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On a RPG tangent, and related to the dialogue "Elon Musk tells Rishi Sunak AI will put an end to work" (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67302048 https://www.bbc.com
by HenryBemis 3y ago
On a RPG tangent, and related to the dialogue "Elon Musk tells Rishi Sunak AI will put an end to work" (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67302048 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67302048) I catch myself wondering..
I used to play VikingMUD (like A LOT). I have read the book Halftime (by Bob Buford). Then I consider a UBI. Also adding to the mix the "humans" in the movie Wall-E (all obese, sitting on floating chairs drinking soda all day wearing their VR devices). Now add a little of "Ready Player One" in that mix.
Now, adding all these to the mix (for for the future generation), will we become something like that? Will we be 'producing' 1h per day, sleeping 8h per day, and consuming the remaining 15h? (let's assume single or married person, but without any kids or pets)
Will I be able in my 80s to play VikingMUD again for 12h straight? (boot-run for those unique +3str iron gaunts, etc) Will I be able to play again Midnight Sun? (oh I have forgotten 99% of it).
Will someone revive Spellfire (oh how I miss this game.. I still have my cards in dossiers organized) and we will be able to scan & play with our cards from all over the world?
Or will we simply be playing Fortnite (or whatever 3d game will be the 'cool one') in 20-30 years when the above criteria are fulfilled?
- ilaksh 3y agoWell, yeah, I think it's already similar to that because you can use emulators to play old adventure games, or telnet for MUDs. But the 3d games available today are much more immersive already. Of course we don't have UBI but we do have retirement (for some). Or three-day weekends. You may already be aware of these sites: https://midnightsun2.org/muds.html https://midnightsun2.org/muds.html https://spellfire.com https://spellfire.com https://vikingmud.org https://vikingmud.org