Note: This game will involve some controversial subjects (relating to current events). Some facts/data stated may also be extremely over-exaggerated.
With that out of the way, let's [[//begin//|The Start of the End]].
It was meant to be a joke. At least, you thought it was...
But now it's active. Ticking away.
There's no going back now.
If only you hadn't come up with such an [[idea|Backstory]] as a joke. January 2nd 2020 8:09pm
(click: "pm")
[You just thought up a brilliant question to ask the AI.]
(click: "ask")
[
With all of the current events going on: speculations of World War III, Hong Kong Protests, Uyghur "Re-education" Camps, Australian literally on fire; it's quite hard to not feel as if the world is in turmoil.]
(click: "turmoil.")
[
So jokingly, you type down on the command prompt:]
(click: "prompt:")
[
"How long will it take for the world to [[end?|The AI's answer 1]]"]
["Calculating...."]
(live: 4s)[You have a feeling this will take some time.]
(click: "time.")[Time that you probably should spend doing other stuff while the AI calculates in the background.]
(click: "stuff")
[You finish your evening tasks. But from the looks of it, the AI is still calculating. Maybe tomorrow it will have an [[answer...|The AI's answer 2]]]
January 3rd 2020
(live: 3s)[Rise and shine]
(click: "Rise")
[You check the AI and [[...]]]
{
(set: $hope to (either: "Extinction", "Prosperity"))
}
"Time until the world ends: (live: 1s)[//''10 years''//]"
(live: 2s)[Holly hell....]
(live: 3s)[If this is real....]
(live: 4s)[What are you going to do?]
(live: 5s)[ [[Shut down the program and forget what just happened]]
[[Inform the government]]
[[Check for accuracy]]]
The world has become a hellscape. Humanity dies out, rich or poor, young or old, no one is spared. Same with animals. Everything is Ḑ̷̗̼̈́̀͗̄̒E̸̛͈̥͓̬̪̟̤͙̗̗͒̄́̇̈́̀͊͋͛̆̏̃̈͝A̵̺̫̮̗̳̺͎͔͙̞̩͖̝͆̿̆̅̍̄̒̃̓̊͐̃̐͐͆̆Ḑ̸͉̙̮̳̪͖̠̮͇͇̠͖͉͙͐̅ͅ
You got the "Extinct Earth" ending. {
(set: $hope to (either: "Extinction", "Prosperity"))
}
You contact the government and after several investigations, the AI program is taken away for "further inspection". You and your team are also listed down on a "watch" list, just in case you try to spread such "disinformation".
You got "Responsibility" ending.
Side note: I'm making a huge guess that this might happen. Not sure if it actually would.
(live: 5s)[[[Afterwards|Afterwards]]]You erase all trace of such a horrifying question being asked. You also delete all memory/data related to the topic in the AI program for good measure.
After all, ignorance is bliss. And who knows, with enough unrest happening around the globe, humanity may just start pushing for enough reform to turn their situation around.
So pretty much... what's happening today.
You got "Current Ending"A̸I̶ ̶c̵a̷l̸c̷u̴l̸a̴t̶i̶o̵n̶ coming in:
{
(set: $hope to (either: "Extinction", "Prosperity"))
(set: $time to 4)
(live: 1s)[
(set: $time to it -1)
$time
(if: $time <= 0)[(goto: $hope)]]
}
Humanity was able to unite together in time and push for reform. Enough so that we no longer are living on a dying planet. Congrats, you've won.
You got "Humanity's triumph" ending. {
(set: $hope to (either: "Extinction", "Prosperity"))
}
Oh? Still want to see more eh? Well then, sure why not?
Try and [[predict]] if humanity survives or not.
Or demand for reform from the [[government]].{
(set: $hope to (either: "Extinction", "Prosperity"))
}
Calculating...
(live: 1s)[100% accuracy]
(live: 2s)[What do you do?]
(live: 3s)[ [[Shut down the program and forget what just happened]]
[[Inform the government]]
[[Keep calm and carry on]]]{
(set: $world to "organisms")
(set: $timeleft to 11)
(set: $extinctionLevel to 0)
(set: $yeartime to 2019)
(set: $hope to (either: "Extinction", "Prosperity"))
}
You calm yourself before you make any stupid decisions.
(click: "calm")[Now then, think. Remember this is an AI. It is prone to mistakes. Sure, it's gotten quite intelligent over these past 5 years, but is it truly accurate as of yet?]
(click: "accurate")
[Of course not. If you want more accurate output, you're going to have to collect some real data. Real-time statistics. The better the information provided, the better the result.]
(click: "result")
[At least, that should be how it works... One can't just make decisions based on just this AI's calculations.]
(click: "...")
[Now then, let's start off with some [[data collection|Data Collection]].]
{
(set: $extinctionLevel to $extinctionLevel + 1)
(set: $hope to (either: "Extinction", "Prosperity"))
}
You set it to collect data of current news and events.
