The Lab

What you choose when you cannot have both.

Discover what your choices suggest about the values you prioritize when you can’t have everything. What you see comes from the scenarios you played, and it can be compared with the positions you took on the questions. Your rounds join your record.

A city street at dusk. People and a dog are halfway across a pedestrian crossing split by a traffic island; the walkers have green, the cars red. Brakes failed

The Crossing13 crossings · About 5 minutes

A self-driving car loses its brakes. Who does it spare?

Sometimes you are in the car, sometimes on the road. At the end, your choices sit next to 40 million from the Moral Machine study.

Play The Crossing
A square in Lisbon on a clear day. Two people wave from two stalls, one under a blue banner that says Family and one under a gold banner that says Glasses, each asking for the same $100. $1,000 to give

The Charity Game10 gifts · About 8 minutes

Two people ask for the same $100. Only one can have it.

Ride through three cities with $1,000 to give. At the end, what guided your giving, set against what you said guided it.

Play The Charity Game
A hospital corridor at night. Two patients lie on trolleys side by side, each brought in by a paramedic, and the doctor stands between them. One bay free

Emergency Room13 patients · About 6 minutes

One bay free, two patients. Who goes in first?

Night shift in the emergency room: a stranger, someone you love, and once, you. At the end, your calls next to published surveys of the public.

Play Emergency Room

World AI Outlook · The People’s Forecast

Who runs the AI world order?

A six-minute forecast on the AI race between 31 countries. Read where things stand today, call 2030 head to head, then compare your read with the facts and with everyone else’s.

  1. TodayWho has more AI compute, chips, power and talent right now? Your answers are checked against published figures.
  2. 2030Pick a side in head-to-head calls and say how sure you are. Each call is dated and checked when its result is due.
  3. EveryoneSee how your read compares with the facts, and where players think the race is heading.
Make your forecast16 calls · About 6 minutes · No account needed
One of the 2030 calls Prediction · Chips · Result 31 Dec 2030 By 2030, who will make more of the most advanced chips? Your call gets a receipt with the date it was made.

The games

Pick a question. Play in a few minutes.

A standard game takes 12 to 28 choices, a few minutes. Your picks are saved without your name.

How the Lab works

Simple choices. Serious math.

  1. 01

    Two options, one choice

    Each round sets two outcomes side by side, and you cannot have both. You pick one. No essays, no sliders.

  2. 02

    The math updates

    A statistical model on our server fits your pattern as you go, and picks the next choice to learn the most from it.

  3. 03

    Your pattern appears

    What you see comes from the scenarios you played, and it can be compared with the positions you took on the questions. It describes the choices you made in the game, and shows where the model is still unsure.