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If AI Is Sentient Then So Is ‘Age of Empires II’
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June 24, 2026
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We start this week with Matthew’s story about a fascinating paper that argues if LLMs are sentient, then by those metrics so is the classic game Age of Empires II. After the break, Matthew tells us about a wild story out of Texas with a data center being built on land that was donated to be a park. In the subscribers-only section, we talk hacking and basketball.
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If AI Is Sentient Then So Is ‘Age of Empires II’
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