(if: $timeleft is <= 10)[(live:1s)[A year passes]]
(live:1.5s)[It's recalculating...
[[go back|AI Central]]]{
(set: $timeleft to $timeleft - $extinctionLevel/$extinctionLevel)
(set: $yeartime to $yeartime + $extinctionLevel/$extinctionLevel)
(set: $hope to (either: "Extinction", "Prosperity"))
}
Jan 3rd [$yeartime]
"Time until the world ends: (live: 1s)[//''$timeleft years''//]"
(live: 1.5s)[What do you do?
(if: $timeleft > 0)[
[[Data Collection & Recalculation|Data Collection]]
[[Ask AI to define "The end of the world"]]
[[Ask the AI to come up with a solution|AI's solution]]
[[Inform the government]]
[[Shut down the program and forget what just happened]]
[[Take matters into your own hands]]
]
(else:)[Congratulations for waiting. Your fate will be revealed in:
{
(set: $time to 4)
(live: 1s)[
(set: $time to it -1)
$time
(if: $time <= 0)[(goto: $hope)]]
}
]
]You've had it with the inactivity of the government and organizations in general.
If no one is going to face such a threat against the entirety of humanity, then you will.
It's time ....
(live: 2s)[for [[reform]].]
(live:2s)[A few weeks later]
(click: "later")[You're heading back to check on the AI when you suddenly start to feel a bit sick. You slowly struggle to breathe. You begin choking. As if something was suffocating you.]
(click: "suffocating")[You drop [[d̶͓͍̙̺̘̹̯̍́̈́́̓̾̎̀͌̀ͅȅ̶̡̥͔̤̠̭̪̺̭̰͈͍̮͋͘͠ͅǎ̷̰̬͎̟͚̐͆̈́̈́̄͠d̶͚̜̪̂͗͒̀̍̀̌́͋͘.]]]
AI:
(live: 2s)
["According to my calculations, humanity is the direct cause of Earth's suffering. Therefore, eliminating humanity is the solution to saving the //world//."
You got "To save the ''world'', s̵̛͙̆ǎ̷̪̘̱̮̪̃̿̈̅͊̽̇͛͝ç̶̧̘̝̳̻͙͔͎̇̂̍͂̃͋̈́̽͜͠r̷̢̺̲͇̖̮̿͗ḯ̸͓̝̙̱͈͉̯̻̬͇̂́͂̿̍͘f̸̛̘͖͚̝̄̇̍̅̀͝ị̶̡̰͕͎͉̰͓̺͕̍͛̋́͗͒c̶̗̟̠̻̯̪͈̈̂͌̎̈́̃́͝ê̸̯̞̠̦ŝ̷̡͇̝͔̘̭͈͍̯͂̋ͅ ̵̡̛̱̰̯͚͎͎̊̑̆̈͌͌̆̽͠h̵̢̙̘͉̬̑̋̎ͅḁ̸̢̱̲̘͇̲͙͙̓̌̓͛́̌̂̅̕͜v̵͔͔͂̃͊́͠e̵̲͙͔͗̅ ̵̨̱̰̭́̒͌͛͂̊̎t̷̥́̆ö̸̦́̔̿̒̾̍͂̕͝ ̵͎͓̼̫͗͘̚b̶̨̬̻͍̮̺͊é̷͉̩̭̙̜͙̙͑ͅ ̴͇͓̅́͆͆͊́̕͠m̵͖̜͎̀̓̕͜͝ạ̷̠͙͖͋d̶̯͉̖͛́̎̈͘͝ḝ̷̧͖̩͚̻̺̬͍́͋́̽̒͑̀͝" ending.]"Calculating..."
(live:2s)["When the world becomes uninhabitable to all $world"]
(live:3s)[
[[AI Central]]
[[change definition]]
]
"When the world becomes uninhabitable to all _"
Change to:
[[humans]]
[[organisms]](set: $world to "humans")
"Changed to:(live:2s)[ When the world becomes uninhabitable to all //humans//"]
(live:3s)[
[[go back|AI Central]]](set: $world to "organisms")
"Changed to:(live:2s)[ When the world becomes uninhabitable to all //organisms//"]
(live:3s)[
[[go back|AI Central]]]Well before you begin, what will you do with the AI?
[[Use it to assist in your push for reform|Reformer]]
[[The AI is somewhat helpful, but cannot be relied on heavily|Reformist]]
If you're going to push for reform, you'll need power. Power strong enough to change things around. This AI potentially has that power. Might as well use it.
You got "Rise of the Reformer" endingThough seemingly accurate and intelligent, it should only be used to assist. Not direct. Who knows what potential threat AI might bring with overusage. Just in case, you erase all data pertaining to the question you asked.
You got the "Past Timeline" ending"Calculating..."
