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Age of Empires II’s goats used as AI building blocks to build a neural network — goaty experiment mocks the idea of chatbot consciousness, Microsoft AI researcher’s project makes an absurdist point about AI consciousness

tomshardware.com 2026-06-21 Mark Tyson
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Artificial IntelligenceNeural NetworkLarge Language ModelAI ConsciousnessAnthropomorphismMicrosoftAge of Empires IIMachine LearningCognitive EvolutionAI EthicsNatural Language ProcessingDeep Learning
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A Microsoft AI researcher has created a satirical experiment using the classic game Age of Empires II to highlight the over-attribution of human-like qualities to large language models (LLMs). By usin... Read original →
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