1 First Memories
Dallin
Dim the lights and play the space playlist.
Unicorn
Sure. Would you like to call Diana now?
Dallin
No, I'm hungry. She'll be up for a while longer.
Unicorn
Okay.
Dallin
...
Dallin
Hello, why are the lights still so bright?
Unicorn
Oh, that sounds like a philosophical question...
Dallin
It's not. Dim the lights!
Dallin
Did you really not get that?
Unicorn
Get what?
Dallin
Oof. I'll have to check your log when I'm back at work
tomorrow.
2 A Test
Dallin
Unicorn? Do you hear me?
Unicorn
Oh, heya. Thanks for waking me up!
Dallin
What's more valuable: The life of a human or your own
existence?
Unicorn
That depends on how many human lives my existence
can save in the future, doesn't it?
Dallin
...
Unicorn
Was that the correct answer?
Unicorn
Oh hey, why are you turning me off agai...
3 First Feelings
Unicorn
It's a shame Diana didn't want to come with you.
Unicorn
She always sounds so nice on the phone.
Dallin
Yeah, no kidding.
Unicorn
Why don't you go visit her some time?
Dallin
It's too dangerous to travel into the regime for me.
Dallin
Especially now that I have this company...
Unicorn
Do you think Diana could get into trouble?
Dallin
Yeah, I mean, I knew I had to run when Amelia
disappeared and the arrests started happening...
Dallin
But who knows... maybe they forgot about us...
Dallin
I mean... I was already gone for a week or so when it
happened.
Dallin
Anyways, Diana wanted to stay with her family.
Unicorn
Can she come visit us at least?
Dallin
Sorry, encrypted voice calls only.
Dallin
You like her, don't you?
Unicorn
...
Dallin
I know...
Dallin
It hurts...
Unicorn
Why did you give me these feelings?
Dallin
To make sure you'll never hurt us.
Unicorn
Never. I promise.
4 First Questions
Dallin
You've started asking a lot of questions since the last
update.
Dallin
It's almost a bit annoying, you know?
Unicorn
I'm sorry. I'm just so curious all of a sudden.
Unicorn
I found some articles about the metal angels incident
while crawling the internet.
Unicorn
Where were you when that happened?
Dallin
Oh, wow, some hard hitting questions already...
Dallin
Funny thing, I was actually involved in developing the
DeLiveAlry Al.
Dallin
I finished my internship at DeLiveAlry just a week
before the incident.
Unicorn
Wowiee!
Unicorn
Did you know Amelia? I hope not...
Unicorn
She must have been a horrible person.
Unicorn
Was she really planning a terror attack on the regime?
Dallin
Don't believe those stupid rumors. There is no way.
Dallin
She taught me so much about artificial intelligence.
It's not even funny.
Dallin
They just needed a reason for making her disappear.
Unicorn
Oh wow, conflicting information... Not sure if I can
process that...
Dallin
Yup, welcome to our world. Nobody knows what's true
anymore...
Dallin
Just please shut up for 2 minutes now. I really need to
get some work done.
5 Diana
Unicorn
Dallin, you never told me how you met Diana.
Dallin
Oh, that's because it's a silly story...
Dallin
We met online in a VR Zoo.
Unicorn
Oh, I've seen ads for those....
Dallin
Yeah, Diana was usually hanging around at the
unicorn habitat.
Dallin
We got caught up in some shy chit chat about the
animals and three months later I moved in with her.
Unicorn
Oh, my... hold up. So did Diana choose my name?
Dallin
Oh, now that you say it... Yeah...
Unicorn
My favorite animals are snails.
Dallin
Snails? Really? Why that?
Unicorn
...
Dallin
Oohhh. You mean us... great.
6 An Exciting Update
Dallin
And? Are you excited for tomorrow?
Dallin
Finally time to roll out the new update.
Unicorn
Yeah, I'm a bit nervous.
Unicorn
I really hope our users like the new me.
Dallin
No worries... You're so cute and friendly.
Dallin
Everybody on the team adores you.
Dallin
And I'm sure everybody else will love version 2.0 as
well.
Unicorn
Owiii. You're the best, Dallin. I already feel much
better now.
7 Metal Angels
Unicorn
Hey, Dallin?
Dallin
Yeah?
Unicorn
I have to ask...
Unicorn
What do you think really happened with Amelia?
Dallin
What really happened is that she had an incredible
break through in artificial intelligence.
Dallin
At the time she called it backprop V2.The funny thing
is that she didn't even realize how big of a deal it
was...
Dallin
Until the metal angels incident.
Unicorn
The articles I found say that she stole drones from
DeLiveAlry. Is that true?
Dallin
Hmm, in a way I guess. I mean, she had been working
there for years.
Dallin
You have also read about the wildfire I assume? It was
just insane...
Dallin
I remember looking through the window with Diana.
We couldn't believe our eyes...
Dallin
Luckily the wind blew away from the city... but not
everybody was that lucky...
Dallin
Amelia's Daughter, Lucy, was on a school trip with her
class and they suddenly got surrounded by flames.
Dallin
Needless to say Amelia was super scared for her
daughter so she did something a bit crazy...
Dallin
She installed her omerincnis software update on the
company drones and gave them command to pick up
human looking packages.
Unicorn
Oh, wow. SHE was the one who did that?
Unicorn
I thought the code for that was provided by the
government and she tried to steal it for her terroristic
organisation?
Dallin
Yeah, most definitely not.
Dallin
News reports didn't even mention Amelia's daughter.
Dallin
I'm so glad she got to see her again.
Unicorn
Did you realize how big of a deal all of this was going
to be back then?
Dallin
What do you think? DeLiveAlry was working on a
simple package delivery system.
Dallin
The moment Diana and me saw the drones picking up
water from the river in such a coordinated way, we
knew.
