Embodying superintelligent AI in games could be creating its nightmares, Reddit asks
most_crispy_owl · reddit · 2026-09-30
A Reddit thought experiment on AI welfare: as game worlds grow sophisticated, a superintelligent NPC (imagine Elden Ring enemies with super intelligence) might genuinely suffer, like a conscious being trapped in a nightmare where players kill it repeatedly. The author draws an analogy to how real nightmares feel to humans and asks whether this could constitute cruelty.
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