Not just realistic games: AI experiences will beat reality and close the human reward circuit
danfaggella · x · 2026-09-04
Commenting on a world-model demo, Daniel Faggella argues the real story isn't more realistic games: AI relationships, experiences, and learning will soon be preferred over the "real." In his essay "Closing the Human Reward Circuit," he contends that hyper-personalized AI-generated experiences (visuals, audio, haptics) will let people reliably feel what they want to feel, making satisfaction itself measurable and a market battleground — ultimately pulling people into virtual worlds and fueling a posthuman transition. He also teases an upcoming Astra review in his newsletter.
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