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Elon Musk’s latest creation, the Grok AI companion, is an anime porn character. If you don’t know what anime is, then bless your heart. To sum it up as tastefully as possible, it’s a cartoon drawn in a Japanese animation style that is risqué and grossly exaggerates the human body. In other words, it’s every nerd’s fantasy.
Elon Musk’s AI Anime Girl Companion: A New Era for SuperGrok Subscribers
🧵 pic.twitter.com/UbwNPrmpTA— The Artificial Intelligence Techie (@TheAItechie) July 14, 2025
Yes, it sounds silly. Why are we even talking about a cartoon harlot that you can talk to online? But I maintain there is something insidious about how Musk is using it.
Beneath the pornographic facade, Elon’s anime girl represents technology at its worst. Rather than improving our lives, the new tech makes everything worse, harms personal relationships, and pushes men toward profound levels of virtual escapism.
The Grok harlot serves as more than just a digital buddy for gooners who can’t stop pleasuring themselves; it acts as a superficial fix for the emotional detachment felt by many young men. Rather than fostering real-world bonds, it insulates men from the demands and authenticity of genuine interpersonal exchanges. (Subscribe to MR. RIGHT, a free weekly newsletter about modern masculinity)
It’s a hindrance to developing social skills, dating women, getting married, and forming a family. Young men are already lonely as it is, struggling with online porn, OnlyFans, and sports gambling addictions. They can barely interact with women face-to-face in the real world, let alone ask them out on dates.
Birth rates are collapsing across the world, not just in Western countries, and the number of single people in the United States has reached a historic (and unprecedented) high. Elon, who constantly warns of humanity’s fertility crisis, has certainly done his part. He pretty much has a modern-day harem and has fathered numerous kids. But he’s setting up younger generations for failure. The last thing young men need is a digital porn character who can explain quantum mechanics.
Elon’s harlot might seem like just another high-tech novelty, but it symbolizes a misstep in integrating tech with human connection. And, for depressed young men trying to navigate the modern world, a disaster in the making.