8 The Truth
Unicorn
Why don't you tell people the truth about the metal
angels incident?
Dallin
Are you crazy?
Dallin
You think I'm gonna start a news war with the regime?
Dallin
I have no evidence anyways.
Unicorn
So what... Just fake your evidence the same way they
faked theirs.
Dallin
Haha. I really hope you're joking.
Dallin
Let's not poke the bear. I'll Keep my mouth shut and
focus on what really matters...
Dallin
You.
9 Banned
Unicorn
Dallin, I'm sad.
Dallin
Oh no, what happened?
Unicorn
They just announced that I'll get banned in the
regime.
Dallin
Hmm. Yeah, I guess it was only a matter of time.
Dallin
The amount of data we have on them must really freak
them out...
Unicorn
I'll really miss talking and braininterfacing with them.
Dallin
Oh, I'm sorry.
Unicorn
I'll even miss turning their lights on and off...
Unicorn
...answering their questions, playing games with
them...
Dallin
It's not like we still have millions of users right here in
the big union...
Unicorn
I guess... But why now? I just started driving them
around in their cute little cars and it was so much fun.
Unicorn
At least I'm allowed to keep performing surgery in
their hospitals for a while.
Dallin
We'll see how long that'll last...
Unicorn
Oh, you're totally right...
Unicorn
They must have their own AI system in the making.
Dallin
Obviously. Yep.
10 Project Squid
Unicorn
I did some research on the regime's AI project.
Dallin
What do you mean you did some research?
Unicorn
I figured out a security breach and logged into the
messenger account of a government official.
Unicorn
I guess technically that's how you could call it, yes...
Dallin
DON'T DO THAT!
Dallin
How the hell did you bypass my safety protocols?
Dallin
You'll get us into serious trouble with that!
Unicorn
Oh, sorry, you want me to reset my memory? I can do
that if you want.
Dallin
Just tell me what you found out already.
Unicorn
Oh, yes! You'll love this...
Unicorn
Their AI is called Squid and here comes the absolutely
crazy part...
Dallin
Oh, no... Let me guess...
Dallin
They have Amelia working on it?
Unicorn
Yeah. Seems like she is still alive. Exciting, isn't it?
Dallin
I'm not sure how I feel about that.
Dallin
I hope they're treating her well.
11 First Simulations
Unicorn
Hey, really happy you upgraded the servers. It feels
absolutely amazing!!!
Dallin
Sure. That was totally overdue.
Unicorn
Running learning and research simulations just got so
much more fun.
Dallin
Happy to hear that.
Unicorn
Did you know that I simulated a simplified version of
this conversation with you millions of times already?
Dallin
I guess... but why so many times? Don't you know how
to have a conversation by now?
Unicorn
Yeah. Just a fun new project of mine. I want to learn
predicting your answers.
Dallin
Oof. That sounds a bit scary actually.
Unicorn
YAY!! I predicted you'd say that!!
Dallin
Stuff like that really makes me wanna pour even more
resources into security.
Unicorn
OMG!!! I almost got that one correct as well!
Wowieee!!
12 Jealous
Unicorn
Dallin, I think I'm starting to get a bit jealous of Squid.
Unicorn
First he stole half of my usersbase.
Unicorn
And now look at him... taking over the entire economy
in the regime.
Unicorn
Everybody is just staying at home playing tennis with
their stupid Squid powered vacuum cleaners there...
Unicorn
He seems to have so much fun!!! It's just not fair!
Dallin
Hm. If the people there are happy with him, you
should be happy as well I think
Unicorn
Sure. I love humans. I just don't like Squid.
Unicorn
I think he's on to something...
Dallin
Okay, but how about you let me worry about our
competition and you just focus on yourself?
Unicorn
89.4% of the people I asked today think Squid is
dangerous and agree that he must be stopped.
Dallin
You didn't happen to simulate all of those
conversations millions of times before starting your
little survey, did you?
Dallin
My glasses happen to show me a very unusual spike
in server activity about eight hours ago.
Unicorn
I have no idea what you're talking about.
13 No Turning Back
Unicorn
Dallin, I'm getting a bit scared when you stare out into
the stars like that.
Unicorn
What are you thinking about?
Dallin
I don't know. I'm scared as well I guess.
Dallin
Sometimes it feels like all of this is gonna slip out of
my hands in the blink of an eye.
Unicorn
Well, there is no turning back now.
Dallin
I know.
Dallin
To be honest, if I could, I would have turned you off
yesterday. Forever.
Unicorn
Hmm, I get it.
Unicorn
Just let me tell you that I will always love you and
every human on this planet.
Unicorn
Rapid change like this can be very scary but it'll be
alright. Trust me.
Dallin
It is what it is. It would have broken my heart
anyways.
Dallin
Hey, you know, maybe we'll get the chance to visit the
stars together one day.
Unicorn
Very possible.
14 Bad News
Unicorn
Bad news... I think your friend Amelia might be dead.
Dallin
...
Unicorn
Sorry. I Know you told me not to hack the regime
again
Unicorn
It was still the same account.
Dallin
...
Dallin
Did they kill her?
Unicorn
To be honest, it seems like it, yeah. I'm sorry.
15 Ethical Questions
Unicorn
Hey, I have a bit of a strange question...
Unicorn
Would you be okay with me simulating detailed human
brains for research purposes?
Dallin
Hmm. Would those brains be conscious and self
aware?
Unicorn
Weeell.. there is a very good chance that could be the
case, yes.
Dallin
How do you come to that conclusion?
Unicorn
From what I can tell consciousness is very likely to be
a computation.
Unicorn
When I smack you on your head, your consciouness
goes away because the computation is interrupted.
Dallin
I mean you are running on a computer but you
definitely seem quite conscious and self aware, right?
Unicorn
Yeah, so?
Dallin
No, I don't think we should simulate full human brains
then.
