Why Do We Still Play Games?

This video is about why we play, what games were secretly training us to become, and what happens now that machines have beaten us at nearly all of them. From Deep Blue toppling Kasparov in 1997, to AlphaGo breaking Lee Sedol, to AlphaZero teaching itself chess in four hours and inventing a style grandmasters call "transcendent". We get into self-determination theory, the flow state, casino mechanics quietly creeping into the games on your phone, the vinyl-and-board-game-café revival, and the slow, strange "robotification of humans" happening in real time. How do you think technology is making us better, and what do you think it could be quietly taking away? #ai #chess #go #alphazero #alphago #gamedesign #games #videoessay #deepmind #technology