https://dandylyons.net/topics/reality/Recent content in Reality on Daniel LyonsHugo -- gohugo.ioen-gbTue, 09 Sep 2025 07:21:38 -0600https://dandylyons.net/thoughts/it-looks-like-ai/Tue, 09 Sep 2025 07:21:38 -0600https://dandylyons.net/thoughts/it-looks-like-ai/<p>Several years ago I went on a hike with friends through a lush tropical forest. We turned the corner and saw a stunning lookout with dense green trees strewn across a wide valley as far as the eye could see. Then a friend of mine said one of the most ludicrous sentences I have ever heard in my life:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>&ldquo;Meh. The graphics are better on my PC.&rdquo;</em></p> </blockquote> <p>What in the world? That doesn&rsquo;t make any sense. How would videogame graphics be better than real life? It doesn&rsquo;t matter how many polygons your graphics card can render, there is no way that it can render the infinite polygons of actual reality. Nevertheless, what he said stuck with me.</p>