Eureka

The Game:

You play as the first humans to upload your consciousnesses to a digital form. The process was not perfect. But maybe, with some practice, the world you now inhabit can be.

What I Like About This One:

There’s a theory of AI that suggests that the only way we’re going to reach the Singularity is to evolve humanity in parallel with the technology. Humans are gross and weird, and the theory goes that being gross and weird was a necessary part of becoming truly intelligent - we have complex needs, and getting those needs met requires complex thoughts. Now that AI is being rammed down our throats in every possible way, the idea carries a lot less appeal for me.

I’m an early adopter in general. I picked up AI early when there was still some excited buzz about it, and I learned one thing very quickly - it is not good at the things a computer should be good at. And if you want to plug that directly into my brain, that ain’t gonna fly. So there’s a horror element to the idea of uploading my thinker into a little black box that I think I maybe captured here.