A Needle-in-a-Haystack Game, One Piece at a Time

Matthew Berman shows a game he says hides one needle among five million pieces of hay and jokes about searching it on a 48-hour livestream.

MBMatthew BermanIntervenant · Forward Future
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Matthew Berman
Publié
18 sept. 2026
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0:22
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1 min
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Matthew Berman demonstrates a game in which players remove pieces of hay individually to find a needle. He says he saw the idea elsewhere, invites viewers to play, and jokingly considers a long livestream. The video title attributes the game to GPT-6, but the spoken demonstration does not show the development process or independently establish which model produced it. The five-million count is Berman's description, not a count verified by the video.

  1. 1A very large haystackBerman says the game contains five million pieces of hay and one needle; the visual alone cannot verify the count.
  2. 2The objectiveThe player goes through pieces one by one to find the needle.
  3. 3An idea seen elsewhereBerman says the idea was not his and asks whether he should spend a 48-hour livestream searching.

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  1. The game's stated objective is to find one needle by checking pieces of hay individually.
  2. Berman describes the haystack as containing five million pieces, a figure not independently verified in the clip.
  3. He credits the idea to someone else, without naming that person.
  4. The title attributes creation to GPT-6, but the clip does not demonstrate how the game was built.
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Searching the haystack

Berman explains and demonstrates the stated objective. He credits the idea to someone else and jokes about a long livestream.

The haystack game
DIAPOSITIVE 1 / 2The haystack gameThe game shows a large haystack and labels it as five million pieces; the figure is the video's claim.

This haystack has, I say, five million pieces of hay and one needle. The point of the game is to go through the pieces one by one until you find it. The clip shows pieces being removed, but it does not independently verify the total or show the needle being found.

Searching piece by piece
DIAPOSITIVE 2 / 2Searching piece by pieceRemoved pieces accumulate on the ground during the short demonstration.

I saw someone else make this; the idea was not mine. Viewers can play too, I say, and I wonder whether I should do a 48-hour livestream going through the hay one piece at a time. The video title credits GPT-6 with making the game, though the clip does not show its creation process or identify the model in the spoken explanation.

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