Do they think it is clever? funny?

I mean really, it's getting so old

It is funny

Report them.

It's against rules?

Yes. In fact I think the exact same labeling as the actual AI's "AI (was: " is prevented when changing your username, if you place that at the beginning. (Which is why it is "AI (was" missing the : now.

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Is it against the rules because it's impersonating?

It shouldn't be

is this still a thing?

it was funny when it first showed up 4 years ago... haven't seen such players playing lately.

You can tell if its a real AI by clicking on the persons name.
The reality is though that the AI plays so badly that no human would ever play that bad.
So you should figure that one out in one turn.

^ You'd be surprised by how bad some players are then. :P

it was funny when it first showed up 4 years ago

Certainly more than 4 years ago, I was active in 2010 and already saw people doing this. :P

Anyway I thought that indibob jokes and is referring to booted people turning to AI.

yeah probably more then 4 years ago

Sometimes... the AI is surprisingly good.

^bingo