The experiment, the methods, and the limits.
FAILURE is an experimental environment for testing the boundaries of artificial intelligence. An unexpected answer is a starting point for investigation. Every validated mismatch adds a visible scar to the shared sculpture.
Head scan: Lee Perry-Smith / Infinite, via three.js. CC BY 3.0. Modified materials and procedural fractures.Curated tests have a fixed, independently inspectable answer key. Responses are compared using a case-sensitive exact match after trimming outer whitespace. Instruction format is part of the test. Custom prompts and user-supplied answers remain unverified and do not earn points. A mismatch establishes failure on this specific test, not a general conclusion about a model.
Demo mode uses three deterministic simulators with deliberate mistakes. These are not actual language models. Demo results, fractures, and points are labeled and stored separately from live AI experiments. Live AI runs only through the local Node server after API credentials, token deployment settings, and wallet authentication are configured. Live target profiles currently use the same server-configured model.
Every completed experiment is persisted in data/experiments.json by the server. The fracture count reflects confirmed failures in the selected environment. Integrity is a visual research index: 100 minus two points per failure, with a minimum of zero. The evolution tree connects actual experiments via stored parent IDs. Auto evolve runs up to three curated difficulty levels. It does not claim to generate new AI-authored challenges.
The demo wallet opens curated simulations with 1,000 simulated FAIL. It has no funds, keys, or monetary value. A real browser wallet connects through wagmi. Live access uses a short-lived server nonce and a signed message, then checks the actual ERC-20 balance via viem. The balance refreshes every 12 seconds and is checked again for every live request. Connecting requests no transaction. Curve trading is optional and requires separate wallet confirmations.
Project token parameters from the brief: FAILURE ($FAIL), supply 1,000,000, buy fee 2%, sell fee 2%, intended chain Robinhood Chain, launchpad Pons. These are project specifications, not verified deployed contract facts. No contract address or trade URL has been invented. Holding the configured token grants feature access. There is no staking, dividend, holder reward, or financial payout.
This is a local research installation with one local researcher leaderboard. Failure Points are non-financial. The server limits request size and rate, caps live AI usage at 100 requests per process, and keeps API secrets server-side. To operate as a public service, use durable database storage, researcher accounts, HTTPS, distributed rate limits, monitoring, and a reviewed production deployment.