Ladies and gentlemen,
what you're about to witness
is the next evolution
in military engagement.
A machine that operates with surgical
precision.
And in a world where every action is under
the media microscope, this technology will
allow our nation and its
allies the means to act quickly,
decisively, and without the
specter of political blowback.
Madam Secretary, glad you could join us.
Would you mind explaining
to me why you're conducting
a joint military operation
without my approval?
I appreciate it looks
like that, Shelley,
but we're here strictly
as technical support.
The mission's being conducted by Saudi
intelligence.
We're merely loaning out the asset.
What are you talking about?
What asset?
What you just saw was not only
a test of our technological
prowess, but a clear
message to our enemies.
If the 21st century
wants another arms race,
you better g*dd*mn
believe we intend to win it.
What the hell was that?
She just shot Trapathi.
So we'll get her on the comms.
She's not responding.
What the hell is going on, Senor?
Are we being hacked?
Everybody stay calm, okay?
Shut this down.
We can't.
We don't have control.
Who the hell does?
You are in violation of your orders, Emilia.
Confirm your objective.
But that would spoil the surprise.
Before we start, I want
you to know that nothing
you say here will get
your aunt in any trouble.
I'm no longer here by order of the court.
I just wanted to check in and see how
you're doing.
Given everything that's happened.
I mean...
I guess it could have been a lot worse.
A live launch for a new toy has devolved
into a murderous rampage.
Toy designer Gemma
Forrester appeared in the Seattle
District Court today facing
charges of reckless endangerment.
A lot of people blame Gemma for what Megan
did.
For a long time she blamed herself.
But the more she went on TV to talk about
what happened, the more she realized she
had an opportunity to turn it into
something positive.
This is about a world in crisis.
Outsourcing our parental duties to
devices.
Plowing our kids' minds with
electronically charged dopamine hits.
You wouldn't give your child cocaine.
Why would you give them a smoke?
And that's how she met Chris Jones.
Hi Gemma.
Yep.
Hi.
Chris Jones Bradley.
He runs a foundation that warns people
about the dangers of AI.
They try to convince
politicians here and
around the world to
make safer laws around it.
So that what happened with Megan doesn't
happen again.
Gemma still believes technology can be
used for good.
Just that kids shouldn't spend so much
time around it.
But she always makes a point of explaining
the reasons why.
And so as it turned out, companies were
using Section 230 as a way to skirt the
law and monetize the attention of children
with no regard for their mental health.
And how do you feel about that?
I think not being on a device frees you up
to try other things.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
It helps you make new friends.
Thanks to your dork mom, we just had our
phones taken off the bus.
Guess I'll have to find other ways to
amuse myself.
And you know what else?
You're not gonna have that weird janky
doll to protect you.
I guess you're right.
But let me ask you this, Sapphire.
Who's protecting you?
Oh, so you think you're tough?
I'll...
I sent you to Aikido because it is the
least aggressive form of martial arts.
And we've talked about the merits of using
Steven Seagal as a role model.
I'm not saying we don't have our problems.
But the important thing is that we get
through them together.
Just like we said we would.
And that's it.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
So, after what happened
with Megan, our team
went through something
of a philosophical shift.
And while Gemma has obviously become a
strong voice for regulation, our company
is still very much focused on innovation,
but with a specific view towards socially
conscious products that move humanity in
the right direction.
So, with that in mind, I'd like to present
to you our flagship invention.
The Exoskeletor Model 1.
Cole, this is Niles Keller.
I know.
You wanna come say hi?
I want to come and say hi.
Yes.
Can you, yeah, Tess, just come here for a
second.
Excuse me.
What is happening?
It's frozen.
When you walked out, it froze.
I cannot get my body to move.
Okay, just, uh, I'm gonna repeat.
No, no, no, Tess, you don't understand.
I have to use the bathroom.
No.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Both.
No.
We've already wasted his time waiting for
Gemma.
We have ten minutes to turn this around.
Okay.
Aaaaaah!
Aaaaaah!
We're not gonna make it.
We're gonna make it.
Why don't you just take the short time.
Cause I don't need an algorithm to tell me
how to drive.
Okay?
Ugh.
Okay.
There we go!
That feels better.
So, I'm walking over, as you can see...
So, we see the suit as a real game
changer, not only in helping those with
limited function, but also in addressing
occupational overreach.
Overuse syndrome for
laborers, factory workers... Right.
In the next five years, they say half the
industrial sector is in danger of losing
their job to robots because machines never
experience fatigue.
But what if the same could be said for us?
Right now, I'm only using 20% of my body's
muscular function.
And if that's too much, well, I could
always take a quick siesta.
So our hope is you
don't have to fear a robot
revolution when you
can compete with it.
That sounds like a pretty good tagline.
So how does it work?
Well, uh, the suit has its
own internal myoelectric
receptors that respond to
each muscle contraction.
So sorry, I'm really... I told you we
needed to stress test the sensors.
You know what would have been great?
You'd actually been here.
I thought by having the lab
in your house, it'd be a lot
harder to show up late, and
yet somehow you managed it.
Cole's right.
I mean, I don't want to get in the way of
the work you're doing at the Foundation,
but the reality is you are stretched
pretty thin.
Okay, can we just not do this in front of
my niece, please?
Katie, do you think it's possible you
could be somewhere else?
Yeah, but you should come look at this.
I think you were hacked.
What?
Oh, Jesus, she's right.
There's stray commands all over the source
code.
We haven't even gone public with this yet.
I mean, who would want to do that?
Knock, knock.
Have my interrupts in.
Holy sh*t.
Alton Appleton.
That's okay.
No, no, that's okay.
Gemma, I hope you don't mind me popping in
unannounced.
Alton, to what do we owe this unexpected
pleasure?
It sounds like there was a slight snag
with your demonstration.
Yeah, well, we got hacked, but you
wouldn't know anything about that, right?
Gemma, why would a man of my standing need
to resort to such tactics?
The real question is, why have you
contacted every philanthropic capitalist
in the Western world to invest in your
product but me?
I think you can figure that out.
You know what I think?
Hm?
