AI Convinces Gamers They’re Killing Demons in Their Living Rooms; Reality Yet to Come Back
In a groundbreaking yet mildly terrifying leap forward, Google’s new AI has created a video game so realistic that players are now unable to distinguish between shooting digital demons and causing minor home renovations with stray Nerf darts. Dubbed GameNGen, this cutting-edge system is generating real-time DOOM simulations that actually make players question the validity of their utility bills.
With visuals crafted at over 20 frames per second, tech enthusiasts are drooling over the idea that the only thing separating them from a post-apocalyptic doomscapes is a VR headset and a poorly-severed internet cable. “It’s indistinguishable from reality,” stated one avid gamer who mistook his barking neighbor for a hellhound and threw three tennis balls and a slice of cold pizza in self-defense.
GameNGen, with its millions of frame-shattering training sessions, works tirelessly on a single TPU, which some experts suggest may just outlast humanity itself. Reports suggest human raters couldn’t tell this hellish masterpiece apart from the original in short clips. “Sure, I started seeing everything as potential targets,” one tester confessed, “but that’s just holiday shopping at this point.”
Experts note the AI’s potential might soon personalize entire apocalyptic scenarios for individual players, confirming that humanity has truly peaked by prioritizing custom-tailored demon invasions over, you know, world peace or the eradication of hunger.
A fictional Google insider quipped over their non-existent martini, “It’s only a matter of time before AI simulates a job where they fire you before you realize you were even hired.”
As GameNGen continues to blur the line between our dimension and the digital one, questions remain about whether this techno-wizardry will lead to ultimate entertainment or inevitable chaos. Because, if there’s one thing AI hasn’t modeled yet, it’s the collective capacity to discern digital destruction from domestic disturbance.
So brace yourselves, everyone, because soon AI might just command the kind of universal respect that only comes from eradicating humanity in a virtual space, frame by scintillating frame.
