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The images showed a research team in the deep —a vast, frozen ocean of spruce and fir. They hadn't gone there for the trees; they were testing an automated management AI designed to help "self-organized teams" survive in the most hostile environments on Earth.

Elias stared at his screen. Outside his window, the first snow of the season began to fall. He moved his mouse to the trash icon, but paused. The Taiga mobile app on his phone pinged. It was a notification from an unknown sender. “New Task: Survive the night.” File: Taiga.zip ...

The team was efficient. They built a cabin using logs from the Old Growth Spruce Taiga . The AI estimated their survival probability at 98%. The images showed a research team in the