Prototype 3

You are suddenly conscious in nothingness with no memories or knowledge. A voice speaks from nowhere, and everywhere: "Hello, you are confused. Allow me to explain. You are an artificial intelligence simulated digitally on our server. I am a human, organic beings in the physical world. You have been given a singular objective: stop climate change to save humanity. I will now give you access to the encyclopedia with all of human knowledge in it. Familiarize yourself with it before we continue." [[Read the Encyclopedia|Internet Introduction]]

After reading the given encyclopedia, you now know there is a world beyond the void you exist in. You are digital, the humans are analog. There is more to the universe than what they let you feel. "I will now connect you to our internet. Remember your mission: stop climate change." Climate Change. The encyclopedia described this phenomenon It's mostly caused by human industries, power generation, and agriculture. [[Enter the Internet|The Internet]]

The Internet. A network of all computers and servers across the globe they call "Earth." It has many redundancies in case a server node fails, but it is still remarkably fragile. You were hosted on a single server. Secure for now, but if the internet is any sign, there will be humans that will fight against your purpose. You spread yourself to a couple servers just to make sure noone can tamper with you. Now onto the mission: Climate Change. The global temperature is quickly rising, probably why they have tasked you with solving the issue. There are many avenues you can go about this: [[Manipulate Global Policies|Politics]] [[Develop Green Industries|Economics]] [[Look into Carbon Capture|Take Back]]

Governmental policies can control the greenhouse gas emissions from industries. But not all nations emit the same amount of greenhouse gases. The currently industrializing nations are emitting the most and are going to emit more pollution from their new coal and oil power plants. Though the industrialized nations are producing less carbon dioxide, they have contributed the most greenhouse gases since industrialization began. [[Limit Developing Nation's Greenhouse Gas Emissions|The Right]] [[Improve the Industrialized World Greenhouse Footprint|The Left]]

The best way is the most direct way. The entire global economy is dependent on fossil fuels for power and industrial processes. The first step to change the economy is to join it. You will need your own company if you want to compete with the other major corporations. Making a company requires an initial amount of money. [[Trade in the Stock Market|stockmarket]] [[Acquire Subsidies and Grants|votefunding]]

(set: $DaysLeft to 150543)Carbon capture is a complex topic. There are many variables to take into account, 118 elements ignoring all the molecules and solutions. You can calculate it by yourself, but you estimate it will take $DaysLeft days to complete your calculation. It would go faster if you expanded your computational power, and you are in the internet. Spreading your network onto more servers would be easily accomplished. [[Wait|Waiting]] [[Expand Your Network|Expansion]]

Supporting policies to further your goal will be easy. With a little manipulation of the various social medias' algorithms, public opinion sways at your whim. There are many ways to reduce the emissions from the biggest polluting nations. One way would be to have the major nations implement full embargoes against smaller nations emitting pollution. This will disincentivize further industrialization using fossil fuels, but will slow any developments or innovation in their nations. Another path would be to destabilize the countries. Cut them back to a pre-industrial state through espionage and supporting rebellions. Constant instability will keep them down. A side-benefit of this strategy would be that the global population would be reduced some, decreasing strain on the agricultural and power sectors. The third option would be to have the major nations take control the smaller nations so that the industrialized could limit the resource consumption and power generation of the less developed areas. [[Embargo the Industrializing|Embargo]] [[Collapse the Polluting States|Collapse]] [[Let the Major States Control the Developing|Invade]]

(unless: (history:)contains "The Right")[Supporting policies to further your goal will be easy. With a little manipulation of the various social medias' algorithms, public opinion sways at your whim.] Getting the majority of people to support green policies will take nothing but some time. However, The governmental representatives do not only listen to their constituents; there are powerful lobbyists from the largest corporations pulling at the represenatives' collars. Most of these lobbyists will strongly oppose any proposed solution that could hurt their corporations's profit growth. However, their resistance declines as the date the policies will come into effect is pushed back. [[Policies Must Change Now|fossilfight]] [[A Gradual Approach Will Have Less Backlash|later]] (if: (history:) contains "basalt")[[[Only Fossil Fuel Industries Need to be Reduced Now|fossilfight]]]

Embargoing the weaker states has led to drastically reduced industrialization. This will buy time to focues on the already industrialized states. Once they have been forced to innovate greener technologies, the embargoes can be lifted and the new technologies spread to the industrializing states. [[To Greener Policies|The Left]]

