What if the mark of the beast, 666, visible on hands and on heads, is actually AI usage, visible in the quality of one’s work and in cognitive reliance on the technology?
In some numerology circles, 7 is interpreted as the wholeness of god, while 6 is the imperfection and incompleteness of man.
666, therefore, is a number taken to represent an all-encompassing incompleteness, the mark itself constituting a willing embrace of such incompleteness, never to strive for more.
This kinda night.
I have one less rib now!
I love the way Nintendo tends to justify its conceits.
“You play as Link, who can build in-world objects, such as cars, aircraft, framing implements, and siege engines.”
“O—okayyy?”
“You must navigate and explore a continent-sized pitch-black cavern replete with hostility.”
“Ahhh that’s why.”