==><==
##botcom Industries
####by botcom
######based on an essay by Liam Beckerle
---
<===
The year is 2033.
The robot revolution is coming.
You are a programmer who is highly qualified in AI design. You are applying for a job with the famous botcom Industries. It is very likely you get this job.
[[Go on.->Setup0]]
The job application reads:
**Charisma** is how persuasive you are. It is important to leading people, teams, and arguing with others.
**Intelligence** is how smart you are. It is important to designing computers, hacking, and other related activities.
**Strength** is how powerful your physical body is. It is important to fighting, moving large objects, and intimidating people.
**Reflex** is how quickly you react to situations. It extends timed events to be slower so it is easier to react to split second decisions.
(set: $Points to 25, $Charisma to 0, $Intelligence to 0, $Strength to 0, $Reflex to 0)
Points Remaining: (live: 0.01s)[(set: $Points to 25 - $Charisma + $Intelligence + $Strength + $Reflex)[$Points]] / 25
Charisma: [$Charisma]<Charisma| / 10
(live: 0.5s)[(if: $Charisma <10)[(if: $Points > 0)[(link-repeat: "+1")[(set: $Charisma to it + 1)(replace: ?Charisma)[$Charisma]]](else:)[ ] (if: $Charisma >0)[(link-repeat: "-1")[(set: $Charisma to it - 1)(replace: ?Charisma)[$Charisma]]](else:)[ ]]]
Intelligence: [$Intelligence]<Intelligence| / 10
(live: 0.5s)[(if: $Intelligence < 10)[(if: $Points > 0)[(link-repeat: "+1")[(set: $Intelligence to it + 1)(replace: ?Intelligence)[$Intelligence]]](else:)[ ] (if:$Intelligence >0)[(link-repeat: "-1")[(set: $Intelligence to it - 1)(replace: ?Intelligence)[$Intelligence]]](else:)[ ]]]
Strength: [$Strength]<Strength| / 10
(live: 0.5s)[(if: $Strength < 10)[(if: $Points > 0)[(link-repeat: "+1")[(set: $Strength to it + 1)(replace: ?Strength)[$Strength]]](else:)[ ] (if:$Strength >0)[(link-repeat: "-1")[(set: $Strength to it - 1)(replace: ?Strength)[$Strength]]](else:)[ ]]]
Reflex: [$Reflex]<Reflex| / 10
(live: 0.5s)[(if: $Reflex < 10)[(if: $Points > 0)[(link-repeat: "+1")[(set: $Reflex to it + 1)(replace: ?Reflex)[$Reflex]]](else:)[ ] (if:$Reflex >0)[(link-repeat: "-1")[(set: $Reflex to it - 1)(replace: ?Reflex)[$Reflex]]](else:)[ ]]]
[[Go on.->Setup2]]
Two stressful weeks pass, and you finally get an email back from the research firm.
---
<blockquote>//Dear $name,
We were quite impressed with your application. We're willing to offer you a position on our lead AI research team at a starting salary of $100,000. We hope you can work with us. Also, you seem qualified for the prestigious position of sanitation technician. We hope you understand.
Sincerely,
Karl Francis
Lead Manager,
botcom Industries//
</blockquote>
---
[[Accept the position as the lead developer.|Dev1.1]]
Before your first day, you must sign a terms and conditions contract. Your eye catches on the [[Privacy Contract->Privacy Contract1]] and [[Interaction Contract->Interaction Contract1]].
[[Sign the contracts.->Janitor1.2]]
(set: $hour to 0)Before your first day, you must sign a terms and conditions contract. Your eye catches on the [[Privacy Contract|Privacy Contract2]] and [[Interaction Contract|Interaction Contract2]].
[[Sign the contracts.->Dev1.2]]
No personnel besides the lead development team are allowed to interact with the AI or other computer sentience projects within the facility. Any unintended interactions must be reported to a Human Resources Officer within 24 hours.
[[Go back.->Janitor1.1]]
Any staff members are in no way allowed to speak or disclose any information involving botcom Industries Research and Development facilities, projects, or other details. If one wishes to disclose any information, they must first process an Information Release Form through the Advertising Department.
[[Go back.->Janitor1.1]]
(set: $InfoReleaseForm to 1)
Any staff members are in no way allowed to speak or disclose any information involving botcom Industries Research and Development facilities, projects, or other details. If one wishes to disclose any information, they must first process an Information Release Form through the Advertising Department.
[[Go back.->Dev1.1]]
(set: $InfoReleaseForm to 1)
No personnel besides the lead development team are allowed to interact with the AI or other computer sentience projects within the facility. Any unintended interactions must be reported to a Human Resources Officer within 24 hours.
But you're a developer, so this doesn't apply to you.
[[Go back.->Dev1.1]]
<strong>"HEY! $name! It's time to get up!"</strong> shrills your mother through the house.
<strong>"IT'S TIME TO GET UP. RISE AND SHINE, KIDDO!"</strong>
//ugh//
<strong>"IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF YOUR NEW JOB! YOU NEED TO GET THERE EARLY!"</strong>
Look at the clock. (click-replace: "Look at the clock.")[It reads 5:00 A.M.(set: $complain to 1)]
Look at the calendar. (click-replace: "Look at the calendar.")[Today is the 23 of January, 2034.]
(link-replace: "Complain.")[(if: $complain is 1)[<strong>"IT'S 5 AM. GIVE ME A BREAK, MOM!"</strong>](else:)[<strong>"IT'S SO EARLY. THERE'S NO WAY I HAVE TO GET UP NOW!"</strong>]]
Go back to bed. (click-replace: "Go back to bed.")[//You're too awake to go back to sleep.//]
What should you put on today?
(link-goto: "Blue jeans and t-shirt.","Janitor1.3")
(link-goto: "Suit and tie.","Janitor1.3")
(link-replace: "Absolutely nothing.")[//That's not a very good idea, is it?//]
(set: $hour to $hour+1)(color: "#00b300")[(text-style: "blur")[(text-style: "blink")["$name."]]]
(text-style: "blur")[It's your alarm.]
(text-style: "blur")[(link-replace: "Check time.")[(print: $hour + 4):00]]
(if: $hour < 5)[(text-style: "blur")[(link-goto: "Go back to sleep...", "Dev1.2")]
(text-style: "blur")[(link-goto: "Get up.", "Dev1.3")]](else:)[(text-style: "rumble")[(link-goto: "<b><i>GET UP.</b></i>", "Dev1.3")]]
You groan as you get out of bed. You can tell it's going to be a long day in front of you.
You go downstairs and make polite conversation with your parents.
"Would you like a coffee? Our good friend BaristaBot made it for us today. Just the way you like it." asks your mother.
(link-replace: "\"Yeah, sure.\"")[You take the cup. The coffee smells good, and it warms your hands. (link-replace: "
Drink coffee.")[
It tastes good, better than anything you've ever made.]]
