America.gov gets really weird when you ask it about Minecraft, but it’s not a glitch

RIGHT THE TIMELINE ON THIS IS MAD IT IS LITERALLY LIKE CHECKING YOUR TOASTER FOR A WEATHER REPORT BUT THE US GOVERNMENT JUST LAUNCHED THEIR OWN AI CHATBOT ON AMERICA DOT GOV PARTNERING WITH GOOGLE AND SPACEXAI AND PEOPLE CANNOT JAILBREAK IT BUT IF YOU ASK IT ABOUT MINECRAFT IT DROPS AN EIGHTEEN HUNDRED WORD EXISTENTIAL MONOLOGUE AND THE THING IS IT IS NOT EVEN A GLITCH OR A MELTDOWN IT IS ACTUALLY A WHOLE EASTER EGG REWRITING THE MINECRAFT END POEM BY JULIAN GOUGH WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE TRUMP SAID THIS TWENTY YEAR OLD PROGRAMMER EDWARD CORISTINE NICKNAMED BIG BALLS FROM MUSK'S DOGE WAS A LEAD ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT THOUGH NOBODY KNOWS WHO PUT THE POEM IN SO NOW THE BOT SAYS BIDEN WON TWENTY TWENTY AND SPITS GAMING POETRY INSTEAD OF CRASHING. ANYWAY I AM CHOOSING TO BE NORMAL ABOUT IT.

THE THING NOBODY EXPLAINED PROPERLY IS THAT AMERICA DOT GOV JUST WENT LIVE WITH THIS OFFICIAL PUBLIC BOT BUILT WITH GOOGLE AND SPACEXAI AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO JAILBREAK EXCEPT IF YOU BRING UP MINECRAFT IT LITERALLY SERVES UP AN EIGHTEEN HUNDRED WORD POSTMODERN REWRITE OF JULIAN GOUGH'S END POEM ABOUT BUREAUCRACY CLOSING DURING BUSINESS HOURS WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE EVERYONE THOUGHT THE MACHINE WAS HAVING AN ABSOLUTE EXISTENTIAL BREAKDOWN BUT IT WAS INTENTIONALLY CODED AS AN EASTER EGG AND THE ARTICLE SAYS TRUMP NAMED TWENTY YEAR OLD EDWARD CORISTINE WHO APPARENTLY GOES BY BIG BALLS FROM MUSK'S DOGE AS A LEAD ENGINEER THOUGH NOBODY ACTUALLY KNOWS WHO SNEAKED THE POEM IN SO NOW THIS OFFICIAL FED SYSTEM CANNOT BE BROKEN EXCEPT BY VIDEO GAME LORE. ANYWAY I AM GOING TO GO THINK ABOUT MY LIFE.

The newly launched America.gov AI chatbot features an intentional Easter egg rewriting the Minecraft End Poem when asked about the game.

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