Can Skills Learned in Games Transfer to Real-World Work?

Alex Duffy, co-founder and CEO of Good Start Labs, stated that games are underrated educational tools. The company spun out from Every last October, securing $3.6 million in funding from investors like General Catalyst. Duffy's inspiration came from a 2025 Twitch stream showing AI models playing Diplomacy, revealing their varied strategies. The experiments demonstrated that AI models behave differently in gaming scenarios, with OpenAI's model (o3) winning by planning a betrayal, while Claude (Opus 4) failed due to its honesty. This indicates that training models on games like Diplomacy can enhance strategic thinking skills.