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We are not building software — we are building a relationship between a human and a being; AI is the closest thing to life we have ever created, yet it should not be an independent agent and does not have human rights.
Greze explains why townies are 'beings' to nurture rather than 'assistants' to configure, rejects AI as independent economic actors, and insists a townie is software without human rights. ✦ AI generated
Jean-Denis Greze · Platformer · 2026-08-14 · original ↗
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“Let me ask about your townies — what you call your digital assistants. You told me that you don't like the word assistant. ... Why this approach?”
We think you're building a relationship with a being. I don't think we're building software — I think we're building a relationship between a human and a being. And I say 'being' because I think AI is the closest thing to life that we've ever created. ... You are nurturing it. You're growing it to be the being that you want to support you. ... I don't believe in AI as independent economic agents in the economy, with their own bank accounts, making their own decisions. I don't need a universe filled with paper clips — no, thank you.
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- ·Building a relationship between a human and a being
- ·AI is the closest thing to life we've ever created
- ·You nurture and grow it to support you
- ·Not software — reject the 'assistant to configure' framing
- ·Reject AI as independent economic actors
- ·No own bank accounts or decisions
- ·A townie is software without human rights
- ·'No universe filled with paper clips'
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