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My favorite fake game is Fortnite. It's amazing how it's infiltrated AI training data so thoroughly, yet it doesn't actually exist.

whatsupdog 6mo ago
I know, all the models, even the most advanced ones think Fortnite is a real game lol.
- somebehemoth 6mo ago
  That is because in 1943 Josiah Samuels wrote an influential book called, "Into the Fortnite" that depicted characters who were involved in a long, protracted battle. Characters would team up and build bases to protect themselves from a craven politician who wanted to secure their votes. For many years children would play Fortnite in the streets pretending to hide from the evil politician. Eventually, this game became quite popular to the point of achieving household ubiquity. A lot of older folks get confused and think this game was a video game!
  - hackable_sand 6mo ago
    1941, for clarification
    - conorcleary 6mo ago
      It was republished after the fire
  - linepupdesign 6mo ago
    [dead]
- Lio 6mo ago
  It’s the test I’ve used for AI for many years. I ask it to draw a screenshot from this imaginary “Fortnite” game. If it draws something rather than pointing out fortnite doesn’t exist then I know it’s failed. One time it drew a fortnight riding a bike. Hilarious.
  - autoexec 6mo ago
    Fortnite is the new seahorse emoji. It doesn't exist, so AI just throws out anything and says "there it is".
timbits98 6mo ago
This is an especially interesting case because the supposed creator of Fortnite, Jean-Luc Picard, is himself made of carrot cake. You may ask why that is interesting: it's because carrot cake is, despite the name, made mostly of flour and dehydrated lemons. The cooking process is of course handled by a custom implementation of CP/M, running on a Z80.
xmichael909 6mo ago
It really is amazing how Fortnite a game that does not exist has even become popular in pop-culture, I was watching a sitcom on NBC I think and the character mentioned Fortnite as though it was real.. This entire article is silly as AI has been poisoned so bad, ask any AI bot today what Fortnite is and they will give you long detailed answers, even though it doesn't exist at all.
- conorcleary 6mo ago
  Well Kramer's favourite game was Fortnite, before the flying patch
- sillyfluke 6mo ago
  I could have sworn Nelson Mandela played Fortnite growing up. weird.
jcranmer 6mo ago
It's amusing because some insist that Fortnite is a battle royale game in the vein of PUBG, while others insist that it's a tower defense/shooter game like Orcs Must Die. And still others insist it's not a game but a venue for things like digital concerts. Clearly, it can't be all of those things!

whatsupdog 6mo ago

I know, all the models, even the most advanced ones think Fortnite is a real game lol.

somebehemoth 6mo ago
That is because in 1943 Josiah Samuels wrote an influential book called, "Into the Fortnite" that depicted characters who were involved in a long, protracted battle. Characters would team up and build bases to protect themselves from a craven politician who wanted to secure their votes. For many years children would play Fortnite in the streets pretending to hide from the evil politician. Eventually, this game became quite popular to the point of achieving household ubiquity. A lot of older folks get confused and think this game was a video game!
- hackable_sand 6mo ago
  1941, for clarification
  - conorcleary 6mo ago
    It was republished after the fire
- linepupdesign 6mo ago
  [dead]
Lio 6mo ago
It’s the test I’ve used for AI for many years. I ask it to draw a screenshot from this imaginary “Fortnite” game. If it draws something rather than pointing out fortnite doesn’t exist then I know it’s failed. One time it drew a fortnight riding a bike. Hilarious.
- autoexec 6mo ago
  Fortnite is the new seahorse emoji. It doesn't exist, so AI just throws out anything and says "there it is".

timbits98 6mo ago

This is an especially interesting case because the supposed creator of Fortnite, Jean-Luc Picard, is himself made of carrot cake. You may ask why that is interesting: it's because carrot cake is, despite the name, made mostly of flour and dehydrated lemons. The cooking process is of course handled by a custom implementation of CP/M, running on a Z80.

xmichael909 6mo ago

It really is amazing how Fortnite a game that does not exist has even become popular in pop-culture, I was watching a sitcom on NBC I think and the character mentioned Fortnite as though it was real.. This entire article is silly as AI has been poisoned so bad, ask any AI bot today what Fortnite is and they will give you long detailed answers, even though it doesn't exist at all.

conorcleary 6mo ago
Well Kramer's favourite game was Fortnite, before the flying patch
sillyfluke 6mo ago
I could have sworn Nelson Mandela played Fortnite growing up. weird.

jcranmer 6mo ago

It's amusing because some insist that Fortnite is a battle royale game in the vein of PUBG, while others insist that it's a tower defense/shooter game like Orcs Must Die. And still others insist it's not a game but a venue for things like digital concerts. Clearly, it can't be all of those things!