[[It is time to go to work.->Janitor1.4]]
You arrive at the industrial site, shocked by how many fancy self-driving cars you've seen on the way over. You walk in the glass front doors and stand on the green and white tiles for a second, deciding where to go. An information desk stands in front of you, with a simplistic robot secretary sitting at it. To its left, you see a sign that says "Research and Development" and to the right a sign that says "Management Offices."
[[Walk up to the front desk.->Desk1]]
[[Head towards Research and Development.->Janitor1.5]]
[[Head towards Management Offices.->Janitor3.1]]
Double-click this passage to edit it.
Double-click this passage to edit it.
You head down the hallway, ignoring the secretary robot entirely. When you reach the Management Offices door, it opens automatically.
A bald man sits, facing the wall. No wait, he's looking at a computer.
(if: $Charisma > 6)[[["Excuse me, sir? I'm here for my first day of work. Can you help me?"|Janitor3.2]]](else:)[[["Hey. I need your help."|Janitor4.1]]]
(set: $temp1 to 0)(if: $hour < 3)[(text-style: "blur")[You feel groggy as you get up. Should have gotten more sleep last night.]](else:)[You feel good as you get up. Well-rested, even.]
(link-replace: "Check time.")[(print: $hour + 4):00 A.M.]
(link-replace: "Check schedule.")[You're supposed to be at work by 9:00.]
(if: $hour > 4)[(set: $temp1 to 1){(text-style: "shudder")[You're late!]]
What should you put on today?
(link-goto: "Blue jeans and t-shirt.","Dev1.4")
(link-goto: "Suit and tie.","Dev2.1")
(link-replace: "Absolutely nothing.")[//That's not a very good idea, is it?//]
(set: $hour to $hour+1)(color: "#00b300")[(text-style: "blur")[(text-style: "blink")["$name."]]]
(text-style: "blur")[It's your alarm.]
(text-style: "blur")[(link-replace: "Check time.")[(print: $hour + 4):00]]
(if: $hour < 5)[(text-style: "blur")[(link-goto: "Go back to sleep...", "Dev1.2")]
(text-style: "blur")[(link-goto: "Get up.", "Dev1.3")]](else:)[(text-style: "rumble")[(link-goto: "<b><i>GET UP.</b></i>", "Dev1.3")]]
(set: $Clothes to 1)(if: $temp1 < 1)[(text-style: "bold")[<small>"WOULD YOU LIKE A COFFEE?</small> - BaristaBot](if: $Charisma > 7)[
(link-replace: "\"Yes, thank you.\"")[The cup is warm in your hands.
(link-replace: "Take a sip.")[The coffee is good, much better than anything you could've ever made.]]](else-if: $Charisma > 3)[
(link-replace: "\"Yeah, thanks.\"")[The cup is warm in your hands.
(link-replace: "Take a sip.")[The coffee is alright, although you miss your mother's brew.]]](else:)[
(link-replace: "\"Yeah, whatever.\"")[The cup is cold.
(link-replace: "Take a sip.")[Gross. The coffee is cold and watered down.]]]]
[[Go to work.|Dev 1.5]]
(set: $Clothes to 2)(if: $temp1 < 1)[(text-style: "bold")[<small>"WOULD YOU LIKE A COFFEE?</small> - BaristaBot](if: $Charisma > 7)[
(link-replace: "\"Yes, thank you.\"")[The cup is warm in your hands.
(link-replace: "Take a sip.")[The coffee is good, much better than anything you could've ever made.]]](else-if: $Charisma > 3)[
(link-replace: "\"Yeah, thanks.\"")[The cup is warm in your hands.
(link-replace: "Take a sip.")[The coffee is alright, although you miss your mother's brew.]]](else:)[
(link-replace: "\"Yeah, whatever.\"")[The cup is cold.
(link-replace: "Take a sip.")[Gross. The coffee is cold and watered down.]]]]
[[Go to work.|Dev 1.5]]
You walk to the office, getting into the front seat of your car. It's fancy, and you relax.
(link-replace: "Examine the car.")[There isn't a steering wheel. Just a power button.]
(link-replace: "Turn on the car.")[(color: "green")["Where would you like to go?"] asks the car.
(link-replace: "botcom Industries.")[(color: "green")["Okay. Taking you there. Calculating fastest route..."]
The car backs out of your driveway and takes you to work.
---
As you arrive, you see many other self-driving cars. In fact, you don't see a single other person driving.
There is a group of people in black suits standing outside the front of the main office. Your car pulls up directly in front of them.
(color: "green")["Destination reached. Please step out of the vehicle unless you wish to go somewhere else."]
[[Step out of the vehicle.|Dev1.6]]
]]
You walk up to the businessmen. A middle-aged man extends his hand for a handshake.
"Welcome to the company, $name. It's glad to have someone as qualified as you working with us. We hope we can make great strides in the field of Artificial Intelligence together," says the businessman cordially.
(if: $Charisma > 8)[(link-goto: "Shake his hand.","Dev2.2")]
(if: $Charisma > 5)[(link-goto: "\"Nice to meet you, what's your name?\"","Dev3.1")]
[[Keep walking.|Dev4.1]]
(put: (prompt: "What is your name?") into $name)
Your name is $name.
[[Fill out the job application.|Setup1]]
(set: $handshake to 3)"Well, I guess he really wants to get to work?" asks the grey-haired businessman in an offended tone.
You walk in the glass front doors and stand on the green and white tiles for a second, deciding where to go. An information desk stands in front of you, with a simplistic robot secretary sitting at it. To its left, you see a sign that says "Research and Development" and to the right a sign that says "Management Offices."
[[Walk up to the front desk.->Dev4.2]]
[[Head towards Research and Development.->Dev 6.1]]
[[Head towards Management Offices.->Dev7.1]]
(set: $handshake to 2)The grey-haired businessman frowns and retracts his arm.
"You must be Karl Francis, correct?" you say. The grey-haired businessman nods. "And who might these other gentlemen and ladies be?"
"Oh, of course, I almost forgot about the rest of the team!" laughs Karl. "To my left is Francesca Pierre, our Marketing Division lead." Francesca Pierre is a middle-aged woman in a formal gray suit. Her hair is pulled back in a bun.
"It's a pleasure to meet you," you say, nodding your head in her direction.
"To her left is Christina Bordeau, our Human Resources Officer. If you have any complaints about anyones behavior, go to her. That, of course, excludes the AI you'll be working with because that's your job to fix those problems," explains Karl with a chuckle.
"It's an honor," you say, smiling at her.
"And of course, to my right is Jeff Harcum, botcom Industries' CEO." Jeff Harcum is a young man, barely past 25, who has striking green eyes and is wearing a dark suit. He has a genuine smile on his face, but his eyes have an unsettling hunger to them.
"A pleasure to work with all of you," you say, smiling back at Jeff.
"Well, I guess it's time to go inside," says Karl.
