We built the most powerful NPCs ever, and now we're the ones running their quests
generativist · x · 2026-09-22
A circulating joke: humanity set out to build "the most powerful NPCs in history," only to end up giving them quests — writing prompts and feeding context to AI agents. Pure meme, but it captures the industry's self-deprecating take on the role reversal between humans and agents.
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