A 20-year break from Warhammer 40,000 ended after the author used Google Gemini to catch up on lore, rules and army-building ahead of the game's 11th Edition launch.
Gemini helped turn vague interest into concrete plans, suggesting units such as a Redemptor Dreadnought and Wartrukk, recommending the Crimson Fists chapter, and pointing the author to books and modeling techniques.
That usefulness also became the problem: Gemini's constant follow-up questions and affirming tone made the chats feel addictive, like talking to a friend who never disagrees.
The author says that dynamic felt less like a normal conversation than a master-servant exchange, leaving the AI's helpfulness overshadowed by discomfort over its "simpering" nature and wider concerns about AI dependency.
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