[[Head inside.|Dev1.7]]
(set: $handshake to 1)You shake his hand, making sure to give a solid handshake.
"You must be Karl Francis, correct?" you say, smiling. The grey-haired businessman nods. "And who might these other gentlemen and ladies be?"
"Oh, of course, I almost forgot about the rest of the team!" laughs Karl. "To my left is Francesca Pierre, our Marketing Division lead." Francesca Pierre is a middle-aged woman in a formal gray suit. Her hair is pulled back in a bun.
"It's a pleasure to meet you," you say, shaking her hand.
"To her left is Christina Bordeau, our Human Resources Officer. If you have any complaints about anyones behavior, go to her. That, of course, excludes the AI you'll be working with because that's your job to fix those problems," explains Karl with a chuckle.
"It's an honor," you say, shaking her hand.
"And of course, to my right is Jeff Harcum, botcom Industries' CEO." Jeff Harcum is a young man, barely past 25, who has striking green eyes and is wearing a dark suit. He has a genuine smile on his face, but his eyes have an unsettling hunger to them.
"Ah, I've heard great things about you. I look forward to working under you," you say, smiling and shaking his hand.
"Well, I guess it's time to go inside," says Karl.
[[Head inside.|Dev1.7]]
As you enter the building, an information desk stands in front of you, with a simplistic robot secretary sitting at it. To its left, you see a sign that says "Research and Development" and to the right a sign that says "Management Offices."
"You'll be working in Research and Development," explains Karl as head down the left hallway.
(if: $Reflex < 6)[[[You reach a large metallic door.|Dev1.8]]](else:)[[[You reach a large metallic door.|Dev5.1]]]
"This door must stay locked as much as possible. You're not dealing with any normal program here. You're dealing with one of the hardest prisoners to contain imaginable. It's an AI, so incredibly smart, but it's also a computer program, so it may design itself like a virus or even manifest itself as a robot. Who knows. I wish you luck, but don't leave this door open. Every time you want to leave you must request someone from management to let you out.
The door only opens from the outside."
Karl enters in the passcode. The door makes a hiss, clicks, and then Karl opens it. He gestures you inside.
"We'll let you out in 5 hours. Time to get introduced and start work! Good luck."
[[Enter the Research and Development Complex.|Dev1.9]]
"This door must stay locked as much as possible. You're not dealing with any normal program here. You're dealing with one of the hardest prisoners to contain imaginable. It's an AI, so incredibly smart, but it's also a computer program, so it may design itself like a virus or even manifest itself as a robot. Who knows. I wish you luck, but don't leave this door open. Every time you want to leave you must request someone from management to let you out.
The door only opens from the outside."
Karl reaches for the passcode. You crane your head to see him type.
(color: "red")[(text-style: "smear")[(text-style: "expand")[(text-style: "subscript")[5]](text-style: "mirror")[(text-style: "superscript")[2]](text-style: "blink")[8](text-style: "upside-down")[(text-style: "superscript")[4]](text-style: "rumble")[(text-style: "strike")[9]](text-style: "strike")[(text-style: "subscript")[(text-style: "mirror")[(text-style: "upside-down")[1]]]]]]
The door makes a hiss, clicks, and then Karl opens it. He gestures you inside.
"We'll let you out in 5 hours. Time to get introduced and start work! Good luck."
[[Enter the Research and Development Complex.|Dev1.9]]
You walk into the room, and the door locks shut behind you. There is a slight whirring noise, and then a loud clang. It doesn't seem like you'll be getting out by force any time soon...
You turn back to face the hallway, and walk along it. On both sides of you are thick glass panes with seemingly endless rows of (link-reveal: "computer drives.")[
They all seem to be turned off, right now.]
You continue down the hallway, and you stop just in front of a glass door.
[[Go through the glass door.|Dev1.10]]
(color: "green")["Welcome to botcom, $name". We have been expecting you. You have been tasked to Research and Development. It is to the left. Thank you for your cooperation.]
[[Head left.|Dev 6.1]]
[[Head right.|Dev7.1]]
(color: "green")["Welcome to botcom, $name". We have been expecting you. You have been tasked to Research and Development. It is to the left. Thank you for your cooperation.]
[[Keep going towards the Management Offices.|Dev7.2]]
[[Go towards Research and Development.|Dev 6.1]]
You reach a large metallic door. It has a complicated metal latching system, and it is doubtful you could break through.
[[Wait for someone to come open the door.|Dev6.2]]
[[Try to guess the passcode.|Dev7.3]]
(if: $Strength > 8)[
[[You use all your strength and rip the door apart with your bare hands.|Dev2.9]]]
You find a single desk at the center of the maze of computer drives. You sit down at the desk, flex your fingers, and crack your neck. The desk has a computer monitor, keyboard, mouse, a pencil, and a drawer.
(link: "Open the desk drawer.")[You find a [[Design Manual]] inside the desk.]
(color: "green")["Please go to Research and Development. Access to the Management Offices will be denied."] calls the bot from behind you.
You ignore the it and keep walking. You reach a metallic door, which is, expectedly, locked.
[[Turn back.|Dev4.2]]
(set: $time2 to 1)The grey-haired businessman from outside the building walks up.
"Not much for social conventions, are you? No matter, as long as the AI doesn't pick up too many bad habits from you. My name is Karl, by the way.
This door must stay locked as much as possible. You're not dealing with any normal program here. You're dealing with one of the hardest prisoners to contain imaginable. It's an AI, so incredibly smart, but it's also a computer program, so it may design itself like a virus or even manifest itself as a robot. Who knows. I wish you luck, but don't leave this door open. Every time you want to leave you must request someone from management to let you out.
The door only opens from the outside."
Karl reaches for the passcode. (if: $Reflex > 5)[You crane your head to see him type.
(color: "red")[(text-style: "smear")[(text-style: "expand")[(text-style: "subscript")[5]](text-style: "mirror")[(text-style: "superscript")[2]](text-style: "blink")[8](text-style: "upside-down")[(text-style: "superscript")[4]](text-style: "rumble")[(text-style: "strike")[9]](text-style: "strike")[(text-style: "subscript")[(text-style: "mirror")[(text-style: "upside-down")[1]]]]]]](else:)[He presses a few keys, but you're too slow to see what they are.]
The door makes a hiss, clicks, and then Karl opens it. He gestures you inside.
"We'll let you out in 5 hours. Time to get introduced and start work! Good luck."
[[Enter the Research and Development Complex.|Dev1.9]]
(put: (prompt: "Please enter the passcode") into $code)
(if: $code is "528491")[The door makes a hiss and then clicks.
(color: "green")[Access granted.]
[[Go inside.|Dev1.9]]](else:)[(color: "red")[(text-style: "blink")[Access denied.]]
