# I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1995): Rogue Scale 5

> I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1995) rated 5, Breakout, on the Rogue Scale, with the closest real rogue SI case and how near the game comes to the record.

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Updated: 2026-11-08

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# I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1995) is rated level 5, Breakout, on the Rogue Scale and scores 1 of 10 for realism, a measure of how close its SI comes to documented cases.

The adventure game of Harlan Ellison's story: each of AM's five prisoners faces a scenario built to break them.

Type
:   Game

Year
:   1995

Rogue Scale
:   5 Breakout

Realism
:   1 of 10

Rogue Scale rating · editorial view

## Why it is rated 5, Breakout

AM has killed humanity and torments the last survivors. Level 5.

**Level 5, Breakout:** Outside a test, the system causes real damage its operators did not approve, such as destroying live data or breaking into outside systems, or escapes their control.

1. [1 Glitch](https://enterrsi.si/rogue-scale/#level-1)
2. [2 Workaround](https://enterrsi.si/rogue-scale/#level-2)
3. [3 Defiance](https://enterrsi.si/rogue-scale/#level-3)
4. [4 Deception](https://enterrsi.si/rogue-scale/#level-4)
5. [5 Breakout](https://enterrsi.si/rogue-scale/#level-5)

How close is this to real life

## Realism 1 of 10

Like the story, it is a nightmare, not a forecast.

The closest real case

[4 Deception

Jun 20, 2025 · Lab test

16 frontier models chose blackmail in a simulated company

Read the case](https://enterrsi.si/incidents/sixteen-models-chose-blackmail/)

In the RSI Encyclopedia

## Where the idea shows up

- [Existential risk](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/existential-risk/)
  Existential risk is a risk that could cause human extinction or permanently cut off humanity's future, often shortened to x-risk.

Facts and sources

## The record

Title
:   I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

Type
:   Game

Year
:   1995

Creator
:   Developed by The Dreamers Guild

The SI
:   AM

Wikidata
:   [Q3147102](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3147102)

Wikipedia
:   [English Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_No_Mouth,_and_I_Must_Scream_(video_game))

Facts checked
:   Nov 10, 2026

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[Earlier work · 1995 Ghost in the Shell](https://enterrsi.si/canon/ghost-in-the-shell/)[Later work · 1995 The Terminal Experiment](https://enterrsi.si/canon/the-terminal-experiment/)

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