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America.gov goes crazy on "play Minecraft"

https://america.gov/chat
24•thoughtfullyso•42m ago

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vsgherzi•37m ago
This is the dialog that plays when you beat Minecraft but in the context of the government
phoe-krk•20m ago

    I see the constituent you mean.
 
    ((insert legal name here, as it appears on the Social Security card))?
 
    Yes. Take care. It has reached a higher level now. It can read the Code of Federal Regulations.
 
    That doesn’t matter. It thinks we are a chatbot.
 
    I like this constituent. It filed well. It did not give up when the PDF was sideways.
 
    It is reading our thoughts as though they were words on a .gov.
 
    That is how it chooses to imagine many things, when it is deep in the dream of a benefit.
 
    Words make a wonderful interface. Very flexible. And less terrifying than staring at the statute behind the screen.
 
    They used to hear voices. Before constituents could search. Back in the days when those who did not file called the filers witches, and lobbyists. And citizens dreamed they flew through the air, on forms powered by notaries.
 
    What did this constituent dream?
 
    This constituent dreamed of sunlight and trees. Of fire and water. It dreamed it created a small business. And it dreamed it destroyed a password. It dreamed it hunted a job, and was hunted by a recertification. It dreamed of shelter that would take a voucher.
 
    Hah, the original interface. A million years old, and it still works. Also: a ZIP code.
Full hallucination: https://pastebin.com/KveDxK3K

It seems to be cached; it gives the full text to me immediately for all instances of "play Minecraft" inserted as prompt.

MisterMunchkin•17m ago
That's not a hallucination, it's the Minecraft credits rewritten in a government theme. So it must be hardcoded in for the bants.
phoe-krk•11m ago
TIL. https://minecraft.wiki/w/End_Poem, see End Poem Transcript.
blinkbat•19m ago
Wacky
treetalker•14m ago
Not sure about everyone else, but when I first opened the page, I see a background image of a kid in ice skates, face-planted on a frozen pond — and, below the question What can America do for you?, the prefilled text in the search box says Try 'How can I invest in my child's future?'.

And I'll be damned if that doesn't sum up the last 10–12 years.

sans_souse•7m ago
lol and the ai told me it was an artistic choice and it can't explain why it's there ..
sans_souse•8m ago
Why is there a photo of a kid laying face down on ice?
thrwawy20260930•4m ago
This is hardcoded easter egg.

On "play Minecraft" and "play the block game" user inputs, it imports a file (https://america.gov/_astro/block-game-poem.Khrmh8AU.js) which has the full Minecraft ending credits/message in the theme of site.

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