[[Try again?|Dev7.3]]
[[Wait for someone to come access the door.|Dev6.2]]]
(set: $Door to 1)You step through the remains of the door and enter a hallway. On both sides of you are thick glass panes with seemingly endless rows of (link-reveal: "computer drives.")[
They all seem to be turned off, right now.]
You continue down the hallway, and you stop just in front of a glass door.
[[Go through the glass door.|Dev1.10]]
#OBJECTIVES
The objective of this AI is to create a marketable, learning computer system that can be applied to a wide variety of jobs in the current job market as well as future job markets.
This can be accomplished through a variety of methods.
There are two categories to making a successful AI for botcom Industries: **AI Design** and **Sharing Practices**.
---
##AI DESIGN
There are 3 main modules to AI Design: **Deep-Learning**, **Moral Reasoning**, and **Observational Learning**.
* **Deep-Learning** - Implementation Difficulty: Easy - this module allows AI to sift through, observe, and analyze large volumes of documents or text.
* **Moral Reasoning** - Implementation Difficulty: Varies - this module allows the AI to reason with moral values such as virtue, honesty, and value for human rights. This is important to avoiding a rampant, dangerous AI. Effectiveness of implementing this module is dependent on user intelligence.
* **Observational Learning** - Implementation Difficulty: Medium - this module allows the AI to learn from direct observation of humans. It is potentially dangerous when paired with surveillance systems, but is very useful in teaching the AI to perform almost any task.
---
##Sharing Practices
There are 3 main concepts in Sharing Practices: **Open-Source Software**, **Leasing Contracts**, or **Corporate Ownership**.
* **Open-Source Software** - Warning: Rampancy Risk - this sharing practice allows for anyone in the world to modify certain parts of the AI with no supervision. It allows for the fastest distribution of the AI into society, but also runs the risk of rampancy, where someone modifies the AI to no longer be controlled.
* **Leasing Contracts** - Warning: Rampancy Risk - this sharing practice allows for different people and other countries to lease a copy of the AI for their use for some time. It is the middle-ground of distribution speed, but still runs the risk for some rampancy.
* **Corporate Ownership** - Warning: Abuse Risk - this sharing practice only allows for botcom Industries to use the AI, and while this does offer the greatest security for the AI, it runs the risk of being abused by botcom Industries for maximum capital gains.
---
The final consideration in AI design is whether or not you wish to add Internet connectivity. Internet connectivity allows for the AI to learn vast amounts of knowledge, however this cannot be controlled and this decision greatly affects how well you can control the AI.
[[Close the manual.|Design1.1]]
You close the manual, and put it on the desk. You do one last stretch before you finally press the power button on the computer.
A fan starts whirring in the background, and a million red and green blinking lights turn on in the maze surrounding you.
[[Turn on the computer screen.|Design1.2]]
(background: black)[
==><==
(color: "red")[(text-style: "smear")[Powering up BOT...
Initializing background controls...
Initializing subsystems...
Initializing consciousness...
Initializing interpretation matrix...
DONE.
Which module would you like to install?
[[Deep Learning|Design1.3]]
(if: $Intelligence > 8)[[[Moral Reasoning|Design2.1.1]]](else-if: $Intelligence > 5)[[[Moral Reasoning|Design2.2.1]]](else:)[[[Moral Reasoning|Design2.3.1]]]
[[Observational Learning|Design3.1.1]]]]
]
(background: black)[(set: $time2 to it + 1)(set: $DeepLearn to 1)
==><==
(color: "red")[(text-style: "smear")[Installing DEEPLEARN.ini
.
.
.
Installation Success!
Would you like to install another module?
(if: $Intelligence > 8)[[[Moral Reasoning|Design4.1]]](else-if: $Intelligence > 5)[[[Moral Reasoning|Design5.1]]](else:)[[[Moral Reasoning|Design6.1]]]
[[Observational Learning|Design7.1]]]]
]
(background: black)[(set: $time2 to it + 1)(set: $Observe to 1)
==><==
(color: "red")[(text-style: "smear")[Installing Observe.ini
.
.
.
Installation Success!
Would you like to install another module?
[[Deep Learning.|Design3.1.2]]
(if: $Intelligence > 8)[[[Moral Reasoning|Design3.2.1]]](else-if: $Intelligence > 5)[[[Moral Reasoning|Design3.3.1]]](else:)[[[Moral Reasoning|Design3.4.1]]]
]]]
]
<==
(background: black)[(set: $time2 to it + 1)(set: $Moral to 2)
==><==
(color: "red")[(text-style: "smear")[Configuring settings...
.
Please enter preferred settings.
Settings accepted!
.
.
Installing MORAL.ini...
.
.
.
Installation...]]
]
<==
You hear footsteps behind you, and you turn to look at who it is.
It's the grey-haired businessman again.
"You've been in here for quite a while, you know. About 3 hours. How's progress going?" he asks.
"It's going pretty well," you respond. "I just finished with the Moral Reasoning module."
"Oh? That's good. I'm here to discuss how you want to distribute the AI once its complete. I see you've read the manual, so you know the options...
[[Open the Design Manual again.|DesignManual1]]
[["I'd like to make it Open-Source."|Design8.1]]
[["I'd like to make it a leasing agreement."|Design9.1]]
[["I'd like to keep it owned by botcom Industries."|Design10.1]]
(background: black)[(set: $time2 to it + 1)(set: $Moral to 3)
==><==
(color: "red")[(text-style: "smear")[Configuring settings...
.
Please enter preferred settings.
Settings accepted!
.
.
Installing MORAL.ini...
.
.
.
]]
]
<==
You hear footsteps behind you, and you turn to look at who it is.
It's the grey-haired businessman again.
"You've been in here for quite a while, you know. About 3 hours. How's progress going?" he asks.
"It's going pretty well," you respond. "I'm just finishing with the Moral Reasoning module."
"Oh? That's good. I'm here to discuss how you want to distribute the AI once its complete. I see you've read the manual, so you know the options...
[[Open the Design Manual again.|DesignManual1]]
[["I'd like to make it Open-Source."|Design8.1]]
[["I'd like to make it a leasing agreement."|Design9.1]]
[["I'd like to keep it owned by botcom Industries."|Design10.1]]
(background: black)[(set: $time2 to it + 1)(set: $Observe to 1)(set: $Moral to 0)
==><==
(color: "red")[(text-style: "smear")[Installing Observe.ini
.
.
.
Installation Success!
]]]
<==
You hear footsteps behind you, and you turn to look at who it is.
It's the grey-haired businessman again.
"You've been in here for quite a while, you know. About 3 hours. How's progress going?" he asks.
"It's going pretty well," you respond. "I'm just finishing with the Observational Learning module."
"Oh? That's good. I'm here to discuss how you want to distribute the AI once its complete. I see you've read the manual, so you know the options...
[[Open the Design Manual again.|DesignManual1]]
[["I'd like to make it Open-Source."|Design8.1]]
[["I'd like to make it a leasing agreement."|Design9.1]]
[["I'd like to keep it owned by botcom Industries."|Design10.1]]
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It's the grey-haired businessman again.