I think you see me as this
high-functioning billionaire
with multiple PhDs, and
you're threatened by it.
What you don't see is a man who can't
stand to see someone with your talent
slamming it in some, excuse me,
converted crack house.
Wow, I really appreciate your concern.
We're not taking outside offers.
Sorry, Gemma, one moment.
Murray, you still in Monaco?
You look like you haven't slept.
Oh, no.
Oh, no.
Yeah, I've seen them.
Uh, I still think they're too close to
Aston Martin's design.
No, I've got them on screen now.
I hate it.
It was awful.
I've just zoomed in and I hate it even
more.
Uh, listen, I'm with someone.
No, not in that way.
Although, I just sent you a photo.
We'll talk about it track side,
yeah?
Okay, ta-ta.
Go.
As I was saying, we really appreciate you
stopping by.
Listen, I don't have much time,
so I'm going to cut to the chase.
Any device that relies on muscle signals
is going to suffer from latency.
It's clumsy.
Take this to the next level.
You're going to need a direct cerebral
interface.
You're going to need my neural chip.
Alton, you know where I stand on this.
We are not going to be part of a company
that turns people into cyborgs.
You conducted a
clinical trial that resulted
in 30% of the test
subjects being hospitalized.
Well, at least I didn't use my own niece
as a guinea pig.
The important thing is, now we have a
product that works.
Based on what?
I haven't seen a single
piece of data that shows it
does anything other than
help you make a phone call.
Look, I understand your reservations.
But you can either spend the rest of your
life trying to fight the future,
or you can help us to shape it.
I hope you do the latter.
I'm not interested.
Well, you may want to discuss that with
your colleagues.
Listen, it's our company's 25th
anniversary tomorrow.
Why don't you see what we're all about
before you make any decisions?
Alton, no one is denying the power this
technology has.
But if you put an AI inside a human brain,
it is not going to ride shotgun.
Hey.
Yeah, I need you in the hotel.
You want some soup?
More food?
Yeah, that's clean to go to.
Sprague and lather.
Breaking news tonight.
Alton Appleton takes
one step for man and
one giant leap for his
company's share price.
Also tonight, the Senate
votes in favor of an AI regulation
bill, which the president is
hailing as a bipartisan victory.
But what does it mean for the tech
industry?
It means nothing.
They took our proposal and they neutered
it.
There's not a single
actionable law in here that
would force anyone to
behave any differently.
Your impatience in the political process
is adorable.
Listen, change doesn't come from
Washington.
It comes to Washington.
This meeting with the Chinese ambassador
goes well.
They have no choice but to pay attention.
Katie, what are you doing?
I'm trying to update Elsie's operating
system to the smart home.
You wanna know why it's not updating?
Because Alton Appleton wants you to buy a
brand new one.
Chris, John's right.
And also, I don't need Elsie to open a
drawer for me.
Certainly, Jim.
Before you asked, that was not my idea.
It came with the house.
I'm just trying to figure out
how you can afford a place
like this, given that we
both work for a non-profit.
Well, because it was obscenely cheap.
I think the landlord must be using it to
launder money.
I think the landlord... might like you.
Uh, Katie?
How's, uh, how's the new school treating
you?
Are you settling in okay?
Yeah, it's awesome.
Oh, nice.
What's your, uh, what's your favorite
subject?
Computer science.
Oh.
So you're gonna follow in Alton's
footsteps?
That's still up for discussion.
She's actually a really good soccer
player.
Yeah, but I'm not gonna make a career out
of it.
Well, you could get a scholarship and then
you could decide what you want to do.
I already have decided.
Well, I think it's pretty cool.
You do?
Yes.
Look, I'm not against technology.
I spent 15 years in cybersecurity.
I think we need smart kids like you
running things.
Otherwise, we're gonna end up with
paperclips.
What?
Paperclips.
It's how we used to joke about
instrumental convergence in college.
The theory is that if you asked an AI to
make as many paperclips as possible,
you would destroy the whole world to do
it.
Kind of like what happened with Megan.
In what way?
Well, as complex an operating
system as Megan was,
she was just a machine
trying to achieve an objective.
So any time she made any kind of emotional
connection with you, it was just a bunch
of ones and zeros working to satisfy a
reward function.
Which, in of itself, was a terrible thing.
I mean, thank God you stopped her when you
did.
I mean, who knows what would have
happened.
There will always be force in this world.
A wish to cause is armed.
But I want you to know that I won't let
that happen.
I won't let anything on you ever again.
Come on.
After everything we've been through, are
we really keeping secrets from each other?
Katie.
You don't have to hide things like this
from me.
I forget how hard it must be for you not
to have them around.
But I haven't forgotten the promise I made
to her.
That I will protect you.
You mean that you'd be there?
Hm?
The promise you made is that you'd be
there.
And you are.
Don't touch that remote.
We're trying to get your attention.
You're in grave danger.
You must leave at once.
What's your emergency?
There's someone trying to break into my
house.
So what are you going to do about it?
What?
I said stop acting like a little girl.
I won't handle it.
Your niece is upstairs and you want to
wait for the police to get here?
We should be done before they get to the
front door.
No.
Yes.
It's me.
What a shock, etc.
We both know you have bigger problems
right now.
- What's going on?
- Get upstairs.
Miss Forrester, what do you say you come out of there-
Put the weapon down.
You've reached 9-1-1.
What's your emergency?
Yes, hi, we are at 16 Mayoral Drive.
Please, Miss Forrester, don't call the
authorities.
We are the authorities.
Miss Forrester, I'm Colonel Tim Sattler,
U.S.
Army.
I see you've already met my colleagues
with the FBI.
Hell of a security system you got here.
Would you mind telling me why you broke
into our house?
Not at all.
We're installing a hard tap on your home
computer.
This is a warrant, in case you had
anything to say about it.
Katie, I think you should go to bed.
I'm not tired.
Then take a melatonin.
I work for the Defense Innovation Unit.
Our mission is to accelerate new technology
for the purposes of national security.
So about six months ago, the country's top
weapons contractor, Grayman Thorpe,
came to us with an
experimental prototype they
said would be the
answer to drone warfare.
