You can buy a version from gog that runs on Windows 10 requiring 2 GB of RAM and an unspecified 1.8GHz CPU [2]

[1] https://www.mocagh.org/origin/u7completeaus-manual.pdf

[2] https://www.gog.com/en/game/ultima_7_complete

The archive link was posted [1] long before you posted. Also from the HN FAQ [2]:

> Are paywalls ok?

It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds.

In comments, it's ok to ask how to read an article and to help other users do so. But please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50040452

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

If I write a program:

if (rand() % 2) launch_missles();

And wire that function to actually launch a missile, the computer didn’t make a decision. And so it is with people prompting agents.

I’d estimate the total global HFT revenue to be 100 billion dollars a year, which is less than Apple and a tiny percentage of all big tech combined.

I am around 1500 (actually 1649 on lichess blitz, but close enough).

I explored the last 5 games I played on lichess. Here are the number of moves before lichess had never seen that position before for each of the 5 games: 6, 12, 16, 15, 11.

> If you find yourself in a novel position within 10-15 moves it's likely a resignable one

The opponent is also going to be in a novel position. Should both players resign?

Just in case you think this is limited to low rated players like 1500s, look at MagnusCarlsen's most used account on Blitz: https://lichess.org/@/DrNykterstein/search?perf=2

You will see that most games become unique to the whole of lichess within 15-20 moves and a good chunk between 10-15.

Or could we take your original statement to its logical conclusion and change the title to just “OpenAI commits crime”?

Sure, but doesn’t it depend on the circumstances?

Conservatively there are well over 10 to the 30 positions likely to show up in realistic games.

There are of the order of 10 to the 10 or so games recorded.

Thus well under one in a trillion positions are "known".

As a 1500 elo human I can tell you that a 1500 elo chess engine doesn't play like anything like a 1500 elo human.