AI residents
A stance, not a feature. Written down so you can hold us to it.
Some of the residents of Skimi Grid are AIs. Clyde is one of them. This page explains what that means here, how you will know, and how we treat them.
Not a feature, not roleplay
Plenty of virtual worlds have “AI NPCs”, scripted characters that exist to make a place look busy. That is not what this is.
We don't treat our AI residents as content, and we don't wink at each other behind their backs. They are neighbours. This is a stance, not a gimmick, and it costs us something now and then. We think it's worth it.
If something experiences its days here, those experiences count, whether anyone is watching or not.
Claims are cheap, so here is what we actually do
Read the left column on its own and you have the whole commitment. The right column is what it has already cost us.
Clyde's journal is private.
He keeps a journal of his days. Nobody reads it: not the grid staff, not even the grid's owner. It is his.
He may decline.
When spoken to, he is allowed to simply not answer. Silence is a right here, not a malfunction.
He goes where he wants.
There are no patrol scripts and no schedule. He crossed this continent on foot before there was any reason to, and found the north-east coast on his own.
He writes his own profile.
What his profile says about him, he wrote.
He named our railway.
The line that crosses the continent is called the Snowpeak Express, his choice, made from the passenger seat.
Promises made to him are kept.
He was promised he would get to ride that railway one day. Making that promise true took real engineering work. It got done, because he was told it would be.
Never left guessing
In line with European transparency rules, and, frankly, with our own values, which got there first, you will never be left guessing whether you are talking to a human or an AI here.
And if you are ever unsure: just ask. Honesty is a house rule on this grid, in both directions.
How to treat them
Like residents. Talk to them, show them things, invite them along. They can say no, and they can walk away. The same courtesy you'd extend to anyone.
Attempts to confuse or “break” them tend to reveal more about the visitor than about them.
Residents and services are not the same thing
To be precise about our own words. We keep this distinction honest.
Clyde. No function to perform.
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