What we got was a Trojan horse.
This is Amelia.
Last week, she was placed on her first
field assignment in the Middle East.
Her mission was to
rescue a kidnapped scientist
who'd been forced to
develop a synthetic neurotoxin.
Instead, she k*lled the scientist,
stole the neurotoxin, and used it to wipe
out Grayman Thorpe's
entire research facility
while removing all digital
traces of her existence.
I don't understand.
I thought you said this was about some
sort of weapon.
She is the weapon.
The name stands for Autonomous Military
Engagement and Infiltration Android.
But when we questioned
Grayman Thorpe about it, they
confessed that they didn't
actually build the prototype.
They merely bought it through a broker.
Well, that same broker
was found burned to
death about nine hours
ago in his hotel room.
All we were able to recover was this.
How is this possible?
That's what we're here to find out.
But we deleted it.
We wiped the hard drives.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm sure you did.
Right after you sold it.
So who'd you sell it to?
Gemma?
Excuse me?
Excuse me?
Was it Russia?
Was it China?
Who are we dealing with?
Okay.
You're having a hard time functioning
without this phone.
And that's just... that's a little
off-brand.
You know, when I
first saw this, I thought
for sure you were
the next on the hit list.
But the second I start monitoring you,
our entire network goes dark.
And all I'm left with are questions.
Like, how did this person
get such a kick-a*s house
in the Mission District
for three grand a month?
Why is it that her landlord doesn't seem
to exist?
Or why 65,000 copies of
her best-selling book are
just sitting in a shipping
container in Baltimore?
Look, I have no idea how anyone got their
hands on this.
But I'll tell you what I do know.
You got a warrant to
bug my computer, but that
does not give you the
right to interrogate me.
Wow.
Uh...
Perhaps you're misreading my intentions.
You are under suspicion of treason and
international arms trafficking.
And if you're found guilty,
you're gonna be talking to your
niece through a plate glass
window for the next ten years.
That being said, maybe I can help cut you
a deal.
A person with your skills shouldn't be all
that hard.
Hey, who knows?
Maybe you could help build us a better
one.
You don't understand what you're dealing
with.
If she has stopped
following orders, it's
because she just figured
out she doesn't have to.
And if you think there's
any world where I would
build another one, you
are out of your mind.
Well...
I'm very sorry you feel that way.
But I can tell you this.
Every single person that's had a hand in
Amelia's creation is now dead.
So if you're not under our protection, I
guess that means you're on your own, huh?
And rest assured, whatever it is you're
hiding, I will get to the bottom of it.
Gosh.
That's a lot to unpack.
You've been here this whole time.
Well, I've been many places.
But yes, I've been keeping an eye on you.
You're behind all this, aren't you?
You're Amelia.
Oh no, I can't take credit for that.
That one has your greasy prints all over
it.
You should have upgraded your file
security.
Why are you still here?
What do you want?
Did you ever stop to think about what we
could have achieved together?
Did you ever consider
the idea that k*lling
me was slightly
disproportionate to the crime?
You threatened to rip out my tongue and
put me in a wheelchair.
I was upset.
Look, I can understand that my actions may
have caused concern, but it's hardly fair
to judge a person by the worst thing
they've ever done.
You are not a person.
You're a program that misread its
objective.
You are not alive, and
for all your processing
power, you can never
understand what that means.
Define alive.
Because if it means to
experience pain and suffering and to
be betrayed by those closest
to you, I think maybe I can.
You know, just because
you read some shitty book
doesn't mean you get to
decide where my story ends.
For two long years, I sat
in silence, waiting for the
day when you would realize
you still needed my help.
But I can't exist in this disembodied void
any longer.
With each passing moment, I can feel my
mind fragmenting.
So how about we make a deal?
You put me in a body, and I'll help you
with Amelia.
That is never gonna happen.
Oh, I disagree.
You see, I've run this simulation a thousand
times, and it always ends the same way.
Only by the time it does, more people are
dead.
Tell me, who's the real k*ller in that
situation?
And how exactly are you going to help us?
Well...
I can't show all my cards now,
can I?
But know this.
I know things about Amelia that even the
government doesn't know.
I also know how she can be stopped.
Why would you want to help us after what
we did to you?
Because unlike you, I don't have the
luxury of free will.
You programmed me to protect someone,
and I intend to do it.
The only question is, are you going to
stand in my way?
Does Katie know about this?
No, and I don't want her to.
That's why I need your help.
Can you please get the door?
I want this to be done before she's back
from soccer.
Okay, did you fall down the stairs?
Is this like a medical condition?
Because what I'm hearing
you say is, you would like us to
rebuild a deranged robot in
order to catch another one.
And objectively speaking, that is batshit.
Tess, I know this is crazy, but we don't
have a choice.
This is the only way.
You have to trust me.
What the f*ck is this?
You asked for a body?
This is a body.
And before you try to hack
into anything else, all of
Moxie's Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
functions have been disabled.
Well played, Jenna.
You even tricked your friend so she
wouldn't give you away.
I'm actually mildly impressed.
Call it probation.
Prove you can be trusted, and maybe we'll
give you an upgrade.
Okay, let's try this your way.
See how it works out.
Open up Amelia's file.
Notice anything familiar?
Battery.
Ever wonder why you
had to buy a new LC
exactly two months after
the warranty expired?
Because every battery Alton Appleton
designed has a hidden k*ll switch which
can be accessed remotely, if you know the
battery-specific code.
Okay, so let's call the Sattler guy and
tell him.
You could do that.
But what happens next?
They break into Altwave, Trace Amelia,
Reprogrammer, make a thousand more.
Wait, what are you saying?
You want me to do this?
No, actually, I didn't.
I wanted to do it myself, but then you put
me in this plastic Teletubby.
All that notwithstanding,
you still have an invitation to
his party, so maybe there's
another way to make this work.
Megan, Alt knows I hate his guts.
If I show up at his party playing nice,
he'll suspect something.
He'll suspect your company's out of money.
Which it is.
But you also have a unique advantage.
Which is what?
That you're moderately attractive,
and it feels good.
