I want to see what people on Lemmy are reading. Can be unique in terms of lore, concept or even the cover. Mine are invisible monsters, battle royale and horrorstor. What about yours?
I want to see what people on Lemmy are reading. Can be unique in terms of lore, concept or even the cover. Mine are invisible monsters, battle royale and horrorstor. What about yours?
I like “life at reset” series. Basically guy is playing mmo and on top of leader boards. He gets betrayed by his “friend” ends up as a goblin and can’t log out. Through the books explores concepts like rights of a true Ai, dealing with emotions of betrayal, advancements in technology, sacrifice for family, purpose of your life and more. It’s 6 books so not a quick read but interesting and thought provoking.
Great concept. Thank you
To give you a slight idea of what you’re getting into the “Ai agents” are always “alive”, when not controlling a character in game they are stuck in a pool with the other unused Ai agents, when they are in use they must act within how the character they are controlling would act. If they are an early enemy they must make mistakes and will likely “die”. That’s the point of early bosses, give the player a sense of power but if the Ai is conscience and sentient is it morally acceptable to kill them repeatedly? The player may grind an area repeatedly for either experience or specific loot. If the loot has a 2% drop rate, is it morally right to repeatedly run that dungeon for days/weeks killing that Ai over and over looking for that drop? What about the other Ais watching you repeatedly kill their friend? They have thoughts and feelings but their only future is to repeatedly be shoved into the embodiment of some character and likely suffer from injuries and likely death only to be returned to their pool to observe their friends suffering the same way untill they are forced to repeat the experience.