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My 2.5 year old laptop can write Space Invaders in JavaScript now (GLM-4.5 Air)

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577 points simonw | 2 comments | 29 Jul 25 13:45 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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larodi ◴[29 Jul 25 14:22 UTC] No.44723750[source]▶
Is probably more correct to say - my 2.5 year laptop can RETELL space invaders. Pretty sure it cannot write a game it has never seen, so you can even say - my old laptop can now do this fancy extraction of data from a smart probabilistic blob, where the original things are retold in new colours and forms :)
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simonw ◴[29 Jul 25 14:26 UTC] No.44723812[source]▶
I know these models can build games and apps they've never seen before because I've already observed them doing exactly that time and time again.

If you haven't seen that yourself yet I suggest firing up the free, no registration required GLM-4.5 Air on https://chat.z.ai/ and seeing if you can prove yourself wrong.

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1. larodi ◴[30 Jul 25 09:00 UTC] No.44732165[source]▶
I’m using all major models it a daily driver and none of these can create anything I have not spent excessive amount of time explaining.

It works for me on the architectural level, but does not change the fact that your expounding on prior information and not a new one.

Not sure though why I’m getting downvoted.

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2. simonw ◴[30 Jul 25 13:41 UTC] No.44734082[source]▶
You said: "Pretty sure it cannot write a game it has never seen"

Then you said: "none of these can create anything I have not spent excessive amount of time explaining"

Presumably then they CAN create a game they have never seen if you spend an "excessive amount of time" explaining that game?

So are you talking about game design here? It can implement anything, but it can't design entirely new games without human input?