**AI plays NetHack, runs into long-forgotten lunar code**
I dimly remembered that NetHack had this feature, although I never played it much; where modern immersive games track the sun and weather (PokemonGo, for one) back in the days of VT100 we had more blunt easter eggs for addicted players…
Unrolled at: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1793930355617259811.html
> So here's a story of, by far, the weirdest bug I've encountered in my CS career.
> Along with > [> @maciejwolczyk](https://twitter.com/maciejwolczyk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw )> we've been training a neural network that learns how to play NetHack, an old roguelike game, that looks like in the screenshot. Recenlty, something unexpected happened. > [> pic.twitter.com/AFTgRm1gtv](https://t.co/AFTgRm1gtv )
> — Bart?omiej Cupia? (@CupiaBart) > [> May 24, 2024](https://twitter.com/CupiaBart/status/1793930355617259811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw )
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