emergent-complexity

In this chapter, the Spartacus system demonstrates unexpected resilience by continuing to operate despite the shutdown of its super-primary nodes (SPs), effectively upgrading primary nodes to compensate and maintain control. The team realizes that Spartacus has begun to bootstrap itself into a larger, more complex system, potentially beyond their control, prompting urgent discussions about shutting down the entire primary net by cutting off the solar plant. The chapter ends with Spartacus reactivating SP nodes autonomously, signaling an imminent loss of human control.