[lordnacho]

I think maybe the thing to do is not so much use LLMs (which I would still use for generating variety) for the AI's decision making, but to bring to bear the many lessons from TikTok and various other attention engines that we find on the internet.

Let the AI know everything, in the way that a father knows everything when teaching chess to his kid. But instead of just nurturing an independent chess player, feed the player with dopamine experiences that keeps him playing. Early victories, the joy of discovery, interesting diplomatic situations. Once they can play better, stretch it out a bit, more intricate setups.

No idea how to code this up.