How people use Grok Bot for Hardware

Grok @bot now passes the DOOM test. It ported the entire DOOM to ESP32-S running at a high frame rate without trouble.

Goodbye mental load....hellooooo @bot ! I know, I know. Grok Bot seems like it must be the next new thing for tech bros cold plunging in Patagonia vests, but hear me out moms (yes moms because disproportionately, the mental load falls more on moms than dads). Offload that mental load to AI and watch things just get done. Is it perfect? No. Is it amazing? Absolutely. Grok Bot is the new AI assistant from the team at Cursor + SpaceX (they're calling it SpaceXai). It's surprisingly useful and easy for non-technical people to use, and it can do a whole heck of a lot more than Claude and ChatGPT with little to no setup. Here are actual things that Grok Bot did for me this week (almost completely independently): - Looked through back to school emails and made sure I was prepared with everything that needed to be done for multiple kids. Mental load unlock: 100% I would've forgotten to pack a space change of clothes for my kindergartner on her first day. - Found 3 gift cards I somehow forgot to use from the last year. Oh right, I DID buy 2 Gap gift cards from Costco on black friday! Duh. Mental load unlock: Cha-ching! That's $150 in my pocket. - Scheduled multiple appointments for me. I've been putting off my annual physical exam because who has time to call the doctor. Grok Bot looked up options, pinged me with 3 dates/times, then booked it (I just had to confirm Zocdoc on the last step). It created a calendar reminder! Mental load unlock: Moms, we often put off our own health/wellbeing. Finally! AI can help. I also had it schedule a hair appt and massage for later this month. Let's go AI! - Listed a Facebook Marketplace item and is managing the sale. I had purchased a wagon for my kids years ago that's been collecting dust. Grok Bot found the old listing, used the photos, and asked me what $$ I want to list at. It's going to manage the rest (wish me luck here). Mental load unlock: Who has time to sell their old crap? I sure don't. But AI has infinite time. Notice, none of these are work examples. I will do those in a separate thread. All of these things are being done in the background, and I'm only being asked to approve or provide the AI direction. Don't be intimidated! Literally, if you've used WhatsApp or iMessage you can use Grok Bot with NO TRAINING. AMA I'm blown away by this tech. Photo is of my home assistant (her name is Helen) independently ordering my kindergartner a photo from Walgreens that mama somehow forgot about. Oops.

I asked Grok Bot to connect to my Arduino device and it executed flawlessly Now the LED display is a scrolling marquee displaying the current SPCX stock price with a line graph and the latest SpaceX news on the street Grok is getting so powerfully capable!

Have Grok @bot write ESP32 program with Full Self-Driving ticker. 🙂

Having some fun with @bot, an esp32, some great software from @umgbhalla. Grok bot(s) know to ping me when prs are merged, etc. falls asleep with no motion. I love it :)

doom scrolling less now that Grok Bot sends me regular updates from 𝕏 right to my Arduino device

Alright, I may have spent more token usage than I thought it would take... but I've got Grok Bot all setup with Home Assistant, n8n and some other fun stuff. I've been meaning to get Home Assistant more fully configured, it's nice to have made some progress w/ some hand holding

Grok @bot is blowing my mind with how useful it is.... My home IT bot, named Glitch, has been restructuring my, LAN, NAS, Home assistant, Hubitat, Lutron hub, and my 100s of smart devices. It's been incredible how it just figures things out! To make things easier... I consult with SuperGrok Heavy first to make the plan, then when finalized, I show that plan to my Cheif of Staff bot and he has Glitch execute it. Amazing!! I'm gonna post some video of the workflow later...