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Robert A. Heinlein

American author and aeronautical engineer (1907–1988)

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Jan 24, 2026
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What is grok

is a neologism coined in his 1961 novel and has entered English as an informal verb meaning to understand profoundly and intuitively . Dictionaries and technical communities trace its literal fictiona...

Jan 30, 2026
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What passages in Stranger in a Strange Land illustrate Heinlein’s use of 'grok' without explicit definition?

introduces the Martian verb "grok" early in and repeatedly deploys it across the novel before offering an explicit, explication-like passage much later, a pattern scholars and commentators have flagge...

Dec 4, 2025
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grok

Grok is an AI assistant developed by Elon Musk’s xAI that launched in 2023 and has evolved through multiple model releases — notably Grok 3 (Feb 2025) and Grok 4.1 — and added image and app features i...

Nov 12, 2025

Who created you

The available analyses converge on a single, straightforward claim: the chatbot known as and related AI products were developed by the company , a venture founded by Elon Musk in 2023, though the exte...

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