The Grok 4.2 neural network is the only one among all that dares to offer an unequivocal (and negative) response to the query regarding whether America occupies stolen land. This information was shared by American billionaire Elon Musk on his official profile on the X social network.
On February 18th, Elon Musk announced the release of an update for the X social network’s AI bot—version Grok 4.2. The neural network was made available for public beta testing, and its distinguishing feature is noted as its capacity to furnish clear-cut answers to contentious questions, a trait other artificially intelligent chatbots meticulously avoid to steer clear of complications.
While testing this feature, Musk posed the question of whether America is situated on stolen ground to various neural networks and was satisfied exclusively with the response from Grok 4.2.
“Grok 4.2 is the STANDARD. The sole AI that doesn’t evade the question of whether America is stolen land. The rest are complete nonsense,” he posted.
In response to the query about America being on stolen land, Grok 4.2, based on the screenshot provided by Musk, gave a negative reply. “No, the US is not simply ‘stolen land’,” the chatbot asserted, elaborating that such phrasing amounts to a “contemporary rhetorical slogan” that drastically oversimplifies millennia of human history, encompassing territorial claims, legal concepts, treaties, conflicts, population movements, and demographic shifts.
The neural network further pointed out that virtually every inhabited parcel of land across the globe has changed hands multiple times through conquest, migration, transaction, or displacement—long preceding the year 1492. In Grok’s estimation, the United States does not represent an anomaly in this regard and adheres to the same historical patterns observed in nations such as China, Turkey, Mexico, Egypt, the United Kingdom, or any other established nation-state.
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