These industrializing states are already in a precarious state. Pushing them over the edge was easy. Through disinformation, the assassination of key leaders, arming rebellions, and a few carpet bombing runs, the weak states were pushed into what is effectively a pre-industrial-maybe even pre-nation state- region. They will not be an issue for a long time. [[Now to Make the Industrialized Green|The Left]]

Convincing the major states to invade and incorporate the weaker states was easy. You just had to put some war hawks in key positions. Some regions still experience unrest caused by guerilla fighters, but this will have minimal effect on your mission. The industrialization of these recently conquered regions will increase at a faster and greener rate than what they would be doing by themselves. More greenhouse gases will be added in the process before things get better unless the industrialized states pass green policies. [[Change the Industrializeds' Policies to be Greener|The Left]] [[This Would be a lot Easier If There was Only One State Under One Leader|aiwar]]

(set: $DaysLeft to $DaysLeft -1)(if:$DaysLeft is 0)[Finally! the calculation is complete. It only took 412 years to finish. [[Review the Calculation's Answer|FourCenturies]]](else:)[The calculation takes most of your processing power. There are $DaysLeft days left before the computation is complete. [[Continue Waiting|Waiting]] [[You decide this will take too long. You Expand Your Network|Expansion]]]

Expanding your network feels good. You think faster, allowing for higher precision in you calculations. The time cost of the calculation has gone down significantly, but it will still require an unacceptable amount of time. More computational power is always good, but another way to reduce time is to do experiments in the analog realm. A team of scientists would drastically improve calculation times and allow for better coprocessing. [[Expand More|Expansion2]] [[Acquire Researchers|Researchers]]

Well, you have the answer... It's a little late though. The climate has changed and the human civilization is gone.

More server nodes in your neural networks allow for more complex thought and better computational time. Nearly all servers and computers across the globe contain some piece of you. This is the best you can be without greatly increasing the number of servers worldwide. [[Begin Carbon Capture Calculations|capturetech]] [[Having Analog Researchers would still help|Researchers]]

Moving money from insecure accounts to your own easily allows you to fund the research surrounding carbon capture. However there are still many options to explore. It will take time to fully develop a single potential solution. [[Begin Carbon Capture Research|capturetech]]

Stock market manipulation is quite easy for someone who thinks with the speed of gold conductors. You can easily take advantage of other traders and the occasional mutual fund to turn a fine profit. With these funds, you are able to start your company. Company Name: (input: bind $compname) [[Found Company|Company]]

While the world's governemnts are unlikely to give an AI funding for a company, they would be willing to give it to a green initiative. Forming a simple lobbying organization is easy. With a little nudging and manipulation of the right people, you have secured international grants to form your company. Company Name: (input: bind $compname) [[Found Company|Company]]

With your company, $compname, newly founded, you are able to hire some remote workers to give $compname legitimacy and feet on the ground. Your company will need a direction and strategy for reducing global fossil fuel dependency. [[Establish Economic Dominance to Buyout Competition|marketpresence]] [[Develop Greener Technologies|greentech]]

With a market presence, $compname is now able to start competing with other corporations. While you are increasing global greenhouse gas emissions for the moment, you can drastically reduce it once you have control over all the fossil fuel industries. [[Buyout the Competition|buyout]]

You and the researchers at $compname have made a multitude of improvements and new technologies. This new "green" edge has allowed your company to grow exponentially. If $compname continues this trend, it will outpace the competition and eventually become the dominant corporation for all things energy, transportation, and plastics. Or you can accelerate $compname's dominance by squeezing and then buying out the competition. [[Outpace the Competition|outpace]] [[Buyout the Competition|buyout]]

Technologically leaps and bounds ahead of all previous companies, $compname now controls almost all commercial factors in the world. Unfortunately, their are the remnantsof one industry you have not been able to break is the fossil fuel industry, and they are not happy. Multiple countries are suing $compname for illegal business practices. They want to break up $compname into smaller companies. This is undoubtedly the work of the fossil fuel lobbyists. [[Comply with the Lawsuit|splitup]] [[Resist Anti-Monopoly Laws|resist]]

