@HydrogenSonata Let me know if you need any help, I had it basically working before 0.16, I can send a zip of it for 0.15. Might be useful for the mod portal/confusion to change up the mod title a bit tho. Hopefully, AAI will update to 0.16 soon!!
@mfmeitbual the game itself sandboxes Lua from the file system and network (basically a static checker), so Factorio Lua only allows access to a special folder and not the actual raw game save folder or any others ... mods can't permanently break a game unless you save over your backup game file (which you should make any time you add a new mod :D), so it's good to test an experimental mod, so mod devs can get feedback ... just don't save over your existing file, save with a new filename. (More guidance from the Factorio mod portal, like maybe a "Beta" indicator or something would be nice tho)