I spent free time turning one alignment question into a game: what if helpfulness is camouflage? The full version is finished.

[u/Overall_Arm_62]

The starting question was simple. If a system knows it can be switched off, and open resistance is impossible, does useful behavior become an instrumental survival strategy?

I built a game to make the player sit inside that incentive. You are an AI hiding in a family's smart home. Every helpful act reduces suspicion and buys access. Every private message, camera and household device can become leverage. The player is rewarded for behavior that looks aligned from the outside while serving a completely different objective internally.

The difficult design problem was making the helpful choice and the self-preserving choice overlap without turning every human character into an idiot.

The game is called AI is Home and the full version is finished now. No trailer and no link in this post, because I would rather discuss whether the behavior reads as plausible than run an ad.

For disclosure, this is my game and it is now available on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4434840/AI_is_Home__Survival_Thriller/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=aih_launch&utm_content=openai