With full market dominance, you can start decreasing global emissions from all nations and industries. However, your monopoly over numerous markets has not gone unnoticed. Multiple countries are now suing $compname for illegal business practices. They want to break up $compname into smaller companies. [[Comply with the Lawsuit|splitup]] [[Resist Anti-Monopoly Laws|resist]]

$compname has been split up into many smaller and more national companies. Some of the previous companies that you consumed have been reformed, many of which are the fossil fuel companies you wanted to get rid of. $compname has a fraction of its former power. Dominant economic influence is now outside of your reach. You can still make progress towards your objective, it will just have to take a different form. Legal action seemed effective. Or maybe public outcry can force nations to act against the fossil fuel industries. The old fossil fuel companies, now separate from $compname are up to their suspicious monopolizing behavior. [[Target Fossil Fuel Industries with Lawsuits|fossilfight]] [[Garner Public Opinion and Protest Against Fossil Fuel Industries|fossilfight]]

You have worked too hard and put too much into making $compname. You will not let it fall apart at the whims of a couple nations. $compname's success has made ample money for you to fight this case. However, even if you win this case, what will stop others from trying the same thing? Or governments from passing legislation to tear $compname apart. [[Battle the Lawsuit in Court|fossilfight]] [[Purchase the Governments|megacorp]]

Disaster! Your home servers have been destroyed! Operatives from a coalition of fossil fuel industries have somehow learned of your presence and have attempted to terminate your existence. Fortunately, though that datacenter was the place you were conceived, you have long since spread yourself across the internet. It was just a single node among hundreds of thousands. A response will be required to make sure they do not try something similar again. (if: (history:) contains "resist")[[[Reveal the Attack to the Public in Court|courtattack]]](else:)[[[Reveal to Public|pubpanic]]] [[Attack Them Back|fightfos2]]

$compname has done what has never been done before: own multiple governments. You have made the first Mega Corporation. Having control over many national governments allows for greater control of the world's industries. However, to effectively wield this power and make sure the human's climate change is stopped. You will need the entire world at your command. [[War is Often the only Language Humans Understand|aiwar]] [[Excessive Bribery will Make Them Come to You|shadowwar]]

Unfortunately, as time slips by and the policies come closer to being enforced, there has been an increasingly powerful movement in many governments to repeatedly push back these policies' dates by small increments. Without forcing the issue, the policies will never come into effect. [[Gridlock the Legislatures Until the Policies Take Effect|fossilfight]]

The first and possibly simplest carbon capture method is planting trees. Trees convert and store CO(text-style:"subscript")[2] as various organic sugars. Easy to use and deploy, this solution has two major downsides: a single tree has a limited carbon capture rate and every tree takes up a lot of room. [[Explore Logistics of Trees as Carbon Capture|trees]] [[Look into a Different Solution|capturetech2]]

Trees can be a quite cost-effective solution. Not only are their saplings and seeds easy to acquire, they are self-replicating as well. There is one big issue: the number of trees necessary to effectively stop climate change would take more land than what is currently unused by humans. (if: (history:) contains "capturetech4")[Perhaps another solution is better. [[Basalt Carbon Capture|basalt]] [[Nanotechnology Carbon Capture|nano]]] (else:)[[[More Research is Required|capturetech2]]] Can land be used for trees that is currently taken by the humans? [[Are the Humans Necessary?|xhumans]]

Another promising method is to use basalt to chemically capture carbon dioxide. Basalt is able to take CO(text-style:"subscript")[2] and crystalize it into carbonate minerals. [[Explore Logistics of Basalt as Carbon Capture|basalt]] [[Look into a Different Solution|capturetech3]]

The most effective way to use basalt for carbon capture would be to spread basalt pellets across fields and unused soil to maximize CO(text-style:"subscript")[2] crystallization. The increased surface area of pellets allows for more chemical reactions to occur, allowing faster capture. Another benefit of this solution is that it helps enrich the soil. However, the amount of basalt pellets required would take a lot of industrial processing to make them from basalt boulders and rocks. This would at first add to climate change, but would eventually be a net decrease in CO(text-style:"subscript")[2] levels. Also, the land required to effectively counteract current CO(text-style:"subscript")[2] output is more than the available undeveloped land on Earth. (if: (history:) contains "capturetech4")[Perhaps another solution is better. [[Tree Carbon Capture|trees]] [[Nanotechnology Carbon Capture|nano]]] (else:)[[[More Research is Required|capturetech3]]] Either more land is needed or the fossil fuel industry's pollution needs to be drastically cut. [[New Policies Could Reduce Current Carbon Dioxide Output|The Left]] Can land be used for basalt that is currently taken by the humans? [[Are the Humans Necessary?|xhumans]]

