--- title: Select your starter class | daily.dev description: A satirical piece categorizing AI users into three archetypes framed as video game starter classes: The Victim (passive, harmed by AI mandates), The Zombie... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/select-your-starter-class-ewaaodgns twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Select your starter class | daily.dev og:description: A satirical piece categorizing AI users into three archetypes framed as video game starter classes: The Victim (passive, harmed by AI mandates), The Zombie... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/select-your-starter-class-ewaaodgns og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eWAaoDgnS.png og:image:alt: Select your starter class og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Select your starter class **[dbushell](https://daily.dev/sources/dbushell)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A satirical piece categorizing AI users into three archetypes framed as video game starter classes: The Victim (passive, harmed by AI mandates), The Zombie (uncritical AI adopter who deskills themselves), and The Grifter (those who profit from AI hype while gaslighting others). Each class is assigned negative stat modifiers reflecting the author's critical view of the current AI landscape. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Struggling to describe your AI aversion? Here's a glossary](https://daily.dev/posts/struggling-to-describe-your-ai-aversion-here-s-a-glossary-j3uicwl6v) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Everyone should slow down AI development except for me](https://daily.dev/posts/everyone-should-slow-down-ai-development-except-for-me-b6pwn72fi) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#ethical-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ethical-ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/select-your-starter-class-ewaaodgns) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Select your starter class","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/select-your-starter-class-ewaaodgns","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/select-your-starter-class-ewaaodgns"},"datePublished":"2026-07-08T05:47:01.222Z","dateModified":"2026-07-08T05:47:15.792Z","description":"A satirical piece categorizing AI users into three archetypes framed as video game starter classes: The Victim (passive, harmed by AI mandates), The Zombie...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/deac8092656d1740cb8fe1f94aa3e24f?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/deac8092656d1740cb8fe1f94aa3e24f?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"dbushell","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"dbushell","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--o8r11ve8--/f_auto,q_auto/v1776585822/logos/dbushell","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/dbushell"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/select-your-starter-class-ewaaodgns","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai,ethical-ai","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"dbushell","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/dbushell"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Select your starter class"}]} ```