How to Play

First to 15 Tokens wins
1

Read a card

Diffusion Model card
Top of the cardCost (left): Data to play it. A diamond means you can train it.
Name in the middle. Tokens (right): points each Task.
Capability / TrustHow hard it hits · how many Flags it can take.
Type barWhat kind of card, its color, and its rarity letter.
Ability & DefinitionWhat it does in the game · what it means in real life.
DiscussA question to talk about.
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Three kinds of card

Chatbot card

System

Scores points and fights. Only Systems have stats.

Python card

Tool

Stays out until a card discards it. Use it again each turn.

Manual Override card

Action

Happens once, then it's discarded.

3

Set up

25+ card deck

1 or 2 colors. Max 2 of any card. Bigger is fine.

🎲

Who goes first

Each player rolls a die. The higher roll chooses to go first or second. Tie? Roll again.

5  /  6

Opening hand

First player 5, second player 6. One free redraw.

0

Token tracker

A 20-sided die (d20) or paper. Everyone starts at zero.

4

Take a turn

in this order
1
RebootTurn all your cards upright.
2
DrawTake 1 card. The first player skips this on the very first turn.
3
TrainPut 1 card face-down for Data.
4
PlayDeploy cards. Task or Audit with Systems.
5

Score: Run a Task

AI in Daily Life card
turn it sideways
AI in Daily Life card
+2

Tokens

Score the pips in the corner, every turn.

6

Fight: Run an Audit

you can only Audit a card that is already sideways
Neural Network card
takes 1 Flag · survives
Explainability card
takes 4 Flags · Deprecated

Both sides hit at the same time. Flags equal to Trust = the card is knocked out.

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Words on some cards

Viral App card
Fast-Tracked
Can act the turn you deploy it.
Safety Lab card
Highly Trusted
Cards with lower Trust can't Audit it.
GAN card
Adversarial
Hits back 1 extra Flag when Audited.
CPU card
💾 Legacy
Old tech. If a card like Obsolete discards it, that player draws a card.
Training Data card
Big Data 2
Instead of paying Data, you may turn one of your Systems that costs 2 or more sideways.
C Common U Uncommon R Rare ★ Chase
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Easy to miss

1ST SYSTEM
Chatbot card
+0
2ND
Classifier card
+0
3RD
GPT card
+1 Data
4TH
Transformer card
+2 Data

More Systems out = each new one costs more. Lose one and the price drops back.

Data comes backYour Training Set refreshes every turn. It is never used up.
Scoring exposes youOnly sideways Systems can be Audited. Tasking turns yours sideways.
Flags never healDamage stays all game unless a card removes it.
Tools act right awayNew Systems wait a turn. Tools don't.
Big Data still costs a turnA System you turn sideways to pay can't Task, and it can be Audited.
Tools can be removedEach color has one Action that discards a Tool.
Out of fresh dataDeck empty when you need a card? Shuffle your discard pile into a new deck and lose 1 Token.