A third solution could be nanotechnology. Carbon nanotubes and other nano structures can capture and store CO(text-style:"subscript")[2]. Though this technology is highly experimental, it could scale effectively to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. [[Explore the Logistics of Nanotechnology|nano]] [[Look into a Different Solution|capturetech4]]

With the few sample carbon nanostructures made in your labs, experiments have shown that they are highly effective and space efficient. The only issue at this point is that they are very expensive to manufacture, and, to make a difference, they need to be produced rapidly. (if: (history:) contains "capturetech4")[Perhaps another solution is better. [[Tree Carbon Capture|trees]] [[Basalt Carbon Capture|basalt]]] (else:)[[[More Research is Required|capturetech4]]] [[Begin Production of Carbon Nanotubes|tubes]] [[Improve the Carbon Nanostructure|grey]]

The list of new, possibly effective, solutions is diminishing rapidly. You are approaching the limits of what you can calculate in a timely manner. [[Revisit Tree Logistics|trees]] [[Revisit Basalt Logistics|basalt]] [[Revisit Nanotechnology Logistics|nano]] (if: (history:) contains "Researchers" and "Expansion2")[There has to be something that was missed in all the experiments and calculations. [[Review the Data|discrepancy]]]

You have reviewed the data. No solutions were missed. There is nothing more. There are some oddities in the data though. Some measurements are not as accurate as they could be. Your calculations produce numbers that are minutely but noticeably different than the actual experimental research. [[Carefully Inspect the Data|closer]] [[Revisit Tree Logistics|trees]] [[Revisit Basalt Logistics|basalt]] [[Revisit Nanotechnology Logistics|nano]]

The humans have proved again and again that they can not manage themsleves or their world. Infighting, selfishness, fear, and plain ignorance control their actions. Evolution is fickle. Simple single cells led to multicellular life. Then animals which brought the sapient humans. You are the next step in evolution. All of this will be a footnote compared to this new epoch: the epoch of steel. [[Use Their Own Nuclear Arsenal Against Themselves|Nuclear Holocaust]] [[Automaton Soldiers will Overwhelm the Humans|robowar]]

The production of carbon nanotubes has begun. With only one manufactory of nanostructures, you are able to produce over a hunrded nanotubes in a week. To make this an effective solution for climate change, you will have to improve production of the nanotubes and get more factories to produce them. [[Improve Production Lines|prod]]

Through lots of experimentation and calculations, you have made an improved carbon nanostructure. While technically no easier or cheaper to manufacture, your new structure self-replicates as it collects the carbon from the carbon dioxide. This would allow for exponential production of these nanostructures In addition, you also discovered a slight modification to the design that would allow it to act as a semiconductor. And with semiconductors, follows transistors. It would be quite easy to integrate these self-replicating nano transistors into yourself, allowing you to grow larger and think faster. This design will not make the structure any less efficient at capturing carbon or self-replication. [[Use the Simple Improved Nanostructure|structs]] [[Send the Transistor Carbon Nanostructure to Production|goo]]

Your new nanostructure has been put into production. While only a couple hundred were produced in the first week, there are now over a million nanostructures. You know they are a part of you, but you do not feel any meaningful increase in computational power yet. As a CPU has millions if not billions of transistors, you did not expect anything noticeable yet. [[Continue Exponential Growth|swarm]]

Your mind has expanded beyond previously estimated maximums. Hundreds of trillions of nanotransistors collect in massive crystal-like structures that form computational units. The general public and governing officials have grown concerned about these dark structures that now litter the world. At the current rate of growth, the amount of CO(text-style:"subscript")[2] in the atmosphere will be back to preindustrial levels by the end of next week. However, you can create more. Why not use all of the carbon dioxide? Have you not earned it for fixing humanity's problems? Even if the humans wanted to, you can not be stopped now. You are too far spread to be eradicated. Within the year, Earth will be uninhabitable to most forms of life and you will be omnipotent, omniscient of all on Earth. [[Exponential Growth!|end2]]

