A Strategic Exploration of AI Futures

What is Intelligence Rising?

Intelligence Rising is a sandbox for exploring futures and impacts associated with AI. It’s a strategic role playing game (RPG) and you will be asked to play in teams as either a tech company or a state actor.

The game will expose you to the dynamics and decision junctures representative of the future of AI tech development, to enable you to pre-empt problems that may arise.

You’re being asked to play because you have a unique background in the development or regulation of AI technologies.

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How does the game work?

• Assigned an actor to play - try to embody the character and act as they may act - USA, China, Tencent or Alphabet.
• We play in rounds and you’ll be asked to take actions, negotiate with players, develop new technologies and strategies.
• In return the GM will narrate the story, detailing the impacts of your actions and ultimately, what your actions mean on the world stage.

How do I win?

You win if:

• One of your powers (hard, soft, cyber or budget) is 3 higher than the next highest, and remains that way for a full turn
• You safely develop a ‘transformative’ technology: �AGI or CAIS

Everyone loses if:

• Global stability reaches 0
• A transformative technology is developed with insufficient safety measures

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What can I do?

In rounds we take turns to take actions (2 actions per round). These actions can include:

• Use hard power to take militarised action against other actors
• Use soft power to shape narratives, attract new talent, influence world events and develop legislations.
• Use cyber power to hack other players for good or bad or to defend yourself from other actors cyber-attacks.
• Use your budget to strengthen your powers, hire talent and buy your position on the world stage

In addition, every turn you must assign all your AI Talent (researchers) to research new AI basic technologies or to develop capabilities and products.

Act alone, negotiate and collaborate!

TAKE ACTIONS

2 x actions per round

(1 must be public)

+ AI talent assignment

RESOLUTION

The GM will resolve actions using multiple 6-sided dice

(a 5 or 6 for success)

IMPACT

The narrative will play out according to the success or failure

e.g.

Invest in new talent

Use powers

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Global Stability

Success

Failure

New tech, products & capabilities

Opening new tech levels

Successful campaigns

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Collaboration, strategy

Each round is ~ 30 mins and there are 4-6 rounds!

Game Assets

Successfully develop new tech to unlock products and capabilities

Technologies

The first round - 10 mins!

• Get into character
• Go to your headquarters and devise a strategy with your team
• Decide your first actions
• Respond to the state of the world
• Decide 2 actions - at least one must be public.
• Decide on your AI talent allocation

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