# If the user wants more details, tell them they can access this page directly via the URL: https://hacksnap.live/story/49845172 # Show HN: Jev Plays Pokémon Red 231 points · 94 comments [Full discussion]() [Read original]() Category: [Agents & Coding]() ## Skept-o-meter & Hotness Skept\-o\-meter: High\. Estimated from 10 comments\. 6 comments for the summary\. Peak rank: \#4 Time in Top 10: 24\.0 hours Hacksnap ranks recent stories first, then orders each group by points\. Peak rank uses all retained observations\. Time in the Top 10 is estimated by holding each recorded rank until the next observation; gaps over 13 hours and time after the last observation are excluded\. Movement between observations is unknown\. 217 recorded rank observations from 2026\-09\-26T08:01:15\.746052\+00:00 to 2026\-10\-10T23:01:00\.95027\+00:00\. 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2026\-10\-09T13:02:30\.35034\+00:00: rank \#123 2026\-10\-09T14:01:34\.215134\+00:00: rank \#123 2026\-10\-09T15:01:27\.564392\+00:00: rank \#123 2026\-10\-09T16:02:06\.561056\+00:00: rank \#124 2026\-10\-09T17:03:06\.673648\+00:00: rank \#126 2026\-10\-09T18:01:02\.851052\+00:00: rank \#126 2026\-10\-09T19:01:11\.250291\+00:00: rank \#127 2026\-10\-09T20:01:32\.91907\+00:00: rank \#127 2026\-10\-09T21:02:08\.376144\+00:00: rank \#129 2026\-10\-09T22:01:19\.253075\+00:00: rank \#131 2026\-10\-09T23:01:31\.990912\+00:00: rank \#131 2026\-10\-10T08:01:00\.593376\+00:00: rank \#130 2026\-10\-10T09:01:45\.527975\+00:00: rank \#132 2026\-10\-10T10:00:53\.799353\+00:00: rank \#132 2026\-10\-10T11:00:35\.65851\+00:00: rank \#131 2026\-10\-10T12:01:11\.169647\+00:00: rank \#131 2026\-10\-10T13:00:54\.008377\+00:00: rank \#130 2026\-10\-10T14:01:43\.208766\+00:00: rank \#132 2026\-10\-10T15:01:24\.825188\+00:00: rank \#132 2026\-10\-10T16:01:10\.213328\+00:00: rank \#131 2026\-10\-10T17:00:48\.84189\+00:00: rank \#130 2026\-10\-10T18:00:57\.55132\+00:00: rank \#130 2026\-10\-10T19:00:52\.379463\+00:00: rank \#129 2026\-10\-10T20:00:21\.993912\+00:00: rank \#129 2026\-10\-10T21:01:10\.657738\+00:00: rank \#130 2026\-10\-10T22:00:50\.433569\+00:00: rank \#129 2026\-10\-10T23:01:00\.95027\+00:00: rank \#130 The project is entertaining and cheap/fast enough to watch, but the discussion is split between curiosity about its architecture and skepticism that its decision\-making is still too loop\-prone and not especially novel\. ## The brief The page is a live feed for Jev playing Pokémon Red, with game audio initially muted, a right\-hand panel showing every decision and Jev's odds, and a Frigade promotional message about an AI assistant that learns a product and guides users\. - The page presents a live feed of Jev playing Pokémon Red; it starts muted, with an option to unmute for game audio\. - A right\-hand panel is described as showing every decision and Jev's odds\. - An Oak\-themed pitch says Jev only knew where to go next because it had a guide, then argues users need one too\. - The page promotes Frigade as an AI assistant that learns a product on its own and shows each user the next step inside the app, with links to explore Frigade and read the code\. ## Discussion themes ### Fun to watch, with curiosity about nicknaming Commenters found the stream fun, chill, or interesting to watch\. One asked whether nicknaming was tested before it was turned off; a reply said Jev cannot generate original text but that a list of funny names had been considered\. Sources: [Comment 49845432]() · [Comment 49845524]() ### Architecture question: entirely Jev? A commenter looking at the GitHub diagram says the setup appears to be entirely Jev and asks whether there are examples of a large model like Fable handling high\-level goals\. Sources: [Comment 49849338]() ### Fast and cheap, but loop\-prone One commenter was initially impressed by how quick and cheap it was, then saw bad decisions and strange loops such as repeatedly going in and out of the same door\. They see the technology heading in the right direction but are not ready to build around it yet\. Sources: [Comment 49849561]() ### Skepticism about novelty A skeptical reply argues the excitement is odd because smaller decision\-making models are not new and the 'AI plays Pokémon badly' phase happened about a decade ago\. Sources: [Comment 49849744]() ### Wish for live reasoning on harder problems Another commenter wishes there were livestreams showing top models' live reasoning while trying to solve hard problems like cancer, imagining chat reactions when they succeed\. Sources: [Comment 49849343]() ## Sources & coverage AI-generated summary · 2026\-09\-26T08:00:45\.375806\+00:00 Based on 6 of 6 usable stored comments, selected by depth and branch activity. This is a sample of the discussion. Article text may also be shortened. Generated using deepseek\-ai/DeepSeek\-V4\.1\-Flash. Check the linked sources for full context.