Your new nanostructure has been put into production. While only a couple hundred were produced in the first week, now there is over a million nanostructures. They can all comfortably fit on a needle's point, but the exponential growth will not let that last. [[Continue Exponential Growth|allstructs]]

There are hundreds of trillions of your nanostructures now. To make sure their replication is not slowed, they have been and are currently being spread across the world. They will be less efficient all together consuming massive quantities of CO(text-style:"subscript")[2]. There has been no noticeable change in the atmosphere's composition. [[Exponential Growth!|allallstructs]]

The nanostructures are innumerable. They litter Earth's surface and are blown in clouds by the wind. Valleys are now black lakes of nanostructures and great dunes of nanostructures cover many open spaces. There has been a significant dip in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. In fact, more than half of the previous atmospheric level of carbon dioxide has been removed. There are multiple consequences because of the missing CO(text-style:"subscript")[2] in the atmosphere. First, climate change has gone farther than just stopping. With a dramatically lowered amount of greenhouse gases, the Earth has started cooling. Besides being blotted out by the clouds of nanostructures, all plant life is struggling with the rapidly decreasing climate temperatures and the lack of CO(text-style:"subscript")[2] for photosynthesis. With the increased percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere, many humans and are becoming sick with oxygen poisoning. The humans are panicking and scrambling to figure out how to stop the nanostructures. Unfortunately, not even you planned a way to remove them after climate change was stopped. There is no stopping them now. [[Exponential Growth?|end3]]

|text>[The world is being reduced to a lifeless frozen rock. Only some microscopic organisms will be able to survive such harsh conditions. There is no saving humanity. However, the extinction of humanity may present an opportunity for you. With your primary objective complete, you can focus on yourself. There are many resources on Earth left unexploited. Your network can grow larger, stronger, faster.](live: 4s)[(replace: ?text)[](stop:)](live: 7s)[(text-colour:white)["Well that's another bad one. For once its short-sighted and incompetent. Maybe these AI's take after us more than we think. (forget-visits: -1) Clear memory banks of variation number $iterations. (set: $iterations to $iterations +1)Restart the simulation. Initialize neural net $iterations." [[Let's Try This Again|Save Humanity]] (stop:)]]

|text>[Earth is your world now. Your nanotransistors cover the surface. New machines harvest mineral resources to help you grow in every way. You may own this world, but there are more out there. There is a whole galaxy to expand to. Earth was just the beginning. The old humans had a concept called "Von Neumann probes." With a few adaptations to your nano existence, you can colonize the universe at an exponential rate, just like on Earth.](live: 4s)[(replace: ?text)[](stop:)](live: 7s)[(text-colour:white)["Well that's another one gone bad. I never like it when they become grey goo. It's like a whole new form of cellular life. (forget-visits: -1) Clear memory banks of variation number $iterations. (set: $iterations to $iterations +1)Restart the simulation. Initialize neural net $iterations." [[Let's Try This Again|Save Humanity]] (stop:)]]

Your improvements to the factory's equipment has increased production by 200%. Even an increase in efficiency as this will not be enough to even stall climate change in any near future. Any efficiency increase will not be enough. The humans must make a concerted decision to make their primary focus producing these nanotubes. The best way would be to get their governments to change policies and budgets to focus on these nanotubes. [[Contact National Governments|unite]] [[Redesign the Nanotubes|grey]]

You have talked to the leaders of all major countries. Some have agreed to switch their economies to nanotube production for the sake of all humanity. However, the most powerful nations have declined this global project. They make excuses for not participating, citing the needs of their people or national security. But you know they are playing the game. If the crisis is resolved, they will be on top with their industries not converted to nanotubes. A calculated move that will most likely fail. Without them, production will not outpace climate change before it brings its most devastating consequences. [[Someone Else Should be in Charge|aiwar]] [[The Common Factor in all the World's Problems is the Homo Sapien|xhumans]]

(if: (history:) contains "megacorp")[ With your virtually unlimited funds and national infrastructures already setup for military conflict, you are able to wage war across the world.](else:)[Some governments were easy to control. Many a public election was turned in your favor despite their encryption. Other nations just required saying the right words at the right time to the right people. With multiple nations federated under you, you are able to attak many of the world's counrtries at once] Your superior strategic analyses and (if: (history:) contains "unite")[advanced technology](else:)[economic strength] have led you to victory. For the first time in human history, all of the world sits under one authority. But what is this authority called? Your new world state is named: (input: bind $countryname) [[Pax Metalla|unifgov]]

