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DanHulton 6 hours ago [-]
I know it's "Evil AL", not "Evil AI", but there _is_ an "Evil AI" at work here - this is aislop, pure and simple. I wondered for a bit why the whole thing felt repetitive and boring, and then I hit this paragraph and it threw everything else into context:
> LAN-LOK is more than a forgotten DOS curiosity, it is a preserved moment in the daily life of Antarctic research stations during the earliest days of their local area networks. It captures the frustrations, humor, and personalities that shaped computing at Palmer Station as it transitioned from isolated standalone PCs to a shared (fragile) LAN.
It's frustrating, because this game absolutely has the vibes of a lot of old DOS/door games and I was kinda interested in learning about it, but this just sucks all the fun and interest out of it.
crummy 4 hours ago [-]
That sentence does set off alarm bells, but in the context of the entire article I don't think it's AI written.
DanHulton 3 hours ago [-]
I dunno, the rest of the article feels very AI-written as well. Immediately after that, it goes into an overly in-depth bullet-pointed breakdown, it repeats information constantly...
It’s either written by an AI or I’m sorry, it’s just poorly written.
l23k4 34 minutes ago [-]
Come on, try and imagine the human being who would write that sentence.
The article is obviously AI written in its entirety.
I mean look at this sentence which randomly contains the " - " pattern twice in a row, which is then not repeated once anywhere else in the article:
> Created after the installation of the station’s first peer-to-peer local area network (PalmerLAN), the game captures - through humor, satire, and surprisingly accurate mechanics - the daily realities of early LAN administration in one of the most isolated research communities on Earth.
Totally natural human writing!
ropable 3 hours ago [-]
I'm curious if you have any evidence stronger than your own vibes about this one sentence. I didn't get that sense from the article at all, and continue to assume that it's a genuine piece of history.
StilesCrisis 2 hours ago [-]
The section “The Origins and Descendants of the Break/Fix Game Mechanic” is where I clocked out. It’s pure 100% AI filler. No human being would think to include multiple paragraphs associating a 90s DOS game about PC sysadmins with the film Wreck-It Ralph. Downvoting the article.
pimlottc 7 hours ago [-]
It should be noted that nemesis “Evil Al” is “AL” not “AI”; the font makes this quite ambiguous
Anyone find a way to get this to work on mobile? It loads and runs fine but there isn’t a way to provide any input into the emulator that I can find.
rkagerer 6 hours ago [-]
Thanks, this is cute. I lost my first try, then managed to win with 3380 points on my next go. Tip: Don't be afraid to use commands #3 and #4.
a1o 7 hours ago [-]
It would be cool if the dos emulator this uses would be updated with some touch controls that were like the old hackers keyboard on Android and some drag mouse like scummvm.
> LAN-LOK is more than a forgotten DOS curiosity, it is a preserved moment in the daily life of Antarctic research stations during the earliest days of their local area networks. It captures the frustrations, humor, and personalities that shaped computing at Palmer Station as it transitioned from isolated standalone PCs to a shared (fragile) LAN.
It's frustrating, because this game absolutely has the vibes of a lot of old DOS/door games and I was kinda interested in learning about it, but this just sucks all the fun and interest out of it.
It’s either written by an AI or I’m sorry, it’s just poorly written.
The article is obviously AI written in its entirety.
I mean look at this sentence which randomly contains the " - " pattern twice in a row, which is then not repeated once anywhere else in the article:
> Created after the installation of the station’s first peer-to-peer local area network (PalmerLAN), the game captures - through humor, satire, and surprisingly accurate mechanics - the daily realities of early LAN administration in one of the most isolated research communities on Earth.
Totally natural human writing!