Under the keyword “Glorbo,” players of the MMORPG World of Warcraft outsmarted an AI that then sold false information as full-fledged, planned features.
Artificial Intelligence is currently one of the biggest topics in business and science. The technology has the potential to turn our entire daily lives and work upside down.
Currently, however, we are still in a kind of testing phase: Where are the limits of the technology? Where can we use it meaningfully, and where do we prefer to rely on a human brain?
Because the fact that human brains still have it shows, once again, the example of a group of WoW players. As BBC reports, they outsmarted an AI into believing its illogical lies.
Currently, several MMORPG competitors are emerging that have set their sights on WoW. The trailer provides an example:
What lies were they? It was about a new feature called “Glorbo.” What sounds like a crazy planet from the cartoon Rick & Morty, the players sold to an AI as the latest announcements for World of Warcraft.
Part of Glorbo was also the “mandatory item Klikclac,” an “epic quest to eliminate Quackion, the aspect of ducks” and the “small, cozy island Zoop.”
How did they do it? As BBC reports, an automated article appeared on the site “ZLeague” (via archive.ph).
The AI likely pulled its information from Reddit, where the players disseminated the information (via reddit.com). Members of the subreddit had already suspected that AIs publish information from the forum unchecked on some websites.
“Players of World of Warcraft (WoW) are excited about Glorbo’s introduction,” headlines the website, just like the Reddit thread.
WoW developer celebrates the action: On Twitter, “@Zorbix” comments on the issue and is happy that he can finally talk about Glorbo: since the information is finally known. They have been working on the features for almost 15 years.
In the tweet below, Zorbix, Senior Game Producer at World of Warcraft, explains that this is just a joke as well. He congratulates the people behind the action, showing that we will likely be safe from AIs for the time being as long as we still use our brains.
However, automation will continue to take hold in more and more areas, even in World of Warcraft: WoW is introducing real-time chat blocks – aiming to catch trolls before they cause damage