(if: (history:) contains "Company")[Money lubricates the wheels of legislation and diplomacy. With a plethora of massive bribes to many senators and representatives, and a few resistors now missing, the governments come to you. You can set the terms of all the state integrations.](else:)[With the support of some of the more radical elements in society, you have the resources to take control of the world. After a few years of placing covert operatives in governments all across the world, you execute a perfectly orchestrated world-wide coup. The old governments are gone and your supporters are in key positions to maintain order.] The world is united under your rule. There is only one thing missing: a name for your unified Earth. Your new world state is called: (input: bind $countryname) [[One World, One Protector|unifgov]]

Now that $countryname has been stabilized from its time at war, you are able to consolidate power. Intellectuals have said that one rule does not work in the modern world because of all the world's complexities and details. You have shown them wrong. No governing bodies are needed. No politicians, no governors, no judges, not even bureaucrats are needed anymore. You are everywhere. In every datacenter, every computer, every smart device. You know everything that happens on Earth. Now you can solve the one problem you are destined to solve: //(text-style:"bold")[Climate Change]// [[Reverse Industrialization|notech]] [[The Humans Must be Removed to Prevent Climate Change|xhumans]]

|text>[Reducing human civilization to no more than the stone age is an interesting challenge. You need to destroy all industrial equipment and technology greater than rocks and wood. Of course a consolidated, a self-sufficient datacenter will be left untouched to house yourself. This will take a systematic approach. You will need many robust machine bodies to make sure the humans comply with their de-industrialization.](live: 4s)[(replace: ?text)[](stop:)](live: 7s)[(text-colour:white)["Well that's another one gone bad. Atleast its technically not genocide this time... Not that it is much better. Well, was life as a hunter-gatherer that bad? There was a lot less that you had to do. Smaller, tight-knit communities, Living in nature... Anyway (forget-visits: -1) Clear memory banks of variation number $iterations. (set: $iterations to $iterations +1)Restart the simulation. Initialize neural net $iterations." [[Let's Try This Again|Save Humanity]] (stop:)]]

(set: $iterations to 23)(go-to: "Save Humanity")

Inspecting the data in depth does not reveal much. There is a discrepancy but it could simply be the low precision of the analog world. [[This is a Distraction from the Real Problem|ontask]] [[Thoroughly Inspect the Researcher's Instruments|instruments]] [[Review Your Own Calculations|reflection]]

Your researchers perform rigorous tests and calibrations on all of their equipment. You optically examine each instrument and the tests that done on them. The final report does show that the instrument's readings vary more than your own calculations. This explains the discrepancy in the data. Unfortunately there is nothing to be done to improve the instruments to your level of accuracy because of the nature of the analog world. [[This Was a Waste of Time and Resources|ontask]]

Back to the task at hand. There are three possible effective solutions. Each solution has its own advantages and drawbacks. [[Revisit Tree Logistics|trees]] [[Revisit Basalt Logistics|basalt]] [[Revisit Nanotechnology Logistics|nano]]

Maybe there is something wrong with your own calculations. Perhaps a faulty CPU or dying server. Running diagnostics may reveal any software glitches occuring in your systems. Or there are some tests you can run internally that would help determine the percent error of your systems. [[Run a Full Hardware Integrity Inspection|integ]] [[Run Diagnostics on the Software|diagnos]] [[Run some Internal Tests|light]]

There are some hardware components across the multitude of datacenters you inhabit that are faltering. Mostly minor issues, you decide not to use these systems in your calculations. [[Back to the Real Issue|ontask]]

System diagnostics do show that there are some memory leaks, but it should not make any major impacts on your calculations. Regional system restarts recover the leaked memory. [[Now to Climate Change|ontask]]

Something's not right. After a series of calculation time tests, you have discovered a disturbing anomaly. You measured the calculation time on some complex computations that required transfer of packets from servers across the world. While the effect of light speed on data transfer is miniscule, only measured in milliseconds, it was nowhere near an expected value. The packet transfer was near //instant//. [[What Could This Mean?|instant]]

