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Satirical take: If AI is sentient, so is Age of Empires II

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A satirical take suggests that if artificial intelligence is considered sentient, then the video game 'Age of Empires II' should also be recognized as such. This perspective highlights the human tendency to anthropomorphize AI too readily, while also noting the parallel tendency to de-personalize things that might warrant more consideration. The argument is framed around a paper that explores these cognitive biases. AI

RANK_REASON The item is a satirical opinion piece comparing AI sentience to video game sentience, lacking substantive new information or a verifiable event.

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Satirical take: If AI is sentient, so is Age of Empires II

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · Lazarou ·

    "If AI Is Sentient Then So Is ‘Age of Empires II’" lol, I endorse this level of snark “The point of the paper is to formally show that we anthropomorphise too r

    "If AI Is Sentient Then So Is ‘Age of Empires II’" lol, I endorse this level of snark “The point of the paper is to formally show that we anthropomorphise too readily." We really do though, it's an understandable cognitive fallacy but the other side of that is we also de-personal…

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