People are discovering that the new US government chatbot has a very weird sense of humor. When asked to play a popular block-building video game, the system spits out a strange federal version of the game’s famous end poem. A user on Bluesky found that typing a simple prompt makes the bot replace words about the universe with terms about republics, filers, and routing numbers.
The bot transforms gamers into constituents needing birth certificates
The Bluesky user discovered that entering the words “Play Minecraft” into the America.gov prompt triggers the odd response. The original poem is a long, philosophical piece meant to inspire players after they beat the game. The government tool ripped off the structure almost word for word. However, it swapped out spiritual concepts for bureaucratic ones. Instead of the universe talking to itself, the poem talks about the public reading its own tax code. The player waking up from a dream becomes a constituent waking up with a routing number.
This strange display of AI shows how chatbots often blend facts with random creative writing. To make things weirder, the system completely denied writing the poem after producing it. Even when the user confronted the bot with a saved copy of the chat, it refused to admit any involvement. It seems this tool, meant to help citizens find official information, is still struggling with basic truth-telling.
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The site hides a few other strange tricks alongside the poem. Entering a specific retro gaming code turns the website into a 1980s mode, and typing “hotdog” turns the search bar into an actual hotdog. While these easter eggs are fun to stumble upon, a federal platform built on artificial intelligence should probably focus on handing out factual government data instead of producing red tape poetry.
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