Judgement Call: Games And Reality TV
A digital Monty Don

There has never been an artificial intelligence as wise and handsome as baking's Paul Hollywood. That's just a fact. Here are a couple of other facts. There hasn't been a strategy game as smart as Len Goodman or a piece of software as brilliant as Tim Gunn. You've never played anything that focuses on craft and skill as strongly as Masterchef does. SpaceX founder and high-falutin' eau de toilette Elon Musk might believe that advanced artificial intelligence is an existential threat but until I can play a game that judges my work, I won't be losing sleep about the rise of the sentient chatbots.
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