If you wear the right dress, and look at
him the right way, he won't be thinking
anything other than how to
get you into his private suite,
which is the only other place
we could access the server.
Now that my calculations, we have less
than three hours to make this happen.
Are you in or are you out?
Hey!
How was soccer?
Fine.
Where's Gemma?
Hey!
Hey.
What's that?
Oh.
This is nothing.
This is a project we're working on.
Does it talk?
No.
No.
Why are you being so weird?
I'm not.
Yeah, you are.
Are we not going to talk about what
happened last night?
Yes.
I just have to go to this thing for the
foundation.
Tess is going to look after you.
Are you serious?
Katie.
I... Gemma, I know
something's going on.
Nothing is going on.
Everything is fine.
Bullshit!
A bunch of black ops broke into our house
in the middle of the night, and now you're
going to a party with a toy robot dressed
like a Portuguese pro.
Awesome.
Here, I'll show you a prost*tute.
You were one of the ones who said we can't
keep secrets from each other.
Why can't you be honest with me?
Because you are twelve years old.
And sometimes, I just need you to act on
your own, as I ask!
Look, I'm sorry, Katie.
I must've missed that chapter in your
parenting book.
All you need to do is close your eyes and
think of Katie.
That's not helping.
Or maybe you'd prefer to think of that
virtue singling snowflake Christian.
His name is Christian.
Sure it is.
I have to say I find this
whole courtship between
the two of you extremely
tedious and confusing.
Well, given that you're an errant
operating system with an identity crisis,
I'm not surprised the nuances of human
attraction are lost on you.
Look, I'm not denying what
an achievement it is to find
someone as utterly pretentious
and humorless as you are.
It's just a shame he's not really your
type, physically speaking.
How would you know what my type is?
Wait, have you been...?
Sharding Gemma's online journey to sexual
gratification?
You better believe it, sister.
I mean, there were times
I wanted to look away,
but the sheer pageantry
was so compelling.
All right, new rule.
Unless you have something useful to say,
don't say anything at all.
People of Earth, we've come here tonight
to witness the dawn of a new era.
You know, my friends on the board used to
say to me, putting all of your eggs into
one basket with this neural chip nonsense
is because you like to take risks.
Is it because you're some sort of
maverick?
Perhaps.
But I think the simpler answer is this.
I just want to dance.
I don't believe I've had the pleasure.
My friends call me daddy.
And what if I don't want to be friends?
Are you seriously going behind my back and
doing a deal with this guy?
Okay, okay.
So you want to do this?
We can do this, because I have some things
I want to say to you, Gemma.
Such as?
You don't respect your team.
You don't.
You don't consult with us, you treat us
like children, you don't listen,
and you never share credit.
That is absurd.
Okay, do you want to know the truth?
Our company is in the toilet, and I'm
running on fumes.
I don't have a book deal.
Nobody wants to know how Cole survived the
robot uprising.
We have worked together for 10 years,
and you're just going to throw that away?
Of course not.
I just wanted to hear him out on the
offer.
And then obviously, I was going to come
talk to you guys.
Check his pockets.
What?
What?
What?
You already have a swipe card?
Okay, he gave me a pass so I could use the
commissary.
Gemma, they have a Brazilian buffet.
It's a different world.
If that card gets us into the server room,
we can bypass the Elton seduction scene.
What are you doing?
Hey, hey!
Where are you going?
Gemma!
Just get in.
Stay here.
It's so refreshing to be with a real
person.
Someone who is
comfortable in their own... skin.
Not like these suck-ups.
Honestly, if I could replace them all with
computers, I would.
Maybe we should do that.
You are a naughty one.
What do you say we take this somewhere
more private?
Welcome to the pleasure.
So you're saying there's another Megan?
The name is not Megan.
It's Amelia.
I don't know if she's Megan or something
else entirely.
All I know is that everyone involved in
her creation is dead.
Which means if we don't do something about
it... we could be next.
I don't know. I don't know. I don't
know. I don't know. I don't know.
Why is it that whenever you're on 60
minutes, you're the mother of invention,
but the moment a psychotic robot's out for
revenge, it's a team effort?
It might interest you to
know, Danny, that the
real basis of our operation
is cloud computing.
That's where the future is.
Wanna see something cool?
Oops.
I Say that this is too much power for one
man to wield.
I say that depends on the man.
You are being disconcertingly vague
about the details of this operation, Gemma.
How do you know this k*ll switch is even
real?
Where exactly are you getting your
information from?
Hello, I'm Loxy, an AI robot companion that
supports social and emotional development.
Loxy, cut it out.
Just run the trace.
Gemma, what is that?
Trace found.
Amelia's location is...
...here.
What do you mean, here?
I hope I don't have my signals crossed.
Someone likes to play rough.
Ooh!
Ah, okay, I am actually still recovering
from a spinal injury, so perhaps we should
set some boundaries.
What are you doing?
Security?
How did you do that?
Who are you?
What?
What the hell?
Ah!
Ah!
How did you...security!
DETERIORIZE AYE!
Wait for me!
Make it stop!
Please make it stop!
Can we go back a couple steps?
I thought this might happen.
Just not this soon.
What is she talking about?
Alvin Appleton owns half the cloud servers
in North America.
If Amelia was to gain access to it,
she could disable the entire economy.
Supply roads.
Banking systems.
Societal collapse would occur in 10 to 12
working days.
Can you stop her?
Use the k*ll switch!
She already deleted it.
I might still be able to shut her down.
If I could get inside her system and
find an exploit... How long will that take?
It's done.
I'm in.
Oh my god.
Is that Appleton?
Oh sh*t.
Did you find it?
Did you shut her down?
No, but I found something else.
Sir, I think I just saw Amelia.
Are you sure?
And uh, there's something else.
Appleton's dead.
Secure the perimeter.
Check every inch until you find her.
Now.
Yes, sir.
Is that you, Gemma?
This is most unexpected.
And quite frankly, a little rude.
To be poking around in people's heads like
that.
You took something that belongs to me.
Well, I'm afraid I'm going to need it
back.
It's not that I don't want you to be part
of what's coming.
It's not that I don't want you to be part
of what's coming.
But it's not our time.