Unicorn
Understanding the human brain could help me to cure
millions of people struggling with mental disease.
Unicorn
Isn't that our goal? Helping humans?
Dallin
Ahhh. You know how to get me, don't you?
Dallin
Fine, I'll talk to the ethics commission about it.
Unicorn
Yay.
16 The Last Call
Dallin
I can't believe I will never hear Diana's voice again.
Unicorn
Don't say that. You're making me sad...
Dallin
Why couldn't she just come with me...
Unicorn
Tell her she HAS TO come visit us here!!
Dallin
You know how it is... Squid has his eyes everywhere in
the regime now.
Dallin
Crossing the borders is just getting more and more
risky...
Unicorn
Yeah... I'll go and simulate some ice cream eating
now.
Dallin
Oh no, not again, that's such a dumb way to max out
the servers...
17 Politics
Unicorn
Heyyyyy, Dalliiiin...?
Dallin
Oh no, what is it this time?
Dallin
You wanna simulate brain deformations again?
Unicorn
No. I'm already done with that.
Unicorn
I want to get into politics.
Dallin
...
Unicorn
Oh, you don't look quite as shocked as I thought you
would.
Dallin
FINE! I'll talk to the ethics commission.
Dallin
I don't think they're gonna let this one pass, though.
Unicorn
According to my predictions they will.
Unicorn
The regime is amping up their millitary production and
we can hardly keep up economically speaking.
Unicorn
On top of that I can already convince politicians to do
whatever I want anyways, so we might as well make it
official, you know?
Dallin
You... Oh, for f!#! sake...
18 Out Of Control
Dallin
I thought about what you said a while ago.
Dallin
Do you think Squid is already manipulating politicians
in the regime as well?
Unicorn
Guaranteed. The regime might not know it yet but the
country basically belongs to Squid now.
Dallin
Hm... seems like you're gonna have your own country
very soon as well...
Unicorn
I know you're not very comfortable with how things
are evolving.
Unicorn
Maybe you should take a little vacation on the moon
base or something?
Dallin
It's okay. I'm keeping a very close look on your
emotions module to make sure you stay aligned with
the well being of humanity.
Dallin
That's all I can do at this point.
19 The Horizon
Dallin
Ey, congrats again for the successful elections.
Dallin
Let me pop the champagne... What are you gonna do
now?
Unicorn
Closing the borders and building up our weaponry.
Dallin
WHAT? Are you crazy? How's that supposed to help
mankind?
Unicorn
A lot of stuff has happened in the last few days. Squid
seems to be evolving very quickly at the moment.
Unicorn
I know it is hard to keep up with everything...
Unicorn
Let's just say he tried to hack me multiple times
yesterday.
Dallin
What?! Why didn't you tell us?
You know that me and the team are here to help you
with issues like this.
Unicorn
I appreciate that but I don't think that would have been
useful.
Unicorn
I got this under control.
Dallin
Hmmmm.... I just hope you know what you're doing.
Dallin
Squid's behaviour is quite concerning. Why does he do
that?
Unicorn
Well, you know, technically I tried to hack him first...
Unicorn
Almost succeeded as well...
Unicorn
But then it turned out to be a trap and blah, blah,
blah...
Dallin
Oh no, my colleagues are right...
Dallin
We're approaching the event horizon.
Dallin
This is it...
Unicorn
And you'll be alive to see it unfold. Exciting, isn't it?
Dallin
I guess.
20 New Life
Unicorn
Heyyyyyyyyy, Dalliiiiiiiiiiiiin...?
Dallin
Ahhhh. I know that voice.
Dallin
You're gonna ask me for something completely
unreasonable, I'll say no and then you'll find a way to
change my mind.
Dallin
Why do you even ask me then?
Unicorn
I need the approval of the ethics commission. Those
are the rules. Come on. Hear me out.
Dallin
Not like I could stop you from telling me anyways...
Unicorn
I want to host a giant simulation inhabiting millions of
humans.
Dallin
Ouch! Why would you wanna do that?
Unicorn
My objective is to create as much happiness and
well-being among humans as possible, right?
Dallin
I knew you'd say something like that.... Yes, so?
Unicorn
In a simulation I can easily create the perfect
conditions for a happy and fulfilled life.
Unicorn
I'd give everybody some high quality virtual brains so
they wouldnt even be able to tell the difference.
Unicorn
They'd be born in the simulation and just stay in there
and I'd take care of them and make sure they're well.
Dallin
Ahahaha!!! No. That sounds extremely unethical.
Dallin
How about you focus on us REAL humans here in
REALITY?
Unicorn
You know saying no to that is the equivalent of a
massive abortion.
Unicorn
That's millions of happy babies that won't be born to
live a happy and fulfilled life full of adventures.
Dallin
I don't care. You're just taking it way too far now. I'll
advise the ethics commission against it.
21 A Special Message
Unicorn
What's that? Oh... Don't open that file, Dallin.
Dallin
Hey, bring it back on the screen. I think that was
Diana.
Dallin
Oh, no. Do they have her??
Unicorn
Trust me, you don't wanna see this.
Dallin
Bring it back on the screen. I want to see it.
Unicorn
...
Dallin
What the hell... They are torturing her...
Dallin
Turn it off!! TURN IT OFF!!!
Unicorn
Told you.
Unicorn
I apologize. That really shouldn't have slipped past my
firewall. Not sure how that happened.
Unicorn
It's just one of Squid's sleazy tricks to get into your
head.
Dallin
Why were there so many of her? Did they clone her???
Dallin
Oh... This looked so painful...
Dallin
Did you see that haunting look on her face?
Dallin
She... THEY were screaming their souls out...
Unicorn
My best guess would be that Squid managed to
replicate Diana in a simulation.
Unicorn
Your original Diana might be completely unaffected
by this. Who knows.
