If AI makes survival cheap, humans will just invent more games — the F1 argument
shauntrennery · x · 2026-09-10
Responding to worries about what humans will do once AI makes survival cheap and labor unnecessary, Shaun Trennery points to F1: practically pointless, yet tens of thousands of talented people spend their lives chasing milliseconds.
His take: we'll create more games — and take them more seriously than ever.
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