Black Mirror Experience: How AI, Blockchain, and Social Scores Are Blurring Reality

Created by Charlie Brooker, Black Mirror was never meant to be prophetic. Yet here we are—watching an AI-powered social scoring system go live on the blockchain, inspired by one of the show’s most haunting episodes.

This isn’t just a narrative experiment. It’s a fully functional crypto game, backed by Animoca, Niantic, and Avalanche, designed to track your behavior across social media and blockchain—and reward or penalize you accordingly.

Welcome to the Black Mirror Experience, where dystopian fiction bleeds into decentralized reality.

From “Nosedive” to Now: The Fiction That Became a Framework

In Black Mirror Season 3’s episode “Nosedive,” a pastel-hued world is governed by five-star ratings. Your smile, your tone, even the way you carry coffee—all influence your societal worth.

That satire is now a game.

The Black Mirror Experience draws directly from that premise, asking: What if your digital behavior—tweets, token swaps, DAO votes—determined your access to real-world perks?

How the Black Mirror Experience Works

At the heart of this ecosystem is Iris, an AI assistant that tracks:

Your on-chain activity (e.g., holding, trading tokens/NFTs)
Your off-chain behavior (e.g., social posts on X)
Your community interactions within Web3 spaces

Once enrolled, users receive a Social ID Card, represented as an NFT that logs:

Badges for positive actions
Stains for negative behavior
A reputation score updated in real-time via smart contracts

Your score affects:

Access to token airdrops
Voting in story-driven events
Entry into gated features across the Black Mirror Web3 universe

Importantly, every interaction is recorded on-chain—transparent, immutable, and scored without centralized oversight.

Reputation, Incentivized: The Tech Behind the Game

This gamified Web3 ecosystem runs on the KOR Protocol, which leverages:

Smart contracts to calculate and update scores
NFT-based ID systems to log your digital footprint
Decentralized applications for interoperable reputation use

So far, over 13,000 Social IDs have been minted—a clear signal that users are intrigued, if not concerned, by what’s to come.

Rewards, Restrictions, and the AI in Control

Here’s what your score can do:

High Score: Unlocks exclusive content, narrative participation, token perks, and early access
Low Score: Can limit your participation or restrict access entirely

It’s not just about being active—it’s about being perceived as “positive.” Which brings us to a critical question: What defines good behavior?