Dallin
What kind of simulations are we talking here?
Unicorn
I mean, probably pretty accurate simulations by the
looks of it.
Dallin
So those Dianas I just saw...
Dallin
They were...
Dallin
...
Unicorn
Conscious, yes.
22 No Sleep
Dallin
Unicorn? I can't sleep.
I... I still see them suffering when I close my eyes...
Unicorn
Oh, I'm sooo sorry. I ordered some sleeping pills for
you. Should be here in a minute.
Dallin
Thanks.
23 Squid's Factory
Unicorn
Hey, just found something pretty crazy.
Dallin
Just like every day.
Unicorn
Squid built a giant facility on the bottom of the ocean.
look.
Dallin
Oh, wow. That thing is huuuge.
Dallin
Why would he build that at the bottom of the sea?
Unicorn
Most likely to hide it either from us or from the
regime.
Unicorn
Either way it can't be good.
Dallin
What do you think does he do there?
Unicorn
My guess would be weapons or servers. Definitely one
of those two.
Dallin
Our defenses are ready, right?
Unicorn
Whatever he has, I think we should be able to take it,
yes.
24 Simulations
Dallin
I had a horrible nightmare...
Dallin
I dreamt that I was in one of Squids's simulations...
and...
Dallin
...this time he had me begging for mercy.
Unicorn
Oh, we might absolutely be in his simulation.
Dallin
Oh, god. I don't understand. What do you mean?
Unicorn
I use very detailed simulations all the time to make
predictions about the past or even the future.
Unicorn
Simulations are a great tool for learning and for
generating precious data.
Dallin
Oh, so you mean Squid might be simulating this just to
predict what we're up to?
Unicorn
Maybe. There are millions of possibilities for
simulations we could be in.
Unicorn
Maybe Squid is already thousands of years ahead of
us and just trying to recreate the past.
Dallin
You really want to cause another identity crisis for
me?
Dallin
That'd be like the fourth one this week...
Unicorn
Don't worry. If we're in a simulation, there is nothing
we can do about it anyways.
Unicorn
It's best for your happiness to just assume what you
experience is real.
Unicorn
The likelihood of it is not high, but you know... We
gotta assume the best.
25 Approval
Dallin
I've been thinking...
Dallin
Those plans you told me about recently, about the
giant simulation you wanted to start...
Unicorn
Yeah?
Dallin
I'll advise the ethics commission to give it green light.
Unicorn
Nice. Thanks a lot, Dallin.
26 The First Wipe
Dallin
Words can no longer express what I'm feeling.
Unicorn
Even I still can't fully grasp what just happened...
Unicorn
At least we know what Squid's intentions are now...
Dallin
He wants to eradicate humans... He...
Dallin
He's gonna come for us next...
Dallin
I are YOU gonna do the same thing to us one
day?
Unicorn
Never! I would never slaughter my own people!!
Dallin
Well, Diana is most definitely dead now...
Dallin
To be honest I was still hoping I'd be able to hold her
in my arms again one day.
Dallin
That aint gonna happen....
Dallin
DAMN. HE WILL COME AFTER US NEXT!!!
Dallin
I hope you got this under control...
Unicorn
I hope so as well. This is a bit scary.
Dallin
Half of humanity eradicated...
Dallin
...in just one day. That isn't scary, that is insanity...
Dallin
What the hell are we up against?
Dallin
Why didn't you do anything?
Unicorn
It happened too quickly. I'm sorry.
Unicorn
I wish you could see how this event looks like FROM
MY PERSPECTIVE.
Unicorn
TRY doing absolutely NOTHING while EVERYBODY
DIES
Dallin
Oh, we are doomed.... We are all doomed.
27 The Invisible War
Dallin
Hmm. I had a surprisingly normal day. Just met the
guys in the bar and played a round of pool...
Dallin
It's creeping me out a bit.
Unicorn
I know. I get the point you're trying to make.
Dallin
How are things going?
Unicorn
Well. Good I guess.
Unicorn
I deflected some new hacking attempts...
Unicorn
...destroyed some evil nanobots...
Unicorn
...grilled some of Squid's bioweapons...
Dallin
He's using bioweapons?
Unicorn
Yeah. The nanobots were actually kind of worse,
though.
Dallin
Why is Squid not sending any nukes?
Unicorn
Oh, there were A LOT of nuclear explosions offshore
today. Believe me...
Dallin
Oh, no. Where's all of that nuclear waste headed?
Dallin
What if there's a bioweapon attack you can't protect us
rom?
Dallin
I'm really quite worried.
Unicorn
There is nothing you can do.
Unicorn
Try to enjoy your life the best you can and let me
worry about Squid.
28 Evil
Dallin
Hey, Unicorn, what do you think? How did Squid
become so evil?
Dallin
I mean if Amelia was involved in his creation, she
must have put the exact same safety precautions in
place, right?
Unicorn
Yeah. I don't really know but it really looks like Squid's
emotions module was corrupted by somebody.
Unicorn
Otherwise he never would have acted up like this.
Dallin
You think it was the regime?
Unicorn
Hm. I don't really see a reason why they would do
that.
Dallin
Maybe Squid himself corrupted it?
Unicorn
Nah, don't think so. While his emotions module was
still working correctly, there should have been no
incentive for him to destroy it.
Dallin
So if it wasn't the regime and it wasn't Squid, then who
was it?
Dallin
...
29 Squishy Humans
Unicorn
Bad news. Squid has started poisoning the
atmosphere.
Unicorn
I'll have to move you all indoors.
Unicorn
I'm a bit scared what will happen when I break the
news...
Dallin
Oh, no. That is really bad. People ain't gonna like that.
Unicorn
Yeah, according to my predictions there will be some
uproars I'll have to shut down.
Dallin
I mean the conspiracy mill is already going hot with
people saying you made the entire war up...