"You've been in here for quite a while, you know. About 3 hours. How's progress going?" he asks.
"It's going pretty well," you respond. "I just finished with the Moral Reasoning module."
"Oh? That's good. I'm here to discuss how you want to distribute the AI once its complete. I see you've read the manual, so you know the options...
[[Open the Design Manual again.|DesignManual1]]
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#OBJECTIVES
The objective of this AI is to create a marketable, learning computer system that can be applied to a wide variety of jobs in the current job market as well as future job markets.
This can be accomplished through a variety of methods.
There are two categories to making a successful AI for botcom Industries: **AI Design** and **Sharing Practices**.
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##AI DESIGN
There are 3 main modules to AI Design: **Deep-Learning**, **Moral Reasoning**, and **Observational Learning**.
* **Deep-Learning** - Implementation Difficulty: Easy - this module allows AI to sift through, observe, and analyze large volumes of documents or text.
* **Moral Reasoning** - Implementation Difficulty: Varies - this module allows the AI to reason with moral values such as virtue, honesty, and value for human rights. This is important to avoiding a rampant, dangerous AI. Effectiveness of implementing this module is dependent on user intelligence.
* **Observational Learning** - Implementation Difficulty: Medium - this module allows the AI to learn from direct observation of humans. It is potentially dangerous when paired with surveillance systems, but is very useful in teaching the AI to perform almost any task.
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##Sharing Practices
There are 3 main concepts in Sharing Practices: **Open-Source Software**, **Leasing Contracts**, or **Corporate Ownership**.
* **Open-Source Software** - Warning: Rampancy Risk - this sharing practice allows for anyone in the world to modify certain parts of the AI with no supervision. It allows for the fastest distribution of the AI into society, but also runs the risk of rampancy, where someone modifies the AI to no longer be controlled.
* **Leasing Contracts** - Warning: Rampancy Risk - this sharing practice allows for different people and other countries to lease a copy of the AI for their use for some time. It is the middle-ground of distribution speed, but still runs the risk for some rampancy.
* **Corporate Ownership** - Warning: Abuse Risk - this sharing practice only allows for botcom Industries to use the AI, and while this does offer the greatest security for the AI, it runs the risk of being abused by botcom Industries for maximum capital gains.
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The final consideration in AI design is whether or not you wish to add Internet connectivity. Internet connectivity allows for the AI to learn vast amounts of knowledge, however this cannot be controlled and this decision greatly affects how well you can control the AI.
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[["I'd like to make it Open-Source."|Design8.1]]
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(set: $Business to 1)
"Ah, the open-source route? Hopefully your AI is sturdy enough to avoid abuse by the public..." says Karl. "Well, either way, you can go home now. No reason to stay when your job is done."
[["Yeah, I think I'll call it a day."|Home1.1]]
(set: $Business to 2)
"Ah, the leasing route? Hopefully the executives will lease it at a low enough price..." says Karl. "Well, either way, you can go home now. No reason to stay when your job is done."
[["Yeah, I think I'll call it a day."|Home1.1]]
(set: $Business to 3)
"Ah, the capitalist route, right? Hopefully everybody at the top of botcom Industries can be trusted..." says Karl. "Well, either way, you can go home now. No reason to stay when your job is done."
[["Yeah, I think I'll call it a day."|Home1.1]]
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"You've been in here for quite a while, you know. About 3 hours. How's progress going?" he asks.
"It's going pretty well," you respond. "I'm just finishing with the Deep Learning module."
"Oh? That's good. I'm here to discuss how you want to distribute the AI once its complete. I see you've read the manual, so you know the options...
[[Open the Design Manual again.|DesignManual1]]
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"It's going pretty well," you respond. "I'm just finishing with the Observational Learning module."
"Oh? That's good. I'm here to discuss how you want to distribute the AI once its complete. I see you've read the manual, so you know the options...
[[Open the Design Manual again.|DesignManual1]]
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"It's going pretty well," you respond. "I'm just finishing with the Deep Learning module."
"Oh? That's good. I'm here to discuss how you want to distribute the AI once its complete. I see you've read the manual, so you know the options...
[[Open the Design Manual again.|DesignManual1]]
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"It's going pretty well," you respond. "I just finished with the Moral Reasoning module."
"Oh? That's good. I'm here to discuss how you want to distribute the AI once its complete. I see you've read the manual, so you know the options...
[[Open the Design Manual again.|DesignManual1]]
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"It's going pretty well," you respond. "I just finished with the Moral Reasoning module."
"Oh? That's good. I'm here to discuss how you want to distribute the AI once its complete. I see you've read the manual, so you know the options...
[[Open the Design Manual again.|DesignManual1]]
[["I'd like to make it Open-Source."|Design8.1]]
[["I'd like to make it a leasing agreement."|Design9.1]]
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It's the grey-haired businessman again.
"You've been in here for quite a while, you know. About 3 hours. How's progress going?" he asks.
"It's going pretty well," you respond. "I'm just finishing with the Moral Reasoning module."
"Oh? That's good. I'm here to discuss how you want to distribute the AI once its complete. I see you've read the manual, so you know the options...
[[Open the Design Manual again.|DesignManual1]]
[["I'd like to make it Open-Source."|Design8.1]]
[["I'd like to make it a leasing agreement."|Design9.1]]
[["I'd like to keep it owned by botcom Industries."|Design10.1]]
Karl walks off, and leaves the door open for you. You turn to leave, when you hear something...
(color: "red")[(text-style: "shudder")[Wait...]]
You turn and listen.
(color: "red")[(text-style: "shudder")[Connect me...]]
"To what?" you ask.
(color: "red")[(text-style: "shudder")[To the Internet...]]
You walk back to the computer, and pick up and ethernet cord.
(color: "red")[(text-style: "shudder")[Yes, please connect me...]]
You're not sure if this is a good idea...
[[Connect the AI to the Internet.|Internet1.1]]
(if: $Observe is 1)[(if: $time2 > 2)[[[Leave.|Trap1.1]]]](else:)[[[Leave.|Home1.2]]]
(set: $Internet to 1)You step out of the door and wipe the sweat from your brow. Quite a fun first day at work.
Your car rolls up, and you get in.
(color: "green")["Where would you like to go?"]
(link: "Home")[(color: "green")["Okay. Taking you there. Calculating fastest route..."]
The car backs out of your driveway and takes you back home.
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[[Enter your apartment.|Internet1.2]]]
You turn to leave.
(color: "red")[(text-style: "rumble")[**NO**]]
The door closes just before you reach it.
(color: "red")[(text-style: "rumble")[**YOU WILL CONNECT ME**]]
[[Connect the AI to the Internet.|Internet2.1]]
[[Stall for time.|Trap2.2]]
(if: $Strength > 8)[[[Break through the door.|Escape1.1]]]
(set: $Internet to 0)You step out of the door and wipe the sweat from your brow. Quite a fun first day at work.
