AI is like a wall hack for real life
AI as a cheatAnalogy between AI and cheating in gamingSep 29, 2026SharePhoto by Sean Do https://unsplash.com/@everywheresean I figured out the best analogy for explaining how AI impacts our lives.It's like cheating in gaming.Let's take a game as an example. Souls-like or anything that actually wants the player to put in the time to learn it. It has a progression system that requires you to spend time and effort to keep unlocking new locations, new items, new mechanics - basically letting you explore and experience more of the game content.Hour after hour spent in the game - you become better.You see some streamers play the game.
- ▪AI as a cheatAnalogy between AI and cheating in gamingSep 29, 2026SharePhoto by Sean Do https://unsplash.com/@everywheresean I figured out the best analogy for explaining how AI impacts our lives.It's like cheating in gaming.Let's take a ga
- ▪Souls-like or anything that actually wants the player to put in the time to learn it.
- ▪It has a progression system that requires you to spend time and effort to keep unlocking new locations, new items, new mechanics - basically letting you explore and experience more of the game content.Hour after hour spent in the game - you
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| Publication time | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:14:26 +0000 |
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AI as a cheatAnalogy between AI and cheating in gamingSep 29, 2026SharePhoto by Sean Do https://unsplash.com/@everywheresean I figured out the best analogy for explaining how AI impacts our lives.It's like cheating in gaming.Let's take a game as an example. Some difficult game. Souls-like or anything that actually wants the player to put in the time to learn it. It has a progression system that requires you to spend time and effort to keep unlocking new locations, new items, new mechanics - basically letting you explore and experience more of the game content.Hour after hour spent in the game - you become better.You see some streamers play the game. They have 1000s of hours logged. They know it inside and out. They are experts.
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