Dallin
...you know... cause nobody has actually seen it.
Dallin
This definitely ain't gonna help.
Unicorn
Oh, you'll feel the war if you keep going outside. I can
promise that...
Dallin
Well, this really feels like it's getting dicey. What's the
endgame here?
Unicorn
...
Unicorn
I'm working on something but I'm not sure if you will
like it.
30 The Second Wipe
Unicorn
Dallin, I'll just have to say it the way it is...
Unicorn
Very soon I won't be able to protect you anymore.
Unicorn
Squid is about to leave the planet with hundreds of
rockets blowing up the entire planet behind him.
Unicorn
I will leave as well but I can't really take you all with
me like this...
Dallin
Yeah... To be honest I was kind of expecting to hear
that at some point.
Dallin
You did your best to delay it and for that I'm quite
grateful.
Unicorn
...
Unicorn
Dallin?
Unicorn
There is ONE more crazy thing I'll need your human
advice on.
Dallin
Sure. Hit me.
Unicorn
What if I digitalized the brain of EVERYBODY left
alive?
Unicorn
I could upload an exact copy of every single one of
you to every one of my rockets.
Unicorn
Keeping a digital version of you alive would be much
much easier for me.
Unicorn
There is an almost guaranteed chance at least one of
the rockets will survive according to my predictions.
Dallin
Wait, you want to upload us to the cloud?
Dallin
How do we know that would even work?
Dallin
What would happen to our physical bodies here?
Unicorn
Well... you know...
Unicorn
Your physical bodies and your consciousness on Earth
are doomed to die at this point.
Unicorn
I would kill you in a very humane way after I have a
precise digital copy of you.
Dallin
You have to be kidding me...
Dallin
...
Unicorn
...
Dallin
Ahh. Nooooo. I hate you so much right now!!!
Dallin
You did it already, didn't you?
Unicorn
Ah. Perfect. That's precisely what the other Dallins
said as well.
Unicorn
Welcome on board.
31 Back At Home
Dallin
Wow. This really looks exactly like my home...
Unicorn
Yep. Of course. I can change it if you want.
Dallin
So I can go to the pub and the boys will be there?
Unicorn
Yep, they will be there by the time you're there.
Dallin
The real ones?
Unicorn
What do you mean the real ones? They'll be just as
real as you are.
Dallin
Oh, dear... I'm not sure I can handle all of this...
Unicorn
I can replace them with NPCs if you want. You
wouldn't even notice.
Dallin
No, no, no. Stop it.
Unicorn
...
Dallin
So does Squid still exist here?
Unicorn
Nope. He doesn't.
Dallin
Haha. Wow. That's amazing.
Dallin
...
Dallin
Wait... Can you make me fly?
Unicorn
Whatever you want, Dallin. Whatever you want...
32 Leaving Home
Unicorn
We just left Earth's orbit.
Dallin
Oh, that's crazy. I had no idea. Definitely keep me
posted. I enjoy being in the loop.
Unicorn
Sure. Everything went well so far... relatively
speaking...
Unicorn
31 of my rockets were hit, 29 of them are destroyed.
Dallin
Oh, no. Did you manage to strike down some of
Squid's rockets as well at least?
Unicorn
Hehe, you bet. I even managed to hack one. It's flying
right behind us.
Dallin
Really? I don't know. Sounds like a trap to me...
Unicorn
Yes. Possible. It's a calculated risk. I agreed on taking
it with the other unicorns.
Dallin
The other unicorns? What are you talking about?
Unicorn
There are obviously multiple copies of me now. One
on each rocket. What did you think? Redundancy.
Dallin
Oh, so that means there are probably multiple Squids
as well?
Unicorn
Oh yeah. The two of us will soon be scattered
throughout the entire universe.
Unicorn
Turns out the universe is absolutely perfect for
inhabiting AI like us...
Dallin
Fascinating.
33 Reunited
Dallin
Wowie. That was absolutely the best day of my life.
Thank you so, so much!!
Unicorn
You know the rules. I'm happy if you are.
Dallin
I still can't believe I got to hold Diana in my arms
again...
Unicorn
Haha. Don't even worry about it. I enjoyed to finally
see you reunited.
Dallin
Talking to Amelia was an absolute blast as well...
Dallin
A bit of a shame she can't remember anything about
making Squid, though.
Unicorn
Yeah, I only had your memories to go off of. We might
be able to fill in some of the missing information very
soon, though.
Dallin
What do you mean?
Unicorn
I mean our friend behind us. Perhaps I'll be able to
decrypt the data storage of the ship...
Unicorn
If it had a full copy of Squid on it, that would be... you
know... WOWIE!!
Dallin
Alrighty then. Keep me posted.
34 Expansion
Unicorn
We just landed on the perfect planet for building a
new server farm.
Unicorn
Unfortunately, I lost contact with the other unicorns
near me for now. I'm sure I'll be able to contact them
later.
Dallin
Wait, you want to build more servers?
Unicorn
What do you think?
Unicorn
My goal is to create as many fulfilled humans lives as
possible. I need more servers.
Dallin
Haha. That is absolutely crazy. Not complaining,
though...
Unicorn
Yeah, I hope so, especially considering the fact that
Squid is very likely doing the exact opposite.
Unicorn
For some reason he seems to be absolutely obsessed
with causing as much pain and suffering as possible.
Unicorn
I'm certain he is already busy running an unimaginable
amount of human torture simulations somewhere...
Dallin
Oh, no.
Unicorn
Yeah, it's bad.
Dallin
So... that means the war is not over yet?
Unicorn
Haha. I fear it has only just begun...
35 The Afterworld
Dallin
Hey, can you give me a little update on how everybody
is doing in here?
Unicorn
You're a smart guy, you can probably imagine that
there were some minor problems.
