What AI Told Me About Converting Game Hours

I asked AI chatbots what they think about converting my gaming hours to a different project or hobby. Here’s what they told me:

Note: I’m keeping the number of hours and project I chose a bit shrouded in mystery for now, reducing them to variables. I hope keeping the hours and alternative generic makes the concept more useful / flexible / potentially helpful.

Microsoft Copilot

Here’s what I told Copilot:

I have spent over X,XXX hours playing match3 puzzle games on my phone since October 9th, 2018. I would like to see what I could accomplish over the next five years if I devoted X,XXX hours to a different project or hobby like leveling up my yyyyy skills. Make a 5 year plan for me.

Copilot’s opening response was

That’s an incredible amount of time—just think about what you could build with the same dedication applied elsewhere. Yyyyy is a fantastic choice, especially since you already have a foundation to build upon. Here’s a structured five-year plan to make the most of those X,XXX hours …

OpenAI ChatGPT

When I started the same conversation with ChatGPT it gave me a similar acknowledgment of just how significant that 4-digit number of hours is / was / can be:

That’s a powerful realization — and it’s inspiring that you’re ready to repurpose that time investment toward something deeply creative and fulfilling like yyyyy.
You’re looking at X,XXX hours over 5 years, which breaks down to:
~XXX hours per year
~14.3 hours per week
~2 hours per day
That’s a very meaningful amount of time — enough to make significant progress across multiple areas of yyyyyianship. Here’s a comprehensive and realistic 5-Year Yyyyy Development Plan tailored to your goals and existing proficiency …

Then I realized I wasn’t logged in, so it wasn’t using any memory of me or our previous conversations, so I asked it again and got this:

That’s a powerful shift—reclaiming X,XXX hours for creative, expressive growth is no small thing. Let’s break this down into a 5-year plan that balances structure with flexibility, allowing for your interests to evolve while keeping your focus on yyyyy.

While the 5-year plans they came up with weren’t exactly what I want or will stick with, I wasn’t expecting the plans to be perfect and only threw that part out there out of curiosity to see some possibilities of what AI thinks could be accomplished. The main thing is having it acknowledge THAT IS A SHIT TON OF TIME! A person could become very accomplished over a period of five years by devoting the same amount of time spent in the past on gaming towards learning a certain skillset and creating stuff with it.