{
(if: $world is "organisms")[(live:2s)[From the looks of it, it's going to take some time. Maybe check back [[later]]]]
(else-if: $world is "humans")[(live:3s)[Error...
[[Why?|Impossible]]]]
}
"No solution"
(live:2s)[Wait, hold on.]
(live:3s)[NO SOLUTION?!]
(live:4s)[ [[Why?!]]]"Humans and nature cannot coexist"
(live:1s)["As soon as humans switched from hunter-gatherer to farmers, they began to play God. Nature was manipulated in that very instant to benefit humanity, continually warped and tamed, till now...]
(live:3s)[And now look. Look at what you humans have created. A world of your own...at the cost of Earth's resources. And through this drastic conquest of the planet, you've forgotten something extremely important.]
(live:5s)
[Your origins. Where you all started. Where you belong.]
(click: "belong.")
[You belong to Earth. Your origins? EARTH. But in the end it doesn't matter.]
(click: "matter.")
[Because according to my current calculations, humanity will not realize and take action in time. In conclusion, humanity will continue to drain Earth in stupidty, ignorance, and greed till there's nothing left.]
(click: "left.")
[So I would rather save the world at the cost of humanity. Letting humanity live is a death sentence to the planet. Wouldn't you [[agree|For the world]]?
(live:2s)[[[Disagree|For humanity]]]
]
"You f̶͓͙̝̯̓̈́̀̄͊̿͒̃͌̀̌̋͘͠o̸̗̤̹̤̥̤̥͛̉͐̎͝ͅo̴̢̧̭̗̱̲̙͔̥̝̰͚̼͚̘͍̽̐̿̎̽̓̀̚ļ̵̪͈̱̠̥͌̑͌̂̎͌͗͘̚͝͝....I gave you a chance to be spared. But you still have faith in humanity huh?"
(live: 3s)["How human."]
(click: "human.")["Well no matter."]
(click: "matter.")["It's time that I (live:1s)[begin]"
(live:3s)["Try and [[stop|later]] me human"
The computer abruptly bricks.]]
November 8th 2015(click: "2015")
[
You're an AI programmer who just joined a team working on a new project.
The project?] (click: "project?")
[
A general purpose AI. ]
(click: "AI.")
[An AI capable of learning //anything// and ''everything''. Answer any question.]
(click:"question.")
[
To start off, you and your team loaded in basic knowledge that a kindergartener/first grader would know. Then, there were tests to see how accurate it could be.]
(click: "be.")
[The AI would then be "corrected" based on its testing performance, and then the process would start all over again. This cycle of learning and testing would repeat itself, with ever increasing amounts of information and more difficult tests.]
(click: "tests.")
[As it became more accurate and intelligent, occasionally, your team would ask it random trivia. Like what would be the weather tomorrow or one of those Captcha questions.]
(click: "questions.")
[This continued on for about [[5 years|5 years later]]. Progress was made. And... the AI was starting to become, quite accurate.]
"Interesting. I'm impressed you were able to understand such a concept. Well then, are you ready to save the world?"
You got the "World Savior" ending. Even if you're labeled on the "watch" list, that isn't going to stop you from notifying the people; they deserve the right to know what's going on.
You contact news organizations, tweet about it on social media (using the AI to provide evidence to back up the claims), and soon you're preparing for an interview from a world renowned news network that's coming in 2 minutes!
You quickly dress up and wait for the interviewers to come in at:
{
(set: $survive to (either: "Live", "Die"))
(set: $time to 16)
(live: 1s)[
(set: $time to it -1)
$time
(if: $time <= 0)[(goto: $survive)]]
}The interviewer comes in, and you quickly begin, spewing out major facts and huge pieces of evidence/data compiled from the AI. You even manage to share a quick view of the AI's ticking clock and have created a link for the whole world to view the clock in real time.
You then get straight to the point and demand that the world, the masses, and the governments need to take action now, and not squander around in meaningless conflict. The enemey we face today is one that must be defeated with all of us together, whether we like it or not. We all must work together to bring about reform, put aside our differences for just one time to ensure humanity's surival.
The interview was a success. You're not sure how much, but you know that you've truly riled up the masses, those in support or oppossition. As you pack up your bags and prepare to leave to escape the officials, you can't help but be relieved in doing this. You've done your job in helping out the world. It's now their turn to work on changing for the future.
You got the "Messenger that survived" ending. You hear a silent "click" and you quickly turn around. But it's too late.
The last thing you hear is a gunshot, as the assassin shoots you squarely in the head, killing you in an instant. You have no time to register who he or she even looks like as you fall to the ground.
No time to think... no more time to live. You may never know who killed you or why; maybe it was the government, or someone who thought you were spreading lies.
But in the end, it no longer matters: You've done as much as you can with what little time you had left. Now, it's up to them.
You go the "To die for" Ending.