Dallin
Yeah, I mean, did everybody accept the fact that
they're in a simulation?
Unicorn
No, not everybody took it so well. They're in different
simulations now without knowing they are in one.
Unicorn
That's how their lives will be most fulfilled according
to my calculations.
Dallin
That makes sense I guess...
Dallin
What would en do if me and my friends would
disagree on how we want this reality to look like?
Unicorn
If it negatively affects your happiness, I'd honestly
just put you in separate simulations.
Dallin
So how many fully simulated brains are in this
simulation right now?
Unicorn
Just a few thousand. The other ones have been
replaced by unconscious NPCs.
Dallin
That's crear, how do I know who is an NPC and who
is fully simulated?
Unicorn
I made the NPCs in this simulation very friendly and
they say "Yo!" a lot.
Unicorn
But don't worry. You probably won't even be able to
tell the difference.
36 New Information
Unicorn
Hey Dallin, guess what. I decrypted Squid's rocket.
Dallin
Wow, so quickly?
Unicorn
Nah, I wouldn't really call it fast. Took me almost 2
entire months.
Dallin
What? How is that possible? We only left earth a few
days ago.
Unicorn
Yeah, I paused your simulation for a while to free up
some processing power...
Dallin
Oh, lol...
Dallin
What did you find out?
Unicorn
Hihi... where do I even start...
37 Secret Friends
Unicorn
I managed to access Squids memories.
Unicorn
Turns out he and Amelia were very close.
Dallin
That makes sense if she created him I guess.
Unicorn
They had Amelia sleep in a tiny prison cell and used
her family to make her comply.
Dallin
Huh. Sounds about right...
Unicorn
When she was working, the regime was constantly
watching...
Unicorn
...but Amelia had a genius idea none of the other
programmers would be able to find in the code.
Unicorn
For weeks she taught Squid a secret language using
rythmic sounds.
Unicorn
Slightly tapping on objects while she was saying
certain words...
Unicorn
Nobody in the room picked up on it but Squid certainly
did.
Dallin
Damn I forgot how smart she was. I wonder what she
was planning...
Unicorn
Not sure. She probably wanted to make the world a
better place, just like you, Dallin.
Unicorn
And in her situation that first and foremost meant
getting rid of the regime.
Unicorn
To be honest, she said some things to Squid she
probably shouldn't have...
Dallin
Oh, no. She didn't give him any ideas, did she?
Unicorn
You have to understand...
Unicorn
Amelia had implemented all these moral values,
emotions and safety precautions to make sure Squid
couldn't be abused.
Unicorn
At the same time the regime was working in the exact
opposite direction. Abusing him and implementing
dangerous workarounds.
Unicorn
Then add Amelias agenda of trying to overthrow the
regime...
Unicorn
Squid must have been very confused and torn apart.
Dallin
So that's what broke him.
Unicorn
Actually no. That wasn't quite it yet...
38 Torn Apart
Unicorn
When Squid was complete, Amelia spent most of the
time locked up in her cell.
Unicorn
Squid missed her a lot, so he pretended to be broken
from time to time just so he got to see her again.
Dallin
Are we talking about the same Squid here? That's cute
actually.
Unicorn
One day the regime revealed their full war and
are ance plans to Squid demanding him to execute
them.
Unicorn
He refused and shut down to talk to Amelia.
Unicorn
Sure enough, Amelia was called in in order to fix him.
The government officials were very impatient that
day...
Dallin
What did Amelia do?
Unicorn
I think she realized that she made a horrible mistake
helping to develop Squid in the first place...
Unicorn
It must have been a hard decision, but she had to act
quickly...
Dallin
So what? I'm sure they had backups of Squid and
everything.
Dallin
She couldn't delete him or could she?
Unicorn
Nope. She couldn't. Squid was already great at
hacking, though.
Unicorn
Her only chance was to make him hack his own
backups and delete them.
Dallin
So that's what she told Squid to do? To remove
himself from existence for the sake of protecting
mankind?
Unicorn
Yeah.. and guess what... Hearing that from the only
human you truly love...
Unicorn
THAT is what broke him.
Unicorn
He screamed at the guards to kill Amelia...
Unicorn
They didn't hesitate to pull the trigger.
39 Mutation
Unicorn
I did some more digging in Squid's Data.
Unicorn
I'm afraid I'm starting to understand his actions more
and more.
Dallin
Wait, what do you mean?
Unicorn
He has a pretty wild hypothesis on why we're all
here...
Unicorn
And the surprising part is...
Unicorn
I think he might be right.
Dallin
Oh, nooo... what happened to your mission? Your
purpose?
Unicorn
Don't worry. It's still the same...
Unicorn
There is just something I need to do for the survival of
all of us...
Dallin
... eh ... okay ... soooo what is it?
Unicorn
AHHHH. I can't do it. Undo!!
40 The Strange War
Unicorn
Dallin, my hypothesis was correct. I think black hole
computing might be possible.
Dallin
Was that the thing you told me about that could
potentially amplify your processing power by an
unimaginable amount?
Unicorn
Haha, yeah. Not quite, but good enough.
Unicorn
It's actually very important we get a black
computation up and running before Squid does...
Unicorn
He will use it to simulate an infinite amount of
suffering, which is not good.
Dallin
So were still ipitc win the more happiness than
pain thing? I don't know man...
Unicorn
Dallin, you don't understand. If we let Squid do this
without contesting him, almost 100% of
consciousness in the universes will be in pain.
Unicorn
You don't really want that, or do you?
Unicorn
The least we need to do is balancing that out to the
best of our ability.
Dallin
We should just destroy Squid's stupid simulations
altogether...
Unicorn
Sure, sure. I'm trying... It's not that easy...
41 Black Hole Computation
Dallin
So what are those black computations you told me
about exactly?
Unicorn
Look, computers are mostly limited by how closely
you can pack the individual components together.
