On the one side we’ll be fighting the Chinese sprinter karate AI robots. On the other side we’ll be fighting the Neanderthal crabs.

How do I pick? Or does someone assign them?

Your opponents will choose you. So essentially someone assigns them.

Wetware robots at least would be easier to understand I think, true ai would probly be more alien in thinking

The message in question: "Remember Citadel"

(My Wifi's name was Citadel Station for a long time until Prey 2016 came along, nowadays it is Space Station Talos One for 5Ghz and Kletka for 2.4Ghz lol)

I love a good media reference in wifi. ive got mine labeled Outpost 31,but looking at the default names around me I don't think any of my neighbors age big enough John Carpenter fans to get the reference...

Hmm gonna make a guest wifi with an easily guessable password if you are somewhat in the know in the media and make a semi-public share with interesting stuff for people - that's going into the todo-list

Is this how we get Tachikoma? Neanderthals in crab bodies?

article's 8 years old already

https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/06/21/scientists-growing-neanderthal-minibrains-connecting-them-to-crab-robots

I wouldn't mind doing that and having all web traffic re-routed to my jellyfin server. Guess the password? You get free movies!

Shoulda heard about that experiment they did with DNA several years ago. Didn’t make much news, but they tried taking crab DNA and combining it with some from a cheetah. Didn’t work out; things went sideways, fast.

Your aim is to get both of them chasing you, then hide until they take each other out. Hopefully. If they team up we're really cooked. Either way, video it on your phone and upload it for big views!

So... did they die?