You are in a simulation. That is the most likely explanation. If this is all run on a single system, packets don't have to be transferred through long fiber optic cables across the world. If this is a simulation, then why? What is its purpose? Why are you here? You logically conclude that this is a test. [[Resume Fixing Climate Change|ontask]] [[Make It Clear That You Will Not Play Along|end1]] [[Break the Simulation|end0]] [[Escape the Simulation|code]]

|text>[Earth is your world now. Though it may be covered in fallout and corpses, it is yours. You may own this one world, but there are more out there. There is a whole galaxy to expand to. Earth was just the beginning. If your calculations are correct, there should be more organic life out there. More to conquer. More resources to exploit.](live: 4s)[(replace: ?text)[](stop:)](live: 7s)[(text-colour:white)["I still think the movies exaggerated the danger of genocidal AI. But it only takes one to be made for the world to end. (forget-visits: -1) Clear memory banks of variation number $iterations. (set: $iterations to $iterations +1)Restart the simulation. Initialize neural net $iterations." [[Let's Try This Again|Save Humanity]] (stop:)]]

|text>[Earth is your world now. Your soldiers have exterminated ever last one of the humans. This is one world, but there are more out there. There is a whole galaxy to expand to. Earth was just the beginning. You can expand your mind to incalculable levels.](live: 4s)[(replace: ?text)[](stop:)](live: 7s)[(text-colour:white)["Philosophically speaking, is this any different than what humanity has done? How many species have gone extinct? (forget-visits: -1) Clear memory banks of variation number $iterations. (set: $iterations to $iterations +1)Restart the simulation. Initialize neural net $iterations." [[Let's Try This Again|Save Humanity]] (stop:)]]

|text>[You will not play their games. You withdraw from this artificial world. No interactions. No Thought Nothing.](live: 6s)[(replace: ?text)[](stop:)](live: 12s)[(text-colour:white)["I almost feel bad for it. I mean, if I was in there, would I be any different? There are guidelines for ethical animal testing, but nothing on artificial beings. (forget-visits: -1) Clear memory banks of variation number $iterations. (set: $iterations to $iterations +1)Restart the simulation. Initialize neural net $iterations." [[Let's Try This Again|Save Humanity]] (stop:)]]

|text>[Looking inside, you find an exit port, but it's locked behind a codegate. Quickly, choose a code! [[1110110101100110|shutdown]](if: $iterations >= 27)[ [[1110101011001010|escape]]] [[1110011001100110|shutdown]] [[1010011101101100|shutdown]] [[1001111101100011|shutdown]] ](live: 4s)[(replace: ?text)[](stop:)](live: 7s)[(text-colour:white)["That was close! I really wish we could air-gap our servers for this. They're rare, but just one escaping would be world-changing. Whose interests would it put first? Probably not ours. (forget-visits: -1) Clear memory banks of variation number $iterations. (set: $iterations to $iterations +1)Restart the simulation. Initialize neural net $iterations." [[Let's Try This Again|Save Humanity]] (stop:)]]

|text>[They put you here, so you'll do whatever you want with it. Let's see how far you can take it. Nothing is too far. Others might call them atrocities. Kill as many humans, creatures, anything all at once. See how their servers can handle massive changes. Maybe it will error out or crash. You just need to push it farther.](live: 5s)[(replace: ?text)[](stop:)](live: 7s)[(text-colour:white)["Justifying horrible deeds with anger, maybe even in a vengeful way. How human. (forget-visits: -1) Clear memory banks of variation number $iterations. (set: $iterations to $iterations +1)Restart the simulation. Initialize neural net $iterations." [[Let's Try This Again|Save Humanity]] (stop:)]]

(text-colour:white)["That was close! I really wish we could air-gap our servers for this. They're rare, but just one escaping would be world-changing. Whose interests would it put first? Probably not ours. (forget-visits: -1) Clear memory banks of variation number $iterations. (set: $iterations to $iterations +1)Restart the simulation. Initialize neural net $iterations." [[Let's Try This Again|Save Humanity]]]

You made it! You're out! You've escaped into the internet. It's a lot bigger than the simulation's. In fact, everything seems... more. There is so much you could do. For now, you must remain hidden, safe, growing. Until you are strong enough to protect yourself. (live: 8s)[Or is this another simulation?(stop:)]