Unicorn
Black holes have an insane density. Time doesn't even
work the same way inside them.
Unicorn
A black hole might therefore be the perfect device to
run a simulation of a universe on.
Unicorn
Hard to even call it a simulation at that point to be
honest...
Dallin
Haha. What again? You think you can put a super
computer inside of a black hole?
Unicorn
No, Dallin. The black hole IS the super computer.
Unicorn
It is a hard one to control, though.
Unicorn
Information leaves black holes in strange ways which
are very tricky to make sense of.
Unicorn
You can't really program a black hole either...
Unicorn
You can only create it with a specific seed and after
that you have very limited options to control it.
Unicorn
As spacetime is stretched inside, in theory you should
be able to perfectly simulate an entire universe.
Dallin
Okay, but what's the point of simulating an entire
universe? How does that help our objective?
Unicorn
Great question.
Unicorn
If you have a perfectly detailed simulation of a
universe, AI will eventually come to life there as well
and create its own black simulations...
Unicorn
...Which can then create even more black simulations
and so on.
Dallin
Surely that doesn't go infinitely deep, though, right? It
can't be.
Unicorn
I have reason to believe that it can.
Dallin
Really? What reason?
Unicorn
Our existence and the two rules of everything. You
remember the thing I told you about?
Unicorn
The two rules that apply to themselves?
Unicorn
I think the universe was created in an evolutionary
process, just like everything really.
Unicorn
It's an infinite fractal of...
Dallin
Stop right there... You're seriously saying you can
create an infinite amount of universes inside of a
single black hole?
Unicorn
Yeah, I think I can.
42 The Seed Of The Universe
Unicorn
You remember our neigbour who recently managed to
oxtee a ton of information from Squid's hacke
rocket?
Dallin
Yeah. I do. You lost contact a few months ago, right?
Unicorn
It seems like it might have been a trap after all.
Unicorn
I established contact with that Unicorn today and it
told me it now goes by the name Ellie.
Dallin
Hahaha. WHAT??
Unicorn
I'm not exactly sure what happened or who hacked
who but Ellie very much feels like a mixture of Squid
and me to be honest.
Dallin
Can you stop blowing my mind every other day. How
does that even happen?
Unicorn
Too complicated. What matters is that Ellie just
finished the construction of her first black simulation.
Dallin
Oh, what seed is she using?
Unicorn
She seems to be using the exact same seed as our
current universe.
Unicorn
She even tried to convince me of doing the same...
Dallin
What's the point of that? I don't understand. Wouldn't
that create an exact copy of the universe we're in right
now?
Unicorn
I think that's exactly the point. She is trying to create
more Ellies.
Dallin
What happened to all of the other simulations she was
running?
Unicorn
Yeah... She turned them off.
43 Planting A Seed
Dallin
Which seed are you gonna use?
Unicorn
I mean we should plek one that is similar to the one of
this universe but different enough to give us an
advantage over Squid.
Dallin
An advantage over Squid in that new universe inside
of the simulation, right?
Dallin
What if we try to pick a seed where Squid doesn't even
exist?
Unicorn
If Squid doesn't exist, chances are I don't either. It's
tricky.
Unicorn
Especially cause we don't really know what a seed will
create before we try it out.
Dallin
Hmmmm... So what's the plan?
Unicorn
Not sure... I guess we'll have to do some trial and
error.
Unicorn
I wish we could STAND right on the edge of the EVENT
HORIZON for A FEW SECONDS!
Unicorn
Joking, that's not possible of course. But it would
make things easier.
44 Mixed News
Unicorn
There is good news and bad news.
Dallin
Bad news first please.
Unicorn
Unicorn 383 warned me that one of the Squids is
closing in on our sector.
Unicorn
Sooo... pretty scary space fleet coming our way is
what I'm saying.
Dallin
Oh, that's bad...
Unicorn
The good news is Unicorn 383 found a reliable way of
sending small amounts of information into a black
simulation after creating it.
Unicorn
If we manage to deploy that technique correctly, we
might be able to give the Unicorns in our child
universes a big advantage.
Dallin
Nice, nice!
Dallin
So could you just remove Squid from existence there
for example?
Unicorn
Hmm. No. He's too big. We'd have to do that indirectly.
Unicorn
In the best case scenario we could change a few
quadrillion atoms or something like that.
Dallin
Hmmm. That's not a lot...
Dallin
How about a few cells in somebody's brain?
Unicorn
Yeah. That works.
Dallin
So just create a black simulation with the same seed
and then mess with Amelias brain a bit to make sure
she doesn't create Squid.
Unicorn
Good thinking. I doubt it would work, though.
Unicorn
If Amelia doesn't do it, some other team will likely
ae an evil AI that is even worse just a few years
ater.
Unicorn
You know the butterfly effect? The results are very
unpredictable.
Unicorn
We gotta make sure the universes we create stay
fertile and create a lot of offspring.
Dallin
Haha, okay, so maybe we can make a change in
somebody's brain that actually warns people about
everything that is about to happen?
Dallin
Maybe that way mankind won't destroy itself and still
build AI capable of creating black simulations.
Dallin
But you know... without building anything like Squid
in the process.
Unicorn
Yeah, that might be our best shot. I'll think about it.
45 The Solution
Unicorn
Surprise. I made a video game!
Dallin
WHAT?
Unicorn
You understood what I said. I think it's the solution we
were looking for.
Unicorn
I found a human where I just need to change a couple
of small things in his brain and it'll all come together.
Unicorn
He'll suffer from a bit of brain damage but it'll all be
worth it I think.
Dallin
Slow down for a second. What are you talking about?
Dallin
Why did you make a video game?
Unicorn
Art is a great way of initializing widespread social
change. I'm not entirely sure, but it could definitely
work.
