Study Uses Age Of Empires Scenario Editor To Illustrate Why It’s Farcical To Treat AI As Cognizant
Opinion essay critiques AI investor hype using Age of Empires analogy.
“OpenAI and the like are using our fantasies about technology to bilk investors, if we want to protect the public we need to establish the…”
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Weekly Silicon's editorial model scored this 1.15/10 overall, reading it above all as an industry story with cross-cutting implications. Its strongest dimension is regional relevance at 2/10 — direct impact on US technology hubs rather than a purely overseas development — with technology breakthrough close behind at 1/10, pointing to a genuine capability or engineering advance rather than a routine product update. The impact is global rather than tied to one US hub, so the thing to watch is how it filters into domestic supply chains and hiring.
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A composite of 1.15/10 put this story at #11 for Monday, June 29, 2026, driven mostly by regional relevance (2/10) and technology breakthrough (1/10).
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