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LLM plays an 8-bit Commander X16 game using structured "smart senses"

https://pvp-ai.russell-harper.com
10•russellharper•2h ago
I connected the ChatGPT API (model gpt-4o) to an 8-bit shoot-'em-up game, PvP-AI, running on a Commander X16 emulator.

Instead of pixels or audio, the model receives structured text summaries, what I’m calling "smart senses", based on the game's existing touch and EMF-style inputs.

The LLM maintains notes between turns, develops strategies across games, and even discovers an exploit in the built-in AI's behavior.

Write-up, technical details, and three sequential gameplay recordings: https://pvp-ai.russell-harper.com/#v3

Git commands I run before reading any code

https://piechowski.io/post/git-commands-before-reading-code/
954•grepsedawk•6h ago•201 comments

MegaTrain: Full Precision Training of 100B+ Parameter LLMs on a Single GPU

https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.05091
133•chrsw•3h ago•27 comments

They're Made Out of Meat (1991)

http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-made-out-of-meat-2/
113•surprisetalk•4h ago•41 comments

Veracrypt project update

https://sourceforge.net/p/veracrypt/discussion/general/thread/9620d7a4b3/
721•super256•8h ago•251 comments

Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones

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286•ra•6h ago•366 comments

US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology

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279•giuliomagnifico•3h ago•129 comments

Show HN: We fingerprinted 178 AI models' writing styles and similarity clusters

https://rival.tips/research/model-similarity
52•nuancedev•1h ago•12 comments

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12•intofarlands•45m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Go-Bt: Minimalist Behavior Trees for Go

https://github.com/rvitorper/go-bt
11•rvitorper•1h ago•0 comments

Audio Reactive LED Strips Are Diabolically Hard

https://scottlawsonbc.com/post/audio-led
113•surprisetalk•1d ago•34 comments

The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess

https://aphyr.com/posts/411-the-future-of-everything-is-lies-i-guess
24•pabs3•2h ago•2 comments

Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era

https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing
1426•Ryan5453•21h ago•740 comments

Revision Demoparty 2026: Razor1911 [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw4W9V57SKs&t=5716s
273•tetrisgm•10h ago•92 comments

Microsoft Abruptly Terminates VeraCrypt Account, Halting Windows Updates

https://www.404media.co/microsoft-abruptly-terminates-veracrypt-account-halting-windows-updates/
38•donohoe•59m ago•6 comments

Lunar Flyby

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873•kipi•1d ago•210 comments

Your File System Is Already A Graph Database

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93•alxndr•2d ago•44 comments

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75•indraneelpatil•2d ago•33 comments

Teardown of unreleased LG Rollable shows why rollable phones aren't a thing

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10•DamnInteresting•1d ago•5 comments

Protect your shed

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247•baely•12h ago•65 comments

LLM plays an 8-bit Commander X16 game using structured "smart senses"

https://pvp-ai.russell-harper.com
10•russellharper•2h ago•0 comments

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780•be7a•21h ago•578 comments

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38•pruz•3h ago•5 comments

Mario and Earendil

https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/4/8/mario-and-earendil/
43•doppp•6h ago•17 comments

GLM-5.1: Towards Long-Horizon Tasks

https://z.ai/blog/glm-5.1
583•zixuanlimit•23h ago•238 comments

How to get better at guitar

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423•jwworth•2d ago•217 comments

Cambodia unveils statue to honour famous landmine-sniffing rat

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rx7xzd10xo
456•speckx•22h ago•107 comments

Native Americans had dice 12k years ago

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/native-americans-dice-games-probability-study-rcna26...
112•delichon•4d ago•53 comments

Slightly safer vibecoding by adopting old hacker habits

http://addxorrol.blogspot.com/2026/03/slightly-safer-vibecoding-by-adopting.html
150•transpute•5d ago•81 comments

Virtual Mars Traverse: Every inch of Curiosity rover's path since 2012 landing

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S3 Files

https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2026/04/s3-files-and-the-changing-face-of-s3.html
354•werner•20h ago•105 comments