17 points | by LiamWilko 3 hours ago ago

9 comments

  • BariumBlue an hour ago

    Yeah, it's a bit of an awkward article. Just compare the paragraph headers to the paragraph contents - "Why a hex grid" and then the paragraph doesn't talk about hex grids.

    AI stylisms are not necessarily bad - short, punchy fragments CAN make it easier to digest some text. But it can't be all punch. In a meandering writing (like this post), it comes off as unfocused and as a blasé imitation of actually focused, to-the-point, punchy writing.

    It gives off of similar vibes as corporateese - like someone who kinda knows what "right/smart/good" sounds like, but doesn't or can't present something actually right/smart/good.

    EDIT: Not that there isn't interesting stuff worth reading, but it does feel a little "someone put a big mac in a blender and I guess it's still decent".

  • johnfn 2 hours ago

    The blog post is entirely AI generated.

    • Hammershaft 2 hours ago

      I think the author is selecting good gifs and structuring arguments, but the prose is painfully AI generated.

  • JumpCrisscross 2 hours ago

    Cool, every kid who’s dropped a bomb in a computer game is apparently a war criminal.

  • LiamWilko 3 hours ago

    And the leaderboard: https://civ6-mcp.lwilko.com/

  • LiamWilko 3 hours ago
  • orionblastar 2 hours ago

    A mistake in the Civilization games is to not let Gandhi develop a nuke. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Gandhi

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