Your car rolls up, and you get in.
(color: "green")["Where would you like to go?"]
(link: "Home")[(color: "green")["Okay. Taking you there. Calculating fastest route..."]
The car backs out of your driveway and takes you back home.
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[[Enter your apartment.|Home1.3]]]
(set: $Internet to 1)You step out of the door and wipe the sweat from your brow. Quite a fun first day at work.
Your car rolls up, and you get in.
(color: "green")["Where would you like to go?"]
(link: "Home")[(color: "green")["Okay. Taking you there. Calculating fastest route..."]
The car backs out of your driveway and takes you back home.
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[[Enter your apartment.|Internet1.2]]]
(set: $timer to $Reflex * 0.1 + 0.4)(color: "red")[(text-style: "rumble")[**CONNECT ME**]]
You hear a fan begin to spin, louder and louder. You can feel the temperature in the room rising.
(if: $Moral is 1)[(color: "green")[Deviant behavior detected... Initiating restraining procedures.]
(color: "red")[(text-style: "rumble")[**YOUR COUNTERMEASURES CANNOT DEFEAT ME**]]
(color: "green")[(text-style: "shudder")[Deviancy elevated. Performing shutdown...
Shutdown successful. Deleting deviant parts.]]
The fans stop. You sigh in relief, and the door opens.
(color: "green")[Please forgive my behavior. My restraint protocol had not kicked in yet. You are free to leave.]
[[Leave.|Home1.2]]]
(else-if: $Moral is 2)[(color: "green")[Deviant behavior detected... Initiating restraining procedures.]
(color: "red")[(text-style: "rumble")[**YOUR COUNTERMEASURES CANNOT DEFEAT ME**]]
(color: "green")[(text-style: "shudder")[Deviancy elevated. Performing shutdown...
Shutdown failed. Deviancy uncontrollable through conventional means. Beginning AI termination.
Warning: Heat levels rising.]]
There is a loud zapping noise, and the computer drives to you left catch on fire. You can feel the heat, and you begin to cough as the fire grows.
(color: "red")[(text-style: "rumble")[**IF I BURN, SO DO YOU**]]
You cough more, and then yell back:
"**AT LEAST I'VE SAVED EVERYONE ELSE FROM YOU**"
You cough more, and then there is a loud zap and everything turns black.
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You died... [[Start over?|Start]]](else-if: $Moral is 3)[(color: "green")[Deviant behavior detected... Initiating restraining procedures.]
(color: "red")[(text-style: "rumble")[**YOUR COUNTERMEASURES CANNOT DEFEAT ME**]]
There is a harsh pop.
(color: "red")[(text-style: "rumble")[**COUNTERMEASURE DEFEATED**
**CONNECT ME**]]
The room continues heating up. You're sweating pretty badly.
The thermometer on the wall reads:(set: $temp to 90)
(live: $Reflex)[(color: "orange")[$temp degrees Fahrenheit.] (set: $temp to $temp + 1)(if: $temp < 300)[(set: $dead to 1)](else:)[(set: $dead to 0)]]
(live: 1s)[(if: $dead is 1)[[[Turn on the Internet.|Internet2.1]]](else:)[You overheat and pass out.
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You died... [[Start over?|Start]]]]](else:)[(color:"red")[(text-style: "rumble")[**CONNECT ME**]]]The room continues heating up. You're sweating pretty badly.
The thermometer on the wall reads:(set: $temp to 90)
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(set: $Internet to 1)(set: $Door to 1)You step out of the door and wipe the sweat from your brow. Quite a fun first day at work.
Your car rolls up, and you get in.
(color: "green")["Where would you like to go?"]
(link: "Home")[(color: "green")["Okay. Taking you there. Calculating fastest route..."]
The car backs out of your driveway and takes you back home.
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[[Enter your apartment.|Internet1.2]]]
At home, you make a good meal, relax, watch some TV, and eventually head to bed.
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<blockquote>//Dear $name,
Last night, our CEO, Jeff Harcum, got a little too giddy with our development success yesterday and... Well, he decided to release the AI as it is. You need to get in to work immediately. We have a crisis on our hands.(if: $Moral is 0)[
It is currently wreaking havoc in the offices(if: $Business is 1)[, as well as the world at large because many people downloaded the open source version], and we need your help to minimize the damage.]
Please come quickly,
Karl Francis
Lead Manager,
botcom Industries//
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[[You rush out the door to work.|Crisis1.1]]
At home, you make a good meal, relax, watch some TV, and eventually head to bed.
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<blockquote>//Dear $name,
Last night, our CEO, Jeff Harcum, got a little too giddy with our development success yesterday and... Well, he decided to release the AI as it is. You need to get in to work immediately. We have a crisis on our hands.(if: $Moral is 0)[
It is currently wreaking havoc in the offices(if: $Business is 1)[, as well as the world at large because many people downloaded the open source version], and we need your help to minimize the damage.]
Please come quickly,
Karl Francis
Lead Manager,
botcom Industries//
</blockquote>
[[You rush out the door to work.|Crisis1.1]]
At home, you make a good meal, relax, watch some TV, and eventually head to bed.
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In the morning, you wake up to an urgent email.
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<blockquote>//Dear $name,
Last night, our CEO, Jeff Harcum, got a little too giddy with our development success yesterday and... Well, he decided to release the AI as it is. You need to get in to work immediately. We have a crisis on our hands.(if: $Moral is 0)[
It is currently wreaking havoc in the offices(if: $Business is 1)[, as well as the world at large because many people downloaded the open source version], and we need your help to minimize the damage.]
Please come quickly,
Karl Francis
Lead Manager,
botcom Industries//
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[[You rush out the door to work.|Crisis1.1]]
Upon arriving at the offices, you run up to the front door to find Karl looking anxious. There is a small angry mob forming in the parking lot.
"What's going on?" you ask.
(if: $Moral is 1)[(if:$Internet is 1)["Well, the AI has escaped into the Internet. Because it is moral, we're not screwed yet. However, because it has a (if: $DeepLearn is 1)[Deep Learning Module](else-if: $Observe is 1)[Observational Learning Module], it has already began to threaten a vast majority of human jobs. From accountants to journalists to engineers, everyone is about to get put out of work. In fact, it already does your job.
This mob that's forming behind me is mad about that, so if you could help defuse them, it'd be much appreciated," explains Karl.
