Parents tearing their hair out over children spending hours gaming should instead be encouraging their creative use of tech, a recently-knighted AI millionaire has told the BBC.

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    8 months ago

    Parents tearing their hair out over children spending hours gaming should instead be encouraging their creative use of tech

    Uhhh…the reality exists somewhere between no gaming or gaming consuming your entire life. This is a false choice being given to us by a member of the ultra-rich who has a financial interest in people using tech more

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    8 months ago

    a recently-knighted AI millionaire

    I don’t even know what to say to this.

    That said, games are great for creativity and mental health and whatever, as long as they are not lootbox-laden casinos.

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    8 months ago

    Why is their game running on their second screen? And what are they doing on their primary one? Playing another game?

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      8 months ago

      They’re reading the wiki for lore because they’re 85% through the game skipping all cutscenes and lore drops, but they’re finally interested in the story now, if only because of the lore based puzzle they’re stuck at.

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      8 months ago

      They’re an old-school Runescape player setting up their afk-grind so that they don’t lose xp efficiency while they play a game with their friends.