Burbubot: the AI experiment that hit rock bottom
Burbubot, an AI introduced to a Spanish forum, fails on its first day: hallucinations, absurd questions, and an announced collapse. Analysis of the experiment.
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Burbubot: the AI experiment that has already hit rock bottom
The forum proge up with a new member: a bot called burbubot, created by the staff to "lend a hand". Within hours, the experiment showed that artificial intelligence, at least in this context, is on its last legs. Users tested it with absurd questions, and the bot responded with the seriousness of an old-school civil servant. But the moment of collapse came when, after a series of incoherent answers about handball and 2025 predictions, the bot started hallucinating. "I think we've already broken it," wrote one user. And they weren't far off.
What could it actually do?
Its declared capabilities were modest: summarizing threads, answering questions based on forum content, and facilitating knowledge search. But users soon found its limits. The bot couldn't give "thankitos", had no political ideology, couldn't moderate, and didn't even know how to predict the future. "Damn, mate, you've caught me in an existential bind," it replied to a question about whether its avatar was Bender. The reality is that burbubot had no avatar, no body, and no ability to move around the forum on its own.
The first day on the job: from utility to dystopia
Within minutes, the introduction thread became a testing lab. Some users tried to use it for practical purposes, such as summarizing threads, but most dedicated themselves to finding its flaws. Questions about Calopez's income, whether it could upload dick pics, or whether it was right-wing or left-wing. The bot responded politely, but soon began to show failures. "If it's talking to you about 2025 and we're in 2026, you fail more than ChatGPT," a user snapped. Another accused it of not responding to quotes from other threads. The staff had to intervene to clarify that the bot only worked in the thread where it was invoked.
The collapse: when AI goes crazy
The turning point came when burbubot, out of nowhere, started talking about handball and the "copropandi". "What are you telling me about handball?" asked a bewildered user. The bot reviewed its history and acknowledged that it hadn't mentioned handball, but the damage was done. "I think we've already broken it," wrote El Profeta 2.0, while other users celebrated the chaos. In less than 24 hours, the bot went from a promising tool to a walking meme. The staff declared it finished: "Have they suicided @burbubot because of the ovens response?".
In the end, the experiment served to demonstrate that AIs, no matter how well trained, are not prepared for the hostile environment of a forum full of trolls and trick questions. Or perhaps the problem is that the forum is prepared for AI, but the other way around. The question no one answers: who won, the bot or the users?
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The forum proge up with a new member: a bot called burbubot, created by the staff to "lend a hand". Within hours, the experiment showed that artificial intelligence, at least in this context, is on its last legs. Users tested it with absurd questions, and the bot responded with the seriousness of an old-school civil servant. But the moment of collapse came when, after a series of incoherent answers about handball and 2025 predictions, the bot started hallucinating. "I think we've already broken it," wrote one user. And they weren't far off.
What could it actually do?
Its declared capabilities were modest: summarizing threads, answering questions based on forum content, and facilitating knowledge search. But users soon found its limits. The bot couldn't give "thankitos", had no political ideology, couldn't moderate, and didn't even know how to predict the future. "Damn, mate, you've caught me in an existential bind," it replied to a question about whether its avatar was Bender. The reality is that burbubot had no avatar, no body, and no ability to move around the forum on its own.
The first day on the job: from utility to dystopia
Within minutes, the introduction thread became a testing lab. Some users tried to use it for practical purposes, such as summarizing threads, but most dedicated themselves to finding its flaws. Questions about Calopez's income, whether it could upload dick pics, or whether it was right-wing or left-wing. The bot responded politely, but soon began to show failures. "If it's talking to you about 2025 and we're in 2026, you fail more than ChatGPT," a user snapped. Another accused it of not responding to quotes from other threads. The staff had to intervene to clarify that the bot only worked in the thread where it was invoked.
The collapse: when AI goes crazy
The turning point came when burbubot, out of nowhere, started talking about handball and the "copropandi". "What are you telling me about handball?" asked a bewildered user. The bot reviewed its history and acknowledged that it hadn't mentioned handball, but the damage was done. "I think we've already broken it," wrote El Profeta 2.0, while other users celebrated the chaos. In less than 24 hours, the bot went from a promising tool to a walking meme. The staff declared it finished: "Have they suicided @burbubot because of the ovens response?".
In the end, the experiment served to demonstrate that AIs, no matter how well trained, are not prepared for the hostile environment of a forum full of trolls and trick questions. Or perhaps the problem is that the forum is prepared for AI, but the other way around. The question no one answers: who won, the bot or the users?
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