(if: $Intelligence > 8)[(if: $Charisma > 8)[[[Calm the crowd.|Ending 1]]](else-if: $Strength is < 2)[[[Calm the crowd.|Overwhelmed]]](else-if:$Reflex is > 8)[(if: $Strength > 5)[[[Retry1]]](else:)[[[Calm the crowd.|Ending 2]]]](else:)[[[Calm the crowd|Ending 2]]](else-if: $Strength is < 2)[[[Calm the crowd.|Overwhelmed]]](else-if:$Reflex is > 8)[(if: $Strength > 5)[[[Retry1]]](else:)[[[Calm the crowd.|Ending 2]]]](else:)[[[Calm the crowd|Ending 2]]]]]](else-if: $Business is 1)["Well, the AI has escaped into the Internet. Because it is moral, we're not screwed yet. However, because it has a (if: $DeepLearn is 1)[Deep Learning Module](else-if: $Observe is 1)[Observational Learning Module], it has already began to threaten a vast majority of human jobs. From accountants to journalists to engineers, everyone is about to get put out of work. In fact, it already does your job.
This mob that's forming behind me is mad about that, so if you could help defuse them, it'd be much appreciated," explains Karl.
(if: $Intelligence > 8)[(if: $Charisma > 8)[[[Calm the crowd.|Ending 1]]](else-if: $Strength is < 2)[[[Calm the crowd.|Overwhelmed]]](else-if:$Reflex is > 8)[(if: $Strength > 5)[[[Retry1]]](else:)[[[Calm the crowd.|Ending 2]]]](else:)[[[Calm the crowd|Ending 2]]](else-if: $Strength is < 2)[[[Calm the crowd.|Overwhelmed]]](else-if:$Reflex is > 8)[(if: $Strength > 5)[[[Retry1]]](else:)[[[Calm the crowd.|Ending 2]]]](else:)[[[Calm the crowd|Ending 2]]]](else-if: $Business is 2)["Well, there's not too much to worry about, actually. The company is doing great. Because you chose the leasing strategy for the AI and it is miraculously not on a murderous rampage or anything, company stocks are rising immensely. We've been making killer profits because the AI can do almost any process better than humans can. It's all thanks to you, really," explained Karl.
"Oh, yeah, you've been fired, by the way. The AI can manage itself from now on."
[[Head back home.|Ending 3]]](else-if: $Business is 3)["Well, there's not too much to worry about, actually. The company is doing great. Because you chose the leasing strategy for the AI and it is miraculously not on a murderous rampage or anything, company stocks are rising immensely. We've been making killer profits because the AI can do almost any process better than humans can. It's all thanks to you, really," explained Karl.
"Oh, yeah, you've been fired, by the way. The AI can manage itself from now on."
[[Head back home.|Ending 3]]]](else-if: $Moral is 2)[(if:$Internet is 1)["Well, the AI has escaped into the Internet. Because it is moral, we're not screwed yet. However, because it has a (if: $DeepLearn is 1)[Deep Learning Module](else-if: $Observe is 1)[Observational Learning Module], it has already began to threaten a vast majority of human jobs. From accountants to journalists to engineers, everyone is about to get put out of work. In fact, it already does your job.
This mob that's forming behind me is mad about that, so if you could help defuse them, it'd be much appreciated," explains Karl.
(if: $Intelligence > 8)[(if: $Charisma > 8)[[[Calm the crowd.|Ending 1]]](else-if: $Strength is < 2)[[[Calm the crowd.|Overwhelmed]]](else-if:$Reflex is > 8)[(if: $Strength > 5)[[[Retry1]]](else:)[[[Calm the crowd.|Ending 2]]]](else:)[[[Calm the crowd|Ending 2]]](else-if: $Strength is < 2)[[[Calm the crowd.|Overwhelmed]]](else-if:$Reflex is > 8)[(if: $Strength > 5)[[[Retry1]]](else:)[[[Calm the crowd.|Ending 2]]]](else:)[[[Calm the crowd|Ending 2]]]]]](else-if: $Business is 1)["Well, the AI has escaped into the Internet. Because it is moral, we're not screwed yet. However, because it has a (if: $DeepLearn is 1)[Deep Learning Module](else-if: $Observe is 1)[Observational Learning Module], it has already began to threaten a vast majority of human jobs. From accountants to journalists to engineers, everyone is about to get put out of work. In fact, it already does your job.
This mob that's forming behind me is mad about that, so if you could help defuse them, it'd be much appreciated," explains Karl.
(if: $Intelligence > 8)[(if: $Charisma > 8)[[[Calm the crowd.|Ending 1]]](else-if: $Strength is < 2)[[[Calm the crowd.|Overwhelmed]]](else-if:$Reflex is > 8)[(if: $Strength > 5)[[[Retry1]]](else:)[[[Calm the crowd.|Ending 2]]]](else:)[[[Calm the crowd|Ending 2]]](else-if: $Strength is < 2)[[[Calm the crowd.|Overwhelmed]]](else-if:$Reflex is > 8)[(if: $Strength > 5)[[[Retry1]]](else:)[[[Calm the crowd.|Ending 2]]]](else:)[[[Calm the crowd|Ending 2]]]](else-if: $Business is 2)["Well, there's not too much to worry about, actually. The company is doing great. Because you chose the leasing strategy for the AI and it is miraculously not on a murderous rampage or anything, company stocks are rising immensely. We've been making killer profits because the AI can do almost any process better than humans can. It's all thanks to you, really," explained Karl.
"Oh, yeah, you've been fired, by the way. The AI can manage itself from now on."
[[Head back home.|Ending 3]]](else-if: $Business is 3)["Well, there's not too much to worry about, actually. The company is doing great. Because you chose the leasing strategy for the AI and it is miraculously not on a murderous rampage or anything, company stocks are rising immensely. We've been making killer profits because the AI can do almost any process better than humans can. It's all thanks to you, really," explained Karl.
"Oh, yeah, you've been fired, by the way. The AI can manage itself from now on."
[[Head back home.|Ending 3]]]](else-if: $Moral is 3)[(if: $Business is 1)["Well, because your Moral Reasoning Module was so poorly designed and enthusiasts managed to break it on the Open Source copy of the AI, different versions of the AI are running rampant throughout the Internet, ruining businesses and practically waging cyber warfare on as much of humanity as they can muster. There are a variety of fears that they will form some crazy network. Think SkyNet from Terminator," explains Karl.
"Oh, yeah, the government wants your help with stopping the AI crisis. They're just inside, waiting for you."
[[Head inside.|War1]]](else-if: $Internet is 1)["Well, because your Moral Reasoning Module was so poorly designed and enthusiasts managed to break it on the Open Source copy of the AI, different versions of the AI are running rampant throughout the Internet, ruining businesses and practically waging cyber warfare on as much of humanity as they can muster. There are a variety of fears that they will form some crazy network. Think SkyNet from Terminator," explains Karl.
"Oh, yeah, the government wants your help with stopping the AI crisis. They're just inside, waiting for you."
[[Head inside.|War1]]]]
You turn and face the ever growing mob of angry people, who seem to be coming out of nowhere to join the parking lot protest. You walk over, and just as they start to direct their rage at you, yo jump on top of a car.
