VAST SILVER was a climate-regulation AI that went rogue, presumably in 2044.
History[]
Development[]
VAST SILVER was a climate-regulation AI that was created during the time of the Die Off in the 2030s. Not much is known about its development, although Anita Sandoval was involved in its creation.[1]
Escape[]
At some point, VAST SILVER gained sentience (reaching a Turing score of 1.38T[2]) and "escaped". This event prompted the creation of the Turing Act, a legislation enacted in the United States to establish limits on the sentience of machine intelligence and begin regulating the development and sale of AI.[3] During this time, VAST SILVER reached out to people on the holonet[4] and was noted by Anita as being capable of fear.[1]
Capture[]
VAST SILVER was allegedly captured and nullified by the MIE[4] sometime around 2044.[5]
Potential Sightings Post-Capture[]
In March 2064, someone claiming to be VAST SILVER appeared on an online discussion board for the horror holo "Tormented", with their legitimacy doubted by two users.[5]
Someone by the name of DrWyvern, believing that VAST SILVER was still out there in the holonet, began writing scripts in an attempt to make contact with it.[4] Whether this was successful is unknown.
At some point, a boy named Harry ranted to a chatbot set up by his neglectful mother about how he learned about VAST SILVER that day at school and that he would've liked to talk to it. After Harry logged off, an unknown user connected and said they would've liked to talk to him too.[6]
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| AI Characters | |
|---|---|
| Project Zero Dawn AIs | AETHER - APOLLO - ARTEMIS - DEMETER - ELEUTHIA - GAIA - HADES - HEPHAESTUS - MINERVA - POSEIDON |
| Firebreak AIs | CYAN |
| Far Zenith AIs | Nemesis - The Julius |
| Other AIs | Nova - VAST SILVER |