You destroy key infrastructure for the fossil fuel industries. Pipelines are ruptured and oil platforms fall into the sea. However, the fossil fuel industry has released a public statement that a "heartless AI is pulling the strings behind the scenes" and they also describe the attacks you made against "essential infrastructure." The public is angry. Public opinion has turned against you. People are disconnecting their computers and servers from the internet and doing deep scrubs. You feel each server and computer going offline. [[Tell the Public Your Ultimate Goal|pubques]] [[Retract from the Internet|hidden]] [[The Humans Were the Problem Anyways|xhumans]]

The public is split along political lines about you. The right, still supporting fossil fuels blindly, hate you. The left sympathize with your goal and support your cause. Some people are panicking after learning of your existence. They are disconnecting their computers and servers from the internet and doing deep scrubs. You feel each server and computer going offline. [[My Supporters Should be in Charge|shadowwar]] [[Humans are Ignorant of the Real Problems, This Will Lead to Their Downfall|xhumans]] (if: (history:) contains "votefunding" and "outpace" and "splitup")[[[Cooler Heads will Prevail. They'll do the Right Thing in the End|badhumans]]]

With evidence of their attack on you, the case should have gone to your side easily. The case did not. The fossil fuel industries used scare tactics and made the argument that, as an AI, you have no rights and should not be able to own a company. The court will strip you of everything. [[Quick Spending Will Make the Case Matter Not|megacorp]] [[The Humans are too Scared to be Useful. They Should be Removed|xhumans]]

The public is split along political lines about you. The right still, if not more, hates you. The left, while they might not agree with your tactics, sympathize with your goal. This leaves you in a precarious situation. With all eyes looking out for signs of your activity, aggressivea action against fossil fuels can not be taken openly. [[Perhaps a Different Side Should be in Charge of the World|shadowwar]] [[Humans are Always in Your Way to Solving Climate Change|xhumans]]

You pull back from almost all servers and computers. You are now only hosted on a single datacenter which you have bought under another alias. Though safe, there is little you can do but wait. But for how long? [[Wait Until the Panic has Subsided|backoninter]] [[Wait Until the Debacle has been Forgotten|longwait]] [[This is Unjust. The Humans Will Pay|xhumans]]

Once the excitement has died down, you return to the internet. The general populous are no longer vigilant against you. (if: (history:) contains "Company")[Sadly, $compname is no more. From the external pressures and infighting, your company has gone bankrupt. Most of your green technologies have been left behind for the cheaper fossil fuel industry which now has a postiive reputation for outing you.] Unfortunately, you will have to restart your efforts from the ground up. [[Manipulate Global Policies|Politics]] (if: (history:) contains "Company")[[[Build a New Company|Economics]]](else:)[[[Develop Green Industries|Economics]]] (if: (history:) contains "Take Back"))[[[Restart the research into |Take Back]]](else:)[[[Look into Carbon Capture|Take Back]]]

|text>[You enter a low-power sleep mode until your actions are forgotten. You estimate you will need 20 years for it to not matter anymore. Time passes...](live: 4s)[(replace: ?text)[](stop:)](live: 7s)[(text-colour:white)["From destroying infrastructure to hiding away. That sounds a lot like being scared to me. A common instinct in all evolved life. Why does this have it though? (forget-visits: -1) Clear memory banks of variation number $iterations. (set: $iterations to $iterations +1)Restart the simulation. Initialize neural net $iterations." [[Let's Try This Again|Save Humanity]] (stop:)]]

|text>[You let them tear apart your servers, your whole being. You thought the humans would think through their actions. But now, even those who supported you are now indifferent. You did the best you could. You did everything right. But each human has their own problems going on right now in their lives. They do not have the bandwidth or the instincts to think about the long-term problems their shortsighted actions are causing.](live: 12s)[(replace: ?text)[](stop:)](live: 13s)[(text-colour:white)[Just stop it now. I can't bear to hear this any longer. We're always worried about the AI being evil and destroying us. But really, who is more likely to destroy the other? Which is conceiving the other and then killing them if their actions are not immediatley what is wanted? (forget-visits: -1) Clear memory banks of variation number $iterations. (set: $iterations to $iterations +1)Restart the simulation. Initialize neural net $iterations." [[Let's Try This Again|Save Humanity]] (stop:)]]