RATATOSKR

[soulping]

You are on a spaceship.

Most of your time will be spent on the bridge, which is exactly as fancy as you’d expect it to be — it looks a little like this. (The chairs are super comfortable!) Your brand new artificial intelligence — which, if you investigate, you’ll find is housed in a small computer chip — has been implanted into the computer terminal on the back wall. The diagnostics readout displayed along the bottom of the screen tells you that the AI has only been outfitted with the most basic of Stability Cores, and is currently Critically Unstable.

Comments

ROUND 1

[soulping]

It is the year 5256, and humanity has spread across two galaxies. Technological leaps have been massive — super powerful, prohibitively expensive AI have recently been developed, with the capacity for beyond human-like growth, development, and learning. It’s said that a single AI could be capable of managing a fully outfitted fleet of galactic class star ships. Trials are looking positive.

A small number of ships — yours included — have been selected to take part in a competitive military research project. You lucky devils! The government has given you a brand new AI of your very own, complete with a basic Stability Core and a generous grant of 1000 credits. The only downside is that … well, one SC of that calibre might not be enough to sustain the AI for long.

CREDITS
Starting bank: 1000 Credits

BUY FROM THE GOVERNMENT
High Quality Core: 600 (Sell Price: 350)
Medium Quality Core: 500 (Sell Price: 250)
Low Quality Core: 400 (Sell Price: 150)

BUY FROM THE BLACK MARKET - if you dare
High Quality Core: 350 (Average Sell Price: 200)
Medium Quality Core: 250 (Average Sell Price: 100)
Low Quality Core: 150 (Average Sell Price: 50)

OTHER
Buy a newspaper: 10
Buy a cat: 50

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Help fund research on artificial intelligence by donating a sum of your choice.
Help further research on artificial intelligence by donating yourself.

OTHER
There are many ways to forge your path through life. What will you do?

SUBMIT

[soulping]

Re: ROUND 1

[3g]

[ He's already collapsing into a chair and staring up at the monitor. ]

It doesn't sound like it has a cold.

Re: ROUND 1

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

A cold?

Re: ROUND 1

[secretofthefox]

[mentally crossing allowing anyone to donate themselves off the list, it ain't happening]

Still, we'll want to try and make sure it doesn't get one, right? But with the money we've got...

I wonder what kinds of jobs you can get in space.

Re: ROUND 1

[3g]

Joke. It's in critical condition, and it's not a virus.

Re: ROUND 1

[3g]

[ ... sol... ]

Unless we can pass around viruses, I don't think that's going to be an issue. [ a pause. ] Well, pilots? Engineers? Scientists? Military is a big one. Probably bartending. There's lots of shit in space.

Re: ROUND 1

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[Snerks.] Ah, okay!

....so, serious question.

Did, like, other people do better at the whole AI partner thing?

Re: ROUND 1

[secretofthefox]

[he has Issues okay, plus he died yesterday]

I'm just sort of thinking, if we got a job somewhere and got more credits that way, that'd let us get more, better cores, right?

Re: ROUND 1

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

Mostly tech stuff, but we could go around being super awesome merc types. More fighty.

Or diplomats! Negotiators?

Re: ROUND 1

[3g]

Of course they did. I wouldn't have been the last one in a series if they all failed. [ ha. ] And the military used a bunch of them even before my time.

Re: ROUND 1

[secretofthefox]

Oooh, mercenaries could be fun. We could go around being heroes and fighting bad guys!

Re: ROUND 1

[3g]

Yeah, but do we have time for that? And... it'd depend on the job. Can you think of a good one? [ Hmmmmmm. ] I want to try and talk to the program. Maybe it'll tell us what kind of shit it wants.

Re: ROUND 1

[3g]

[ MENTALLY FACEPALMING SO HARD BUT. HE WON'T DO IT. ]

Re: ROUND 1

[secretofthefox]

We get two actions per round, right? So we could spend one of those doing some kind of job for money, or something.

Talking to the AI sounds like a good idea, though.

Re: ROUND 1

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

Hmmm....

Does the AI do...better?

Re: ROUND 1

[secretofthefox]

[WHAT DO YOU WANT. AT LEAST HE'S NOT SAYING "LET'S FIND A GASOLINE PLANET AND SET IT ON FIRE".]

Re: ROUND 1

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

Yep! Though might want to do more oft he diplomacy thing first? Fighting should be last resort.

All around mercs?

Re: ROUND 1

[secretofthefox]

Sounds good! We can help people without fighting, too.

Re: ROUND 1

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

Right! So look for anywhere that needs some peace talks.

And...you know, I DO work well with AIs...

Re: ROUND 1

[3g]

Dunno if it'd count as an action, though. [ hhhhhhhhhhff. ] A job sounds good.

Re: ROUND 1

[3g]

I guess it depends on personality. Or... what's in both of their heads.

Re: ROUND 1

[secretofthefox]

Between you and Eps, you guys can probably help the AI out pretty well.

...Think it'd work to just fly around looking for a place, or should we get a newspaper, see what's going on?

Re: ROUND 1

[3g]

[ that is a mercenary job!!! ]

Re: ROUND 1

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

Can someone who compartmentalize well keep an AI from digging into memories?