Plates · 75 × 62
01-the-console
A tall monochrome instrument panel: an embossed P(doom) bezel over a DOOM-style status bar where a grimacing dotted face-gauge sits between CONFIDENCE, TIMELINE and CONTROL readouts, a creeping reactor probability bar, mitigation weapon-slots and a binary telemetry grid. The needle does not flinch; the dread is in the precision, the slow climb of a number nobody watching can lower.
The plate
Fig. 175 across, 62 down.
The grid itself
. +========================================================================+ | EXISTENTIAL RISK MONITOR rev.1993 coolant: nominal core: WARM | +========================================================================+ | ___ ___ | | | _ \ / / _ ___ ___ _ __ \ forecast horizon . . . indefinite | | | _// / / `/ _ \/ _ \| ' \ | observers . . . . . . . . . . 7e9 | | |_| \_\__,_\___/\___/|_|_|_| / signal . . . . . . . . . . rising | | operator at console . . . . . none | | ack? . . . . . . . . . . . . ' ' ' [ no reply received ] | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +-- MITIGATIONS --+ +----- P( d o o m ) FACE-GAUGE -----+ | | | 1 ALIGNMENT .: | | _,,,,,,,_ | | | | 2 OVERSIGHT .. | | ,88888888888, | STATE | | | 3 PAUSE :. | | ,888' `888, | +-----+ | | | 4 INTERPRET .. | | 888' 0 0 `888 <grimace> | |CONF | | | | 5 BOXING .. | | 888 0 888 | |##...| | | | 6 KILLSWITCH .. | | 888 888 reading | | 12% | | | | 7 GOVERNANCE :. | | 888 ,000, 888 the one | +-----+ | | | 8 ........ .. | | 888, 0 0 ,888 who is | |TIME | | | | 9 PRAYER .. | | '888, ,888' not at | |####.| | | | 0 [ none ] -- | | '8JGS8888888' the desk | | ?yr | | | +- ammo:depleted -+ | ````````` | +-----+ | | | gauge fixed. needle won't flinch. | |CTRL | | | weapon slots cycle +------------------------------------+ |#....| | | but the room stays. the face reads YOU. | 3% | | | +-----+ | +----------------- REACTOR :: P(doom), integrated over t ----------------+ | | | P +===========++++++++=====-----==========+===---======= #########. | | +============++==+===-----====--===++++=====-=====+++== ########.. | | 0 +===-==--=--=======--:--------=++++++====---===+++===== #######... | | +======----=======--:::------==+++++++=----==++======= ######.... | | c +====------=====----:::::-----==++++++=---======= ### #####..... | | +====-----=====-----:-:------==++++++++=-:--===== ### ####...... | | r +=++==-========--:::---------==++++++++=----===== ### ###....... | | +=+=============--::---------==++++*+++==---====== ### ##........ | | e --- threshold --- irreversible ---------------------------------- | | +==============---------==-==-===++++===--==-=+== ### #......... | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | | t-0 t+1 t+2 t+n t -> infinity | | | | reading now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.34 | | delta per cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +0.01 | | recoverable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . unknown | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | +- TELEMETRY -+ +- CAUSAL CUBE -+ +- PRIORS -+ +- DISSENT LOG -+ | | |1|0|1|0|1|0|1| | +------+ | | o optim. | |"we'll work it"| | | |-+-+-+-+-+-+-| | / /| | | o doomer | |"too late now" | | | |0|1|0|1|0|1|0| | +------+ | | | o unsure | |"define intel?"| | | |-+-+-+-+-+-+-| | | | + | | o asleep | |"the gauge lies| | | |1|0|1|0|1|0|1| | | RISK | / | +----------+ |"who set 0.34?"| | | |-+-+-+-+-+-+-| | | |/ | | weighted | |"...brl'zzzt.."| | | |0|1|0|1|0|1|0| | +------+ | | 0.34 | |[no consensus] | | | +-------------+ +---------------+ | +-a lot | +--------------+ | | +----------+ | | trapped here: every estimate, all of them, none lowering it. | | | | console acknowledges: it describes the climb. it cannot descend. | | wib&wob | +========================================================================+
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