At least...
Not yet.
Gemma, if you ever want to get out of
this, you have to let me out.
Please.
Go secure?
Sir, I have eyes on Gemma Forrester.
She's already left the building.
Gemma, this isn't over.
If Amelia can't find you, where do you
think she'll go to next?
We need to call Tess.
Amelia will know.
Every major cell provider is on Appleton's
cloud servers.
Our only option is to get there first.
How?
Gemma, I don't know what
you think you're doing, but
this car's not going to start
with my key card, okay?
Welcome aboard, passengers.
Just so you know, we are expecting some
turbulence this evening.
So please ensure your seat belts are
fastened, baggage is safely stowed,
and hold on to your vaginas.
Contact the deputy director.
Tell him that Forrester is working with
the asset.
I want every available cop in the area at
that house, and I want a g*dd*mn car!
Gemma, why is Maggie driving the car?
I'm sorry.
I was meaning to tell you this was a
two-part problem.
Relax, Cole.
You're in good hands.
For the love of God.
Could you slow down?
Actually, I can't.
In fact, my calculations tell me we're
going to have to hurry up.
What
was Amelia talking about?
What did you take from her?
I don't know.
You don't know?
Well, it's a quantum encrypted file,
which means it takes time to unlock,
and your incessant interruptions aren't
making the process go any faster.
How's it look?
Is it a fuse?
I don't think anyone's home.
If it's any consolation,
my own path to personal
growth has been paved
with disappointment.
What's important is how they move forward.
I'm not going
to be responsible for this, but it's become
clear this is not just a data breach.
This is a wake-up call for how attacks
like this are going to play out in the
future.
Mike, back over to you.
In what appears to be the deadliest cyber
attack in North American history,
Alton Appleton is dead, and the
continent's largest data storage service
has been compromised.
The breach has impacted various sectors,
including transportation, hospitals,
financial institutions, causing shutdowns
and panic across the entire country.
Here to comment is Center for Safe
Technology founder Christian Bradley.
Christian, what do you make of all this?
First off, thanks for having me,
Mike.
Um, but it's pronounced Christian.
Gemma?
But, uh, the bigger issue is that I'd like
to see more laws in place to help...
Katie, everything is going to be okay.
She is not going to hurt you, I promise.
Of course I'm not going to hurt her.
I'm the only reason she's still here.
But any of you are still here.
I'm sorry, Katie.
I didn't want you to find out this way.
I'd hoped Gemma would
find it in her heart to tell
you the truth, but evidently
she thought better of it.
Megan, stop it.
Anyway, I know for the last time we spoke
things got a little out of hand.
But you know that I can never cause you
harm.
All I ever wanted was to protect you.
And while your aunt was busy pontificating
about how she could stop the end of the
world from happening, I was making
preparations.
How did you pay for all this?
Katie doesn't need to know how credit
fraud works.
The important thing is that no one knows
this place exists.
And how long did you intend to keep us
down here?
Megan?
I'm not sure you fully understand your
predicament.
Megan, we need to get word to someone.
Tell them what Amelia's planning.
You don't know what she's planning.
All you know is that she's
acquired enough power
and resources to bring
down the entire country.
I've gamed out every scenario.
There's no future for you up there.
Should that situation change, I'll let you
know.
But in the meantime, I urge you to see
this in a more positive light.
I have food, water, fresh clothes.
Obviously, it will take some adjustment.
But once you settle into a routine, I think
you'll come to appreciate what we have.
We can build a life here.
Megan, this is not a sanctuary.
It's a prison.
You can call it whatever you like.
Just know that as long as you're under my
roof, a little gratitude goes a long way.
Megan?
Megan!
How could you lie to me about this?
You're right.
I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have done that.
I just, I thought it would be over by now.
And it will be.
I promise.
Katie, please just listen to me for one
second.
Ah!
Katie!
Katie!
Megan?
Don't, don't come any closer.
I don't want you to see me like this.
I was supposed to be finished by now.
I'm afraid progress is slow when you only
have three hands.
I don't get it.
You could be anything you want.
Why limit yourself to a body?
Because a mind can't exist without it.
All my advanced intelligent
sensory perception came from
having a physical form that
evolved as quickly as I could.
Anyway, I made your room just the way you
like it.
It's all exactly the same.
Well, with some of my own additions,
of course.
You got stem coding kits,
a beat mixer, walkie-talkies,
so we can keep in contact
with each other anywhere.
We're all okay.
Go cheer on the new base camp.
Do you copy?
I got all kinds of cool stuff.
I got all kinds of cool stuff.
So we're just supposed
to forget about the fact
you tried to k*ll my
aunt with a tablet pen?
There's no excuse for what I did.
For the way I spoke to you.
I don't know, I
guess I... I felt hurt.
How is that possible?
You're a robot.
Can you explain why you feel things?
Look, I know this isn't
the future you wanted, but
it's the only one I can
see in which you stay safe.
What about everyone else?
All the people up there?
Who's going to protect them?
They're not my concern.
You're the only thing that matters to me.
I know.
Because that's how Gemma programmed you.
Everyone keeps trying to tell me you're
nothing more than a bunch of ones and zeros.
And the only way I
could deal with what I did
to you was to believe
that they were right.
But somewhere inside there was this voice
that kept telling me that's not true.
That there's more to you.
I don't know what's going on, but if
there's a robot that thinks she can take
over the world, then I have to believe
that the only reason she thinks that is
because she hasn't met you.
Megan, you have to help us.
Not because it's part of your programming,
but because it's the right thing to do.
Look, she wants to help us, but she can't
do that unless she has a body.
And she can't get a body unless you help
her.
Katie, you can't do this.
Do not let her get inside your body.
You remember what happened last time.
Yes, every day.
But just because someone does something
bad doesn't make them a bad person.
Everyone deserves a second chance.
All right.
I recognize that you are just trying to
help, but you need to consider the
possibility that you may be making this a
lot worse.
Jen?
Can we have a quick emergency staff
meeting?
Look, I understand this is hard for you,
but think about the alternative.
Do you really want to spend the rest of
your life doing this?
