The game "What Beats Rock?" is a creative and open-ended twist on the classic Rock-Paper-Scissors. Instead of fixed rules, players type in anything they think can beat "rock," and a smart AI (a large language model) judges whether the answer logically beats rock or the previous item in the chain. For example, "paper" beats rock traditionally, but you could also try "water" (which erodes rock), "time" (which breaks down rock), or even abstract concepts like "cancel culture" beating "O.J. Simpson" in a humorous sense. The game encourages imagination and lateral thinking, with no fixed correct answers, and the goal is to keep the chain going as long as possible by coming up with creative counters
. In summary, the game is not about a single fixed answer but about inventing any plausible or witty thing that beats rock, judged by AI logic and creativity. Typical examples include:
- Paper (classic)
- Water (erodes rock)
- Time (breaks down rock)
- Diamond (cuts rock)
- Sledgehammer (physically breaks rock)
and many more imaginative possibilities
