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# Chat vs. bot: what’s the difference? | Grok Bot Guide

What is Grok Bot, and how is it different from a chat like Grok or ChatGPT? A simple explanation, a one-minute video, a step-by-step example and a short exercise.

[Getting started](https://www.lovelaceloom.com/grokbotguide/en/#modules)/Lesson 1

# Chat vs. bot: what’s the difference?

A chat tells you what to do. A bot does it, on a computer of its own, and stops to ask you before anything important.

6 min

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