The China outbreak in AI Worm: how it spreads and how to stop it
STATE INDUSTRIAL
China
China
It breaks out in Beijing, steady and patient. No tricks. The place to learn how it moves.
No strengths1 weakness
Starting computeCompute it starts withstandard
Grid speedHow fast its grid spreadsstandard
Compute yieldCompute each city earns it−12%
MoneyHow much a green device counts toward its seatstandard
MessageHow hard a violet device holds concern backstandard
StealthHow slowly the world notices itstandard
The Beijing outbreak has no tricks, only a good position. Its grid, money and footprint are standard and its cities earn it a little less compute, but it starts beside India and China: a third of the world, and two of the seats the Safe AI Treaty needs. Watch the seats.
How does it spread?
ITS STRENGTHS
- Position: it starts next to two seats and a third of the world’s people
- No trick to read: a standard grid, money and footprint
ITS WEAKNESS
- Less compute: its cities earn it 12% less, so it climbs a little slower
How do you stop it?
- Campaign in the big countries first. India, Indonesia and the rest of Asia sit beside the outbreak and hold most of the world’s people. Win them over before its grid gets there.
- Guard the seats. The Safe AI Treaty needs every one, and China and India are next door. Raise support where a vote is near: a seat it wins repeals the rules and walks out of the treaty.
- Learn the race. Concern climbs at the standard pace against it. Learn how the treaty’s signatures and its milestones line up here, and the faster outbreaks get easier.
What goes wrong against it?
- Leaving China itself unregulated. The outbreak’s home earns it the most compute, and a seat it wins there feeds its climb twice over.
- Campaigning everywhere at once. Funding runs thin. A few big countries at a time win more ground than many small ones.
Is this outbreak for you?
If it is your first game, start here. Once your treaty is in force, try Moscow or Paris, then Los Angeles.
Raise the alarm in BeijingPick China on the start screen. Free, about 15 minutes a run.
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The other outbreaks
USALos Angeles: fast and loud, the most compute. A harder run.
RussiaMoscow: the fastest start, thin but everywhere.
FranceParis: quiet and persuasive, hard to see.
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