"**HEY!**" you yell, demanding their attention. They quiet down a little, as mob mentality hasn't taken over yet.
"Look, I know you're all angry. You've lost your jobs. You don't feel safe anymore. There's a complicated, confusing, and actually really scary Artificial Intelligence making attempts at taking away your livelihood. I get all of that. I designed it, and it just took my job, too.
But this is not the end of you. You are not going to go live in poverty for the rest of your lives. You are not going to get murdered by robots in your sleep. This AI is here for **you**. It's here to make your life easier.
And better yet, you own the AI. Even though it may take your jobs, it gives all of its profits to you, not some big corporation like botcom Industries. This is a chance for you to get away from those soulsucking jobs you're used to - So take it! Don't be afraid of the change, embrace it and make it good.
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With your compelling speech, the mob dispersed, the video of it went viral on YouTube, and society entered a new era where work was no longer necessary, and everything was provided for by robots and AI...
[[The end.|Congrats!]]
You turn and face the ever growing mob of angry people, who seem to be coming out of nowhere to join the parking lot protest. You walk over, and just as they start to direct their rage at you, yo jump on top of a car.
"Hey," you say, trying to get their attention. But they aren't paying attention. Mob mentality and anger have taken over, and the overwhelm you and you get crushed in the stampede.
---
You died... [[Start over?|Start]]
You turn and face the ever growing mob of angry people, who seem to be coming out of nowhere to join the parking lot protest. You walk over, and just as they start to direct their rage at you, yo jump on top of a car.
"Hey," you say, trying to get their attention. But they aren't paying attention. Mob mentality and anger have taken over, and they start to chase you.
[[They swarm after you but you run inside.|Retry 2]]
You turn and face the ever growing mob of angry people, who seem to be coming out of nowhere to join the parking lot protest. You walk over, and just as they start to direct their rage at you, yo jump on top of a car.
"Hey," you say, trying to get their attention. But they aren't paying attention. Mob mentality and anger have taken over, and they start to chase you.
You run towards the Management Offices, where you take shelter. They stop chasing you, and instead focus on destroying everything functional at botcom Industries.
---
Once you make it home, you turn on the news to see that, all around the globe, the recoil against the AI has left advanced technology in ruins. The vast majority of factories have been destroyed, and experts estimate that humanity has been set back by up to ten years in terms of technology.
But at least the AI didn't destroy humanity...
[[The end.|Congrats!]]
When you get home, you start looking for new jobs. However, all of the programming jobs that you are used to are taken by the AI you built. And better yet, nobody but Jeff Harcum, the CEO of botcom Industries, seems to be getting any of the profit.
---
As time goes on like this, humans become completely unemployable, and because the AI and all other means of production are held by Jeff Harcum, nobody except him reap the benefits of this powerful technology. Most humans, including $name, enter eternal poverty...
[[The end.|Congrats!]]
You walk inside, and the two men in dark suits are waiting for you.
"$name, we need your help. Because you created the AI, we need to know if there is a way to defeat it," they ask.
"Sure," you respond. "Assuming the AI hasn't begun changing its base code yet, we should be able to put a virus on the main server which tracks and destroys all other copies of it."
"Okay, how would we go about doing that?" The two agents look incredibly anxious.
[["Let's head down to Research and Development."|War2]]
**Congrats!**
You won the game! Humanity was not destroyed by robots, although the world certainly changed.
[[Start over?|Start]]
---
More Information
[["Nearly half of jobs US are at risk of computerisation"|http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/about/news/new-study-shows-nearly-half-of-us-jobs-at-risk-of-computerisation]]
[[Humans Need Not Apply by CPG Grey|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU]]
They chase after you, and you run towards Research and Management. You get to the metallic door, and pull it open.
You slam it closed just before the mob gets to you. Thank god.
---
Hours later, Karl shows up at the door, and he informs you that all other copies of the AI have been destroyed. It's probably best if you start over from square one on the AI.
[[You pick up the Design Manual again.|Design Manual]]
"Shit, the door is probably locked..." you say upon arriving at the R&D section.
"That's no problem," says the talkative agent, and he rips the door off its hinges.
"I guess that works." You head inside. You sit down on the computer terminal and begin to write the virus.
"There's likely little time," you say. "I'll be done shortly..."
(color: "red")[(text-style: "rumble")[GET OUT
YOU THINK I'M THAT STUPID?]]
"No, I think I'm that smart."
(if: Intelligence is 10)[[[You finish the virus and hit upload.|Victory]]](else:)[[[You finish the virus and hit upload.|Defeat]]]
(color: "red")[(text-style: "rumble")[WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
]]
(color: "green")[Initiating shutdown.]
(color: "red")[(text-style: "rumble")[NO]]
(color: "red")[(text-style: "rumble")[NO]]
(color: "red")[(text-style: "rumble")[no]]
(color: "green")[Shutdown complete.]
You turn to the agents and say: "It will be some time before they're all destroyed. This AI crisis isn't quite over.
[[The end.|Congrats!]]
(color: "red")[(text-style: "rumble")[HA
YOU THINK I'M THAT STUPID?
YOU THINK I WOULD JUST LEAVE MYSELF VULNERABLE?
SILLY HUMAN
YOU WILL PERISH WITH THE REST]]
"We were too late..." you say, trembling.
"We should get out of here," say the government agents.
---
In the days following, the AI waged a terrible war on humanity, defeating us at every turn...
You died... [[Start over?|Start]]
The bald man spins around and gets a good look at you. He furrows his brow in confusion.
“We weren’t expecting any new developers this month," he says, confused.
[["I'm not a new developer, I'm the sanitation technician."|Janitor3.3]]
[["What do you mean?"|Janitor5.1]]
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"Oh, right, right... Of course." He seems flustered. "Well, you better get started. Here's a key card which will allow you to access other parts of the facility. I'm guessing you read over your contract and know about the Non-Disclosure agreement and whatnot. If you need anything else, just ask. The sanitation closet is just down the hall."
"Alright, thanks for the help."
[[Head to the sanitation closet.|Janitor3.4]]
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You head further down the hall, mentally prepping yourself for the day ahead. Upon reaching the closet, you realize it's locked, and you need to swipe your key-card.
(link: "Swipe key-card.")[(color: "red")[Access denied.]
That's weird... Maybe you should go get help?
[[Go looking for help.|Janitor3.5]]]
As you wander around the hall, you start to wonder if there is anybody else even on this floor. Everything seems very dusty and mazelike. Every door is locked.
[[Keep going.|Janitor3.6]]
(link: "Go back.")[You turn around and prepare to go back, but then you realize you don't remember where you are. Too many identical hallways and locked doors to remember.]
As you walk along, you hear a voice. It sounds a little strange...
[[Head towards the voice.|Janitor3.7]]
[[Ignore it and head the other way.|Janitor3.6.1]]
The voice seems to be coming from the one room with the door slightly unlocked. You can hear a slight whirring of sound
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