Project Alicization

Project Alicization is a top-secret government project run by RATH using the fourth generation FullDive technology, Soul Translator. Their goal is to create the perfect Artificial Intelligence (AI) by simulating their lives as an NPC in a virtual reality. But what is unique about these AIs is that they are able to "learn" as a human does. While RATH's end-goal is to use these AIs to fight in wars instead of humans, the virtual world they are raised in prevents them from breaking even the most insignificant of laws, especially killing another. The virtual world that houses these AIs is called, by the creators, the Underworld: the name may or may not be connected to the original name of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland also known as Alice's Adventures Under Ground. The facilities that have connections to it are in Roppongi and the <> (a marine base that kind of looks like the Mock Turtle from the story).

For experimentation purposes, RATH inserts Kirito into the Underworld and, to their surprise, the AIs who interacted with Kirito come closer to breaking the rules imbedded in them than any other AIs. After allowing the experiment to continue for a while, a girl, that by coincidence, is named Alice, finally breaks one of the cardinal rules in the world.

Proyecto Alicization