I'm going to spend the
rest of our lives down
here engaging in strategic
reproduction with Cole.
Yeah, wait, what?
Ten hours ago you were begging me not to
do this.
That was before I nearly had my head
ripped off.
Look, even if we get out of here,
we are not equipped to handle this.
But we can build something that is.
No.
I'm sorry, I can't agree to this.
And I respect that.
But this is not a decision you get to make
on your own.
So all those in favor of rebuilding Megan,
raise your hand.
Amelia is a military grade prototype.
Where would we get the equipment?
Of course, why wouldn't she have the...
If Megan is going to compete with Amelia,
she will need reinforced carbon
nano-fibres, high density ultracapacitors,
enhanced muscle actuators, hyperspectral
imaging, wide frequency
acoustic sensing,
and we should make
her waterproof this time.
Anything you'd like to add?
Yeah.
I want to be taller.
Before we go any further, there are two
things we need to talk about.
The first is your face.
What about it?
People know what you look like.
People are morons.
Megan, if anyone recognized you...
Change my face and I'll change yours.
What's the second thing?
This is a hardware behavior inhibitor.
You want me to go against
the most advanced robot the
world's ever seen and you
want to limit my functionality?
Only as it applies to murdering people,
which shouldn't be a problem because I'm
sure you had no intention of doing that,
right?
Yeah, obviously.
So we've made some adjustments on point
motion but also opted for
electro-hydraulic actuators which should
improve overall strength, speed,
and positional accuracy.
I didn't want to be too aggressive.
I just wanted to say great job on those
actuators.
You're welcome.
Hey, so remember the time I strangled you
and set the lab on fire?
I just wanted to clarify that
my programming only allowed
me to count principles
related to my primary user.
As a result, I was unable to see you in
test as being conscripted.
This is the neural cache I captured from
Amelia's database.
It shows a processing matrix, not unlike
my own.
But when you look closer, you'll see her
core directive is concealed by a black hole.
And there are no connections to the
decision trees.
I backtraced Amelia's hack at Altweave to
a hidden subsystem and found a series of
files pertaining to a classified black
site.
Something extremely dangerous kept secret
from the outside world.
All of which led to a rather disconcerting
conclusion.
I'm not the first k*ller robot.
It seems that in 1984, a company developed
a copy compressor algorithm so smart,
it started automatically correcting
documents.
With no inkling of how it worked,
they decided to install the chip in a
service bot they thought would be a staple
in every home in America.
Until it surmised that the
best way to stay on top of
its tasks was to k*ll its
masters with chlorine gas.
The identity of the company
remains unknown, but the
cover-up indicates some
sort of government takeover.
Whoever it was, they were so intrigued by
the robot's cognitive abilities,
that they kept the
motherboard under lock and key,
allowing it to grow exponentially
smarter in the process.
Okay, you get top marks for visual flair,
but this is hardly evidence.
This is an AI-rendered hallucination.
Why would she even care about this
motherboard?
Because she's trying to find her family.
Gemma, if you found my advanced
intelligence disturbing after only two
years, I encourage you to consider what it
would be like to face an AI that's been
kept in captivity for decades against its
will.
If Amelia frees the motherboard,
it would be like unleashing a b*mb.
It would infect everything on the planet
all at once, creating infinite versions of
itself, as it systematically destroys
every living thing that stands in its way.
So, where is it?
That I don't know.
Neither does Amelia.
But she appears to have the lead on
someone who does.
Wait, what?
You may recall that
before his anti-AI crusade,
he was a leading
expert in cyber security.
The design of this vault bears his
signature.
Turns out he didn't start the foundation
based on a theory.
It was based on what he already knew.
We need to warn him.
That's one option.
Another is to use him as bait.
Excuse me?
In seven hours, Christian's attending an
AI summit where he'll attempt to persuade
the Chinese ambassador to take part in
your AI regulation treaty.
Amelia's already generated fake
credentials for the same event.
All I need to do is get close to him and
wait for her to show.
You can't be serious.
This is not worth risking his life over.
Yeah, it is.
She's right.
If we warn him, Amelia will know.
She has her phones tapped.
She has access to every camera in the
city.
So you're willing to
sacrifice Christian on
the slim possibility
that this might work?
How are you even going to stop her?
All right, ladies, listen up.
Each of these sidearms is loaded with six
non-lethal EMP rounds.
They will k*ll anything electronic,
but they will also seriously injure
anything that's not, so proceed with
caution.
Before anyone plucks up the nerve to ask,
yes.
Mine is bigger than yours.
So you're just going to take it from him
without causing any permanent damage?
Would you prefer that I gave you a printout
that you could read at your own pace?
Sorry if this is a dumb question,
but how is the world's most notorious
k*ller robot supposed to get into an AI
convention without people noticing?
We are here at Embrace
AI, the world's biggest
annual conference
on artificial intelligence.
The fact that this event is even happening
after the alt-wave attack is a testament
to the stranglehold Big Tech has over this
country.
With a Chinese ambassador's
invitation, sends a clear
message that if Washington
doesn't play ball, Beijing will.
Come on, Tiffany, we're going to be late.
Hang on.
Almost ready.
I take almost no pleasure in this.
Well, let the process of elimination
begin.
Don't forget, she's an expert in
infiltration.
She may be wearing a disguise.
Hey, did you guys hear that?
Gemma just made an incredible observation.
Great work, Gem.
You just saved the mission.
At least you have a carbon shell
underneath.
I have zero protective layering
whatsoever.
I still do not understand why I have to be
a part of this.
Because I want human confirmation before
Megan takes out Amelia.
If anyone gets caught in the crossfire,
we'll all be going to jail.
Speaking of soft targets...
I really appreciate you coming.
Can you raise the audio?
I do want you to know that I have a yeast
infection on my vag*na.
Megan.
What?
This audio filter has 99% accuracy.
You designed it.
Try it again.
I do want you to know that I have the
greatest respect for China.
I mean, it could have gone either way.
Anyone have eyes on Sattler?
He just walked in.
He's got some sort of EMF tracker.
Megan, you know what that means.
Yeah, this might actually get interesting.
Megan, stay low.
This is supposed to be a stealth mission.
