Your cyberpunk games are dangerous (2015)
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Your cyberpunk games are dangerous (2015)
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Re: Your cyberpunk games are dangerous (2015)
#2Discussed at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9519956
Re: Your cyberpunk games are dangerous (2015)
#3“increment on May 11, 2015 [-]
Yeah, ultimately I think the Internet today is a lot more open and a lot more beneficial to liberal society than any network was in 1990. I understand why you gag at that, but, I can imagine much, much worse outcomes than we got.”
How fast things change.
Re: Your cyberpunk games are dangerous (2015)
#4> After a gradual dawning of awareness, he asks the computer, “Is this a game… or is it real?” With the aplomb of a delusional college student wandering the steam tunnels, imaginary sword in hand, the computer replies, “What’s the difference?”
Hmmm, I have never met this perspective. An AI might be limited in perceiving reality in addition to being much stronger intellectually. A dangerous mix I would say. Imagine “See”, but with AI instead of the blind people.
Re: Your cyberpunk games are dangerous (2015)
#5“increment on May 11, 2015 [-] Yeah, ultimately I think the Internet today is a lot more open and a lot more beneficial to liberal society than any network was in 1990. I understand why you gag at that, but, I can imagine much, much worse outcomes than we got.” How fast things change.
Still true.
Re: Your cyberpunk games are dangerous (2015)
#6Games are dangerous? What bs.
Re: Your cyberpunk games are dangerous (2015)
#7Games are dangerous? What bs.
I miss a time when people read articles before commenting on them. Just skimming the introduction could have told you that the title is not a reflection of an argument forwarded by the article.
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#8Re: Your cyberpunk games are dangerous (2015)
#9“increment on May 11, 2015 [-] Yeah, ultimately I think the Internet today is a lot more open and a lot more beneficial to liberal society than any network was in 1990. I understand why you gag at that, but, I can imagine much, much worse outcomes than we got.” How fast things change.
Still true.
No it isn't
Re: Your cyberpunk games are dangerous (2015)
#10GURPS Cyberpunk is still available as a PDF and interestingly, is still the best generic cyberpunk toolkit ever printed.