt from Grimes' interview is especially irking netizens. We have all heard of Elon Musk's transphobic comments being aired online.
- His own transgender daughter has legally cut off all relations with her father.
- And Grimes talking about his controversial tweets against trans people said she asked Musk why he was so stressed about it and she also said she finally understood when he answered.
- The answer is that Musk is concerned about "fertility issues".
- Grimes also told Musk that fertility tech will help trans people have children and then it "would solve a lot of problems".
- People on X are not happy with Grimes' reasoning for Musk's transphobic comments and said that they are not someone's "problems" to be dealt with.
does it occur to these people that the reason they are bigots isnt bc they are full of irrational hate but bc they talk about us as a problem to be solved?
— Jamie 🏳️⚧️ (@chickytenderr) August 8, 2023
im sure ppl would defend grimes here but she's a bigot, thats what this is. it doesnt matter how polite she is about it https://t.co/KF9QnZLPDB
Di*k measuring contest
- The Musk vs Zuck, Meta's CEO, contest may be fun sounding, but people are also concerned that it's just a very counterproductive way for rich and influential people to compete with each other when there are serious issues they need to address about their projects and ambitions.
- Grimes is not super thrilled about the cage fight but said she'll take the credit for Musk challenging Mark Zuckerberg to a literal "di*k measuring contest" on X.
Apart from Grimes's remarks on Elon Musk, the reactions of people on X are brutal. Some are describing Grimes as the most boring person ever with the most boring of responses, while others are saying that whenever she shares her thoughts, it is 'stupid' and are also calling her out for being a bigot herself.
Calling this room temp iq is too generous,, If grimes iq was a room temperature I'd have to wear a sweater. pic.twitter.com/4onaegOGpR
— ZONE⚒KILLER (@zonexkiller.bsky.social) (@zonexkiller) August 8, 2023
speaking of how stupid elon musk is
— dawnyaaan 😈💕 VGEN COMMS OPEN (@dawnyaaan) August 8, 2023
people were so confused why grimes was ever with him and, as i've said many times before: it's because she's ALSO a giant fucking moron that has more money than common sense and no one in her life to tell her to stop being such a fucking hack https://t.co/lqyV7ElWnf
The thing about Grimes is she's so fucking boring even her being stupid is fucking boring. You could find like the average dumb bitch on the street and they'd be a stronger candidate for dumb bitch nouvelle vague than Grimes ever was. https://t.co/8rtn3sn8bJ
— Dia Lacina (@dialacina) August 9, 2023
Grimes wanting to check if Beethoven was ever actually deaf is making people accuse her of being one of those people who believe that specially-abled people are "faking" their disability or exaggerating the challenges they have to deal with.
the way Grimes said she’d go back to see Beethoven to check if he’s a disability faker 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/MCManT1yuS
— Beatrice Adler-Bolton (@realLandsEnd) August 8, 2023
An excerpt from Grimes's interview exposes the irony in her statements when she's talking about being "into" self-replication by AI. Grimes talking about her interest in self-replication wondered whether the interviewer had read much about it, presuming she was much more well-versed in all things AI and tech than the other person in the room, only to find out the interviewer had written a book on the subject.
Grimes is the funniest person alive pic.twitter.com/ZwyvseTJfG
— V. Chaos- 📚☕️ 🧟♀️ (@tropotropotropo) August 9, 2023
And Grimes also went on to say she's "into" self-replication after only researching about it for a couple of days.