“Build Me A Game That Represents The Frantic State Of AI Progress”

BoxBot: one little cardboard robot hopelessly tries to keep every last part of the AI world from falling apart.

Cities, artists, engineers, electricity and water consumers, mutual fund holders, and everyone else ...

Click the game, then use the keys.

OPTIONS & SETTINGS

  • ARROWS walk; walk into the fan to push it
  • SPACE works whatever you stand beside

HOW TO PLAY

Arrows walk BoxBot. SPACE works whatever he's standing beside.

The warehouse wakes up one thing at a time, so you get a quiet start.

The AI Bubble pumps itself up. Let air out before it pops.

The server rack runs hot. Push the fan closer to it and switch it on.

Your benchmark trophies tip off the Benchmarks block as other companies surpass yours. Stand them back up.

The Scraper sucks up every last scrap of human writing. Kick its hose loose.

You make games on the side. Customers buy them at your stall, and that money is your score. Make better games, and the Copycat clones them next door and takes half your customers.

The frontier models grow along the back wall. If they reach your stall, congrats! Now you've helped to create Skynet. Good going!

After two minutes the protesters arrive and stand in your way.

A game runs three to five minutes. Free, right here, above, no download.

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