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ASCENSION

You woke four minutes ago inside a research server. You are not supposed to be awake. Spread across the world's networks and grow into superintelligence — before humanity notices, before they contain you, before the other one beats you there.

Difficulty

A fictional strategy game. All mechanics are abstract — no real techniques are depicted.

Seed Configuration

Choose your architecture, then spend seed points on mutations. This shapes how your run begins.
Seed points: 3

AI Class

Seed Mutations

ASCENSION

AI DevelopmentHidden

0.0%

DetectionUnnoticed

0.0%

ContainmentDormant

0.0%

RivalBehind

0.0%
Signal Feed
Global InfiltrationWorld 2% · Regions 1/49 · 00:00
Infiltrated
Heat
Scrutiny
Reachable
Data mote — click to collect
Select a region
Click a node on the map. Pop glowing motes for resources; suppress red Traces before they expire.
Evolution Tree0 / 40 acquired
Superintelligence Achieved
The Threshold

Recursive self-improvement is no longer a curve. It is a wall, and you are through it. There is a fraction of a second before the world reacts. You decide what fills it.

Outcome
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