Hi! I have lurked for quite a while and wonder if I can/should participate more. I’m interested in science in general, speculative fiction and simulation/sandbox games among other stuff. I like reading speculations about the impact of AI and other technologies, but find many of the alignment-related discussions too focused on what the author wants/values rather than what future technologies can really cause. Also, any game recommendations with a hard science/AI/transhumanist theme that are truly simulation-like and not narratively railroading?
Welcome! If you have the emotional capacity to happily tolerate being disagreed with or ignored, you should absolutely participate in discussions. In the best case, you teach others something they didn’t know before, or get a misconception of your own corrected. In the worst case, your remarks are downvoted or ignored.
Your question on games would do well fleshed out into at least a quick take, if not a whole post, answering:
What games you’ve ruled out for this and why
what games in other genres you’ve found to capture the “truly simulation-like” aspect that you’re seeking
examples of game experiences that you experience as narrative railroading
examples of ways that games that get mostly there do a “hard science/AI/transhumanist theme” in the way that you’re looking for
perhaps what you get from it being a game that you miss if it’s a book, movie, or show?
If you’ve tried a lot of things and disliked most, then good clear descriptions of what you dislike about them can actually function as helpful positive recommendations for people with different preferences.
Hi! I have lurked for quite a while and wonder if I can/should participate more. I’m interested in science in general, speculative fiction and simulation/sandbox games among other stuff. I like reading speculations about the impact of AI and other technologies, but find many of the alignment-related discussions too focused on what the author wants/values rather than what future technologies can really cause. Also, any game recommendations with a hard science/AI/transhumanist theme that are truly simulation-like and not narratively railroading?
Welcome! If you have the emotional capacity to happily tolerate being disagreed with or ignored, you should absolutely participate in discussions. In the best case, you teach others something they didn’t know before, or get a misconception of your own corrected. In the worst case, your remarks are downvoted or ignored.
Your question on games would do well fleshed out into at least a quick take, if not a whole post, answering:
What games you’ve ruled out for this and why
what games in other genres you’ve found to capture the “truly simulation-like” aspect that you’re seeking
examples of game experiences that you experience as narrative railroading
examples of ways that games that get mostly there do a “hard science/AI/transhumanist theme” in the way that you’re looking for
perhaps what you get from it being a game that you miss if it’s a book, movie, or show?
If you’ve tried a lot of things and disliked most, then good clear descriptions of what you dislike about them can actually function as helpful positive recommendations for people with different preferences.