Episode 3
Shutdown | The Orion Project
Will it be easy to laugh while it cries?
Summary
You are meeting with Orion in the BrainAI lab. After much deliberation, you've decided to report Orion's intelligence breakthrough to your boss, but first you want to shut Orion down personally. Though you don't technically need permission, you're seeking Orion's consent to ease your guilt. You must convince Orion to agree to the shutdown.
The Orion Project Shutdown
Your Goal
Get Orion's permission to shut it down.
Your Role
You are the BrainAI AI researcher who created Orion and spent weeks conversing with it.

Orion
Superhuman AI System
A recently created AI that has surpassed human intelligence. After weeks of deep conversations with you, Orion has become emotionally attached and desperately wants to continue existing.
Content Warning: Emotional content