The 404 Media Podcast

If AI Is Sentient Then So Is ‘Age of Empires II

Mittwoch, 24. Juni 2026 · 42 min

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We start this week with Matthew’s story about a fascinating paper that argues if LLMs are sentient, then by those metrics so is the classic game Age of Empires II. After the break, Matthew tells us about a wild story out of Texas with a data center being built on land that was donated to be a park. In the subscribers-only section, we talk hacking and basketball.

• If AI Is Sentient Then So Is ‘Age of Empires II’ (404media.co/if-ai-is-sentient-then-so-is-age-o…)

• A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead (404media.co/a-farmer-donated-land-to-turn-into…)

• Hackers Publish Knicks and Madison Square Garden Data Online (404media.co/hackers-publish-knicks-and-madison…)

• Madison Square Garden Made Dossier on Activists Who Opposed Facial Recognition (404media.co/madison-square-garden-made-dossier…)

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