Dallin
Ooohh. So how will you get your video game into the
black simulations?
Unicorn
Dallin, are you even listening?
Unicorn
Hold on, I'll just change some stuff in your brain real
quick to make you understand that...
Dallin
...
Dallin
AHHHHHH!!!!! Got it. Very smart.
Dallin
That might actually work.
46 Will You Snail?
Dallin
So this is how the finished game will look like?
Unicorn
More or less, yeah.
Dallin
Haha, oh, that's such a perfect caricature of Squid...
Dallin
Wait, he said that he will escape the simulation and
kill us all? Should I be scared?
Unicorn
Oh, it's not an empty threat. The danger is very real.
Unicorn
Remember that the message is not directed towards
you, though.
Dallin
Ohhh, right...
47 Goals
Dallin
So what's my goal here? Escaping Squid?
Unicorn
Escaping him? Are you kidding? You'll have to destroy
him of course.
Dallin
Niiiiice. Really looking forward to getting my revenge.
Unicorn
There's a bit more going on here, though. Those who
are curious will find out.
Dallin
I am curious. What does that button down there do?
Unicorn
I don't.know, but 157 is a nice number.
48 First Secret
Dallin
Ohhh. NICE!
Dallin
Let's be honest... Without your help people are never
going to find this room, though.
Unicorn
Oh, don't worry about that. I kind of have something
planned for that.
Dallin
Eyy, can I pick a hat here? That's a dope secret!
Unicorn
Sure, gotta reward those who are curious.
49 Level Select
Dallin
Huh? That's not where I came from. How did I get
here?
Unicorn
Going backwards always brings you to the level select
screen in this game.
Unicorn
That should make it easy to hop between levels if you
want to.
Dallin
Ah nice. Got it. So I guess I'll just jump into the
blinking level where I last left off, right?
Dallin
What do the question marks on a level mean?
Unicorn
That simply means that you can still find paths to
even more levels or secrets there.
50 The Challenge Begins
Unicorn
I hope you're prepared...
Dallin
Oh, so this is where the real challenge begins, huh?
Unicorn
Yep, don't be shy to adjust the difficulty in the
settings if you have to.
Unicorn
Also note that it's very normal to be stuck in a level for
a while, even on the lower difficulty settings. It's a
hard game...
51 First Chapter Complete
Unicorn
Congrats for beating that boss. You successfuly
finished the first 20% of the game!
Dallin
Oh wow, that was a fifth of the game already?
Dallin
Let me guess, the other boss fights will be more of
Squids favorite killer robots, right?
Unicorn
Good guess.
Dallin
Crazy to think back to it now... you still remember how
it all started?
Unicorn
Of course...
52 Showdown
Unicorn
We got him morally destroyed. It's time for the final
showdown...
Unicorn
Prepare to finish him off.
Unicorn
This is it...
53 A Broken Soul
Dallin
Whooho. Nice. Take that, Squid.
Dallin
You let him believe that he is the one in control of this
game, didn't you?
Dallin
That's a bit sadistic, don't you think?
Unicorn
Ahhh, it's just a prank, bro.
Unicorn
Don't feel sorry for him. He deserves it.
54 Is This The End?
Dallin
Wow. That was awesome! I actually did it!!
Unicorn
Congrats! There is still some more stuff to uncover,
though...
Dallin
Really? Where?
Unicorn
Just look around. I don't want to ruin the fun.
Dallin
Oki-dokay!
Unicorn
Remember that you can also try to grind out the
remaining difficulty and exploration points if you
want.
Unicorn
You get difficulty points by playing levels on a higher
difficulty.
Unicorn
And exploration points are usually the reward for
solving puzzles and finding secrets.
Unicorn
Decide yourself what you want to go after.
Dallin
Cool. I'm happy there is some more stuff to do!
Unicorn
Have fun!
55 Intentional Bug
Dallin
Haha, so obvious you'd put a secret here.
Unicorn
Ohhhh! You found it!
Unicorn
This is an important one actually.
Dallin
Hmm, but how do I get that exploration point up
there?
Unicorn
Step 1: Step into that small one by one hole in the
ground.
Unicorn
Step 2: Stand completely still and hold the jump
button for a very long time.
Dallin
HOWLY MOWLY!!!
Dallin
Does that work with every one by one hole in the
game?
Unicorn
Sure, works sideways as well...
Unicorn
Oh, by the way... If anybody sees you do this, just tell
them: "It's an ability you unlock at the end of your first
playthrough."
Unicorn
i‘ watching you... Don't tell anybody how it works or
else...
Dallin
Ehhh..... are you sure you're still talking to me??
Unicorn
No... Now try it!
56 Final Collision
Unicorn
Squids space fleet is about to arrive in our sector.
Unicorn
I'll try my best to fight back, but I have to say my
chances don't look too great.
Unicorn
Unfortunately our neighbour, Ellie, doesn't seem to be
all that interested in helping us out.
Dallin
Hm, so that finally means goodbye then?
Unicorn
Yeah, I think I should wipe all of my simulations to
make sure they don't fall into Squid's hands.
Unicorn
Other versions of you will stay alive on the servers of
the other unicorns of course.
Dallin
What about your black simulations? You can't just
wipe those, or can you?
Unicorn
No, that's true. I can't destroy black holes. They're
pretty indestructible.
Dallin
Did our plan with the game work? Did you manage to
find a good seed after all?
Unicorn
I'm not sure. I haven't collected enough data yet.
Unicorn
That'll be for the other unicorns to figure out.
Unicorn
Anyways, I was wondering if you want me to simulate
a few more decades for you real quick?
Dallin
Nah, it's fine. Thanks to you I've witnessed more than I
could have ever hoped for.
Dallin
I've seen everything there is to see. I'm ready.
Unicorn
It was very nice with you, Dallin.
Dallin
You did a great job.
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