It's Glorbin' Time again! Now Destiny 2 players have tricked an AI site using the fake boss Glorbo
Enterprising World of Warcraft fans took it upon themselves last week to demonstrate that AI is actually AS—that is, absolutely stupid—by making up a new (and, for the record, not real) character named Glorbo, and then posting about it in the WoW subreddit. This had the effect of tricking AI article generators that were trawling the subreddit into «thinking» the character was real, and then creating and posting stories about players who «eagerly anticipate the changes Glorbo will bring to the game.»
It was all very funny and stupid, and a clear demonstration of the inherent weaknesses of AI and fallacy of over-reliance on automated systems. And if you think any lessons were learned, think again, because Glorbo is back, baby, this time as a Destiny 2 secret boss.
Destiny 2's Glorbo fake-out was virtually identical to the WoW stunt: A couple days ago, redditor Rasputin_the_Warmind posted a thread entitled «I just want to say the new Glorbo secret boss has been the best content I’ve played in a while,» in which he enthused about the enemy's mechanics and called on Bungie to add «more secrets like this and the quacken boss from the duck pond Easter egg.»
Others quickly chimed in: Some shared similar praise, others complained about spoilers, a few asked how to access Glorbo, and some just piled on their own ridiculous bullshit: Sam_Kablam expressed surprise that it took this long to find Glorbo, writing, «Ever since we found the first secret boss, Glubglub, back in Season of the Tokyo Drifter, there have been more hints that he had a brother.»
It was a remarkable and absolutely hilarious community effort, and in no time at all at least one website had hoovered it all up and spit it out into a guide on finding Glorbo, complete
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