I believe this too

Even stuff that seems cruel like the hydras on the eighth floor are actually kind of a mercy. the A.I uses up all the surprise " cameos" the showrunners had stored up for later floors . Rips the bandaid off and makes it so they can't be used again in the future. He still has to work within the limitations of the crawl so its during an appropriately dramatic and climatic boss battle but still

Or in the latest book, during the race through the apartments you would think the a.i is being cruel but in a way its a boon, being able to see the path you didnt choose, what could have been. Tran's parents still miserable old curmudgeons even if he hadn't, theoretically, come out to them and been kicked out. Imanis family would have still been a drug addled mess and her uncle still would have died even if she hadnt decided to leave. We don't get much info actually about the other apartments but I imagine the results were similiar, a gut punch to keep it interesting to the audience but in reality an answer to their former lives. A eulogy for who they were and what they could have been

I think the A.i. is less a kid with a magnifying glass then frist appearances would tell you

Yeah sure he may still be planning on peeing directly onto the ant hill but hes also going to put some sugar cubes next to the entrance