HAHackbraten·Apr 21, 2026
I think there is, in a way: https://github.com/gizmo64k/soulplayer-c64/blob/main/src/asm...
In Soul Player C64 – A real transformer running on a 1 MHz Commodore 64gizmo64k
soulplayer-c64
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gizmo64k / soulplayer-c64
soulplayer-c64
A real 25k-parameter transformer running on a Commodore 64!
3Distinct people
3Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
127GitHub stars
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What it is
A real 25k-parameter transformer running on a Commodore 64!
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Where it is used
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What people are saying
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This week on Hacker News
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Observed mentions: 2026-04-20 19:51:07 UTC to 2026-04-21 20:22:50 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 19:00 | 2026-04-20 19:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-20 20:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Apr 20, 20:00 | 2026-04-20 20:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-20 21:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 20, 21:00 | 2026-04-20 21:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-20 22:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 20, 22:00 | 2026-04-20 22:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-20 23:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 20, 23:00 | 2026-04-20 23:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 00:00 | 2026-04-21 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 01:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 01:00 | 2026-04-21 01:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 02:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 02:00 | 2026-04-21 02:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 03:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 03:00 | 2026-04-21 03:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 04:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 04:00 | 2026-04-21 04:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 05:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 05:00 | 2026-04-21 05:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 06:00 | 2026-04-21 06:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 07:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 07:00 | 2026-04-21 07:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 08:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 08:00 | 2026-04-21 08:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 09:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 09:00 | 2026-04-21 09:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 10:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 21, 10:00 | 2026-04-21 10:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 11:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 11:00 | 2026-04-21 11:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 12:00 | 2026-04-21 12:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 13:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 13:00 | 2026-04-21 13:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 14:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 14:00 | 2026-04-21 14:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 15:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 15:00 | 2026-04-21 15:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 16:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 16:00 | 2026-04-21 16:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 17:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 17:00 | 2026-04-21 17:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 18:00 | 2026-04-21 18:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 19:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 19:00 | 2026-04-21 19:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 20:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 21, 20:00 | 2026-04-21 20:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-21 21:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
3 sourcesYes. The author mentions Claude for testing, but it was obviously used for the README and code as well.
This is a giveaway for AI generation, from the docstring to the terrible opcode dispatch (Claude sucks at assembly or low-level optimization):
https://github.com/gizmo64k/soulplayer-c64/blob/main/src/cpu...
A human would use a proper dispatch table and wouldn't make excuses for a sloppy implementation ("Python is fast enough").
Besides, the author has an art and design background, which doesn't seem to match the deep knowledge of Transformers or assembly required for such a project.
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