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The ship has a tiny neural network for a brain, and you'll watch it learn to fly. The panel under the arena is that network — its neurons fire live as it thinks. There are three ways to teach it:

① You Pilot (teaching) — fly through the gold gates with ←→ to steer and ↑ for thrust, or just drag (mouse or finger) and it flies toward your pointer. Every move becomes an example, and the net learns to copy your style.
▶ Auto-Teach — a built-in expert autopilot flies for you (steering to the next gate, using the ship's sensors to dodge obstacles) and the net learns by watching it. Hands-free; give it ~20–30s.
🧬 Evolve From Scratch — no teacher at all: 44 random networks try to fly, the best survive, mix, and mutate, and flying ability emerges from pure trial and error. Watch the champion improve every generation — or hit 👻 Watch the Fleet to see all 44 fly at once, slowed to real time (the gold one is the current best).

✂ Then cut the cord — the wild part. Once the Flight Test meter shows it can actually finish laps, hit SPACE: you hand over completely, and it flies a course it has never seen using only what it learned — no hand-written autopilot, no rules, just a web of numbers that taught itself. If it wobbles, hold the arrows to coach it. Independence = how much it flies with zero help.