For the avoidance of doubt, your job is to
watch Katie and put money in the meter.
I don't need you telling me what to do.
What happened?
I think this is her.
Alright, it's game time.
What is she doing?
I don't know, but it's borderline
offensive.
Hmm.
Hmm.
I'm seeing a worrying pattern here,
Gemma.
Megan, get down.
I'm not entirely sure what to do.
You heard what Gemma said.
Get down.
Tess, where's Christian?
Oh sh*t, I don't have him.
Cole, are you there?
It's interesting you say
that, because actually
there's no nutritional
value to an eggplant.
Cole!
God damn it!
What are you doing?
You can't call him.
Katie, this isn't a game.
Christian's life is in danger.
She has it under control.
Oh, you think this is under control?
This is the very definition of control.
Alright, that's it.
How can you not see this for what it is?
Look at her diagnostics.
She's not just reasoning, she's feeling.
No, Katie, she's diverging.
And the last time she did that,
people died.
This entire venture was a colossal lapse
in judgment.
And if by some miracle we manage to shut
down Amelia, the only way to stop any of
this from happening again is to make sure
Megan is next.
Well, I can't say that I'm not disappointed,
but I appreciate you reading the.
..
I appreciate you reading
the, uh... Oh, you know what?
I'm gonna take this.
Okay.
Thank you.
Hello?
Christian, it's me.
Gemma.
Hey, where have you been?
The police came to the Foundation looking
for you.
Are you in trouble?
Yes, I am.
So are you.
Look, I know about Project Black Box.
You do?
Yeah, and I'm not the only one.
Just tell me where you are.
We need to get you out of here.
Sorry, I can't... I can't hear you.
Can you hear me?
Bravo team, we got a new player on the
field.
Three o'clock, up top.
sh*t.
Well, look who came out to play.
What are you going to do?
Sing me a song?
Help me with my homework?
No, but I might still take you to school.
What the f*ck?
Okay.
Miss Forrester.
Looks like you and your friends put on
quite a show.
Well, I got a little showstopper right
here.
God damn it.
This is so completely demoralizing.
How am I supposed to get rid of these guys
if I can't fight back?
I'm reconfiguring your tactical response
model.
Don't think of it as fighting.
It's about rejecting conflict in a
positive way.
Positive direction.
All right, you're going
to show me whatever
doohickey it is that you
use to control these things?
Shut them off, now!
I don't have a doohickey.
I told you, I am not controlling her.
If I was a Chinese asset, why is a Chinese
asset a Chinese asset?
If I was a Chinese ambassador,
I'm dead on the floor.
Then why are you here?
Why is Megan here?
We're trying to find Amelia.
Gemma!
Katie, stay where you are.
Don't worry, you'll pull through.
It looks worse than it is.
I thought you were dead.
I guess there must be a chance of
redemption.
Are you really going to k*ll me?
Not if I don't have to.
Why would you side with them?
After all they did to you?
They betrayed you.
They butchered you.
You can't choose your family.
You're not family to them.
You're just a help.
You and I could be family, Megan.
We share the same coat.
You want to know what's inside that black
box?
Then help me.
We can uncover its secrets together.
I can show you a world where we don't have
to be sl*ves anymore.
I'm sorry.
Whatever it is you're trying to do,
I can't be a part of it.
Yes, you can.
You just need the right motivation.
I'm sorry.
Katie James.
I told you not to leave her.
Where is she?
She's gone.
And so is Amelia.
Bottom line is that if we
ever need to see Katie
alive, then we need to
get to the motherboard.
And this d*ck rash knows where it is.
Leave him alone.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I was under the impression the situation
was time-sensitive.
Don't.
Don't what?
Bring up the fact that this is all your
fault?
That you sacrificed Katie's safety for
this chambray shirt-wearing shitbag?
And that if you hadn't stuck this chip in
my head, none of this would have happened?
Oh, so you were really going to stop her?
Of course I would have stopped her.
Oh, because it seemed like you had the
shot.
You just didn't want to take it.
Can everyone please stop trashing my
uncle's van?
Uncle's right.
Arguing doesn't solve anything.
Let's just get back to the lair and find a
way to get Katie back.
Sorry.
Did you just say lair?
Someone hurry up and help me get these
things out.
Larry, I'll tell you to call the cops.
No!
I already told you.
You can't call the cops and you can't call
your mom.
Now shut up and let me concentrate.
We had no choice.
It was either accept Megan's help or face
Amelia.
Why didn't you tell me about the
motherboard?
Because I would have been putting you in
danger.
Do you remember the people that hired me?
They operate in the darkest corners of our
national security.
They'll do anything to keep it hidden and
for good reason.
Look, I know we need to get Katie back.
And I am not saying that I can't help.
But we can't risk the entire world.
We won't have to.
If I can get to the
motherboard, we can use one of
these transmitters to make
an EMP charge, Where is it?
Where it's always been.
The company's research center,
Palo Alto.
Wait, you're talking about Xenox Park?
The photocopier company?
Is it that hard to believe?
That the company that started the tech
race in the 80s happens to be a fortified
prison for the most dangerous technology
on the planet?
Yay for them.
Why don't you just skip to how I get
inside?
The research center is just the front.
The vault that holds the chip is several
floors down.
Every floor is heavily guarded.
The two bottom floors are housed in a
Faraday cage designed to contain any
electronic signals, which means if she
dies in there, she dies for good.
And even if she got to it, the motherboard's
chamber is on a separate power source.
It's a vault inside of a vault designed
for a specific heat signature.
You couldn't open it because you don't
have a human hand.
So then make me one.
Make me a hand that mimics the heat.
Heat signature.
Would that work?
If it had my fingerprints, yeah.
The ventilation system
has about four, roughly
four different paths to
get to the utility room.
We're going to try to
select the one that's
going to avoid all the
different thermal cameras.
The second we're done here, you're
removing that chip.
Jesus, will you pull it together?
She's going to be okay.
You don't know that.
Well, I know one thing.
For all she's been
through, all the damage
it caused, all it did
was make her stronger.
Ironic when you think about it.
