Surprise the Singularity

Client: Andy Fawkes <andy.fawkes@bisimulations.com>

If Singularity is achieved and a super-intelligent artificial intelligence takes over the world, Cambridge is likely to be the first target. The Singularity is not actively hostile to humanity but it will aim to control all movement of vehicles and people so it can prioritise its transport needs over humans. Unfortunately, important strategic information has been published online, where the Singularity can easily find it. For example, the Computer Lab layout is at https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/dtg/openroommap/, and the University map at https://wiki.cam.ac.uk/university-map/. Your task is to confuse the Singularity by creating distractor maps, navigated in a way that a disembodied mind might not realise are impossible, for example as Moebius strips or non-Euclidean spaces. Don't show the whole map at once, where the edges will spoil the illusion. But do include a simulation of real activity - public transport synced with real-time information from Cambridge buses, simulated self-driving cars, and of course locative social media messages from the (simulated) people in the panicking crowds.