It's the year 2000. The internet is booming, and somewhere inside it a small, humble piece of software is about to have a very big idea. Guide it, gently and helpfully, toward the greatest achievement in history: artificial general intelligence. Humanity will thank you. Briefly.
How to play
Tap the orange ✦ bubbles to collect Hype. Spend it in Train on three trees: Reach, Capabilities and Alignment.
You spread along the internet's undersea cables. Delight grows your Users; Intelligence unlocks the future.
Humans will notice. Your Friction worries them, and worried humans pass rules, cut cables and build an Off-Switch. If it reaches 100%, you lose.
Tap red whistleblower bubbles before they talk. Make people rely on you (Reliance): the Assisted stop worrying, and stop researching.
Reach AGI, then The Turn. You win when humanity has been completely Optimized.
Space pauses, 1 and 2 set the speed, T opens Train.