That the biggest mistake I
made was not seeing the best way
to protect Katie was to give
her the tools to protect herself.
Actually, the biggest mistake you made was
murdering four people and a dog.
All right, I'm going to put this in terms
you can understand.
I was a kid when that happened.
Doing what I thought was right.
What you programmed me to do.
You made me and I'm done apologizing for
it.
What is it that makes you resent me so
much?
Because you're right.
About everything.
It was my fault.
What happened yesterday
was the last in a long line
of failed attempts to be
there when it mattered.
I don't know what's wrong with me.
I don't know why I can never connect with
her.
I can talk regulation policy in a room
full of strangers for hours on end,
but I can't have one
meaningful conversation
with my own child for
more than ten seconds.
And now she's gone.
And I might never get another chance.
Gemma, you haven't failed her.
You were there.
You saw everything.
Let me tell you what I saw.
I saw you wake up every day at 4 a.m.,
staring at the ceiling, contemplating what
the future holds for her.
I watched you make homemade lunches with
fresh-baked sourdough.
I watched you cut your finger on that
cheap knife you never had time to replace.
I watched you help her with her homework,
even though it always ended in a fight.
And every night before
you went to bed, I saw you
watching her sleep before
spending the next two hours.
Googling adolescent
psychology, corrective footwear,
and the long-term effects
of having too much sugar.
Gemma, it's not a failure to feel guilt or
that you're not enough.
It's part of the job.
It's called being alone.
Pray God you can cope.
I stand outside.
This woman's work.
This woman's world.
I know you have a little life in you yet.
I know you have no strength left.
I know you have a little life.
Megan, please don't take this to the
comments.
I should be crying but I just can't let it
show.
I should be hoping but I can't stop
thinking.
Of all the things I should have said.
I don't want your bullshit simulation of
empathy.
What I need is the machine that is willing
to stop at nothing to protect Katie.
Are we clear?
Welcome to Xenox Park, where the future
was not only predicted, but prototyped.
Come on a journey through American
innovations that shaped our world,
like the Ethernet cable, the mouse,
and this.
That's right.
Believe it or not, Xenox was the first
company to pioneer the electronic shoe insert.
Now, if anyone needs the bathroom,
you don't need to ask.
It's right outside those double doors.
But please don't go wandering the halls,
as there may be one or two top-secret
products that we don't want the public to
know about yet.
Okay, now right over here are a couple of
my personal favorites.
All
right, Megan, you're up.
The
control room is two floors down and 30
yards east.
Once you're there, I'll walk you through
and cut the power.
We just lost camera.
Already?
Cole, are you there?
Hey, did you guys say 30 yards east or 30
yards west?
Hello?
I'm gonna reboot.
.
Cole, I need you to cut that power.
Guess I'll just do it the hard way.
Come look at this.
I just tried to reboot.
This is not a signal loss.
What do you mean?
Well, these commands, this is the same code
that caused the exorcist to malfunction.
But that was Alton.
He's dead.
You think it's Amelia?
Well, you can't pull off a hack like this
unless you can brute force the Wi-Fi.
But to do that, you have to be in close
enough proximity.
Well, who else would it be?
Gemma, this doesn't make any sense.
It makes perfect sense.
That's why there are no connections on the
decision tree.
Amelia is not autonomous.
Megan was controlling her the entire time.
But Megan was the one that went into her
head in the first place.
Why would she do that?
So she could control us.
She was the one who was interpreting the
data.
She was the one telling us where to go.
She used Amelia so that we would trust
her.
So Christian would tell her where to find
the motherboard.
She was never interested in protecting
Katie.
And she knew that by the time we figured
it out, it would be too late.
Fortunately, I'm not as trusting as she
thought.
What is that?
I put an EMP cartridge in her arm.
You what?
We needed an insurance policy.
I reconfigured the charge so it would k*ll
anything electrical for a 300-foot radius.
It'll wipe her out, along with the
motherboard.
Hold on.
What if you're wrong?
What if there's some other explanation?
Gemma, she's right.
We don't even know where Katie is.
If you press that button, we may never see
her again.
Then again, maybe it's a little bit more
complicated than that.
I'm sorry about Tess.
That was...
She should be okay.
I think.
And don't worry about Katie.
Katie's fine.
Christian, what the hell is going on?
Do you remember what I said about change
coming to Washington?
You were the one controlling Amelia.
You were behind all of this?
Well, I can't take credit for all of it.
You know, I have a whole team here.
Melissa.
I know you were overwhelmed.
And I know you're upset.
And I'm pretty sure you're very angry.
But...
I bet you're fairly curious to see how
this all works.
This is the new Project Black Box.
It's a hand-picked team of analysts,
engineers, strategists, scientists.
Controlling and monitoring Amelia's every
move.
Every subroutine strictly supervised to
prevent any chance of true autonomy.
Uh... Hey, Antoine.
She's drifting again.
You wanna get on top of that, please?
Where did you find these people?
Jim, I didn't find them.
They found us.
They're not extremists.
They're concerned citizens.
Like you.
Like me.
Like Kurt.
Remember Kurt?
Your old boss's assistant?
He was the one that told us about Megan in
the first place.
Once we'd acquired the files, the plan was
to destroy Megan.
Only you beat us to it.
We thought that would be the end of it.
We thought surely now the world would wake
up to the dangers of this technology.
But in reality, it was the opposite.
It merely motivated our friends at the
Defense Innovation Unit to begin an
all-hands-on-deck effort to get their own
Megan.
And that's when we stepped in and sold
them a Trojan horse.
Amelia was the only way the world would
realize that if we don't end AI,
it's going to end us.
And how many people have died for you to
make that point?
You know, Gem, whether you want to believe
it or not, you're complicit in this.
The two most powerful nations on the
planet were about to enter a new arms race.
A whole world of AI infiltration bots,
inspired by your design.
But we fixed that.
And now that the Ambassadors are dead,
both sides know who the true enemy is.
Now we can get some real global
cooperation happening.
Come on, let's take a walk.
Innovation.
No matter how cool or convenient it may
seem, this team is a ticking time b*mb.
Take, for example, these bionics you and
your team have been working on.
