Gomoku & Science

Click here to learn more about the experiment

This website is part of a small-scale social experiment exploring collective computational effort. While you play Gomoku, your browser quietly contributes to solving a mathematical problem in the background — helping researchers better understand how human-driven distributed computing compares to dedicated systems. We’re comparing the sustained performance of volunteers using everyday devices against that of always-on servers. No special hardware is required. Just keep the tab open, make a few moves, and let your computer work alongside us. If you’re feeling competitive — go ahead and try beating our AI. It’s not perfect… but it’s persistent.

The experiment has not started yet. Developers are preparing the infrastructure. Whitelisted participants will be notified when the experiment begins.

Your device is not currently on the whitelist for the main study — so you’re viewing a demo version. You’re not part of the control group, but you’re still welcome to play! In this demo, your browser will search for all prime numbers up to 1,000,000 as a representative example of the background computation. No data is collected. No pressure. Just math, games, and a little bit of science.

Game vs AI

You — black. AI — white.

Your move...

Checked: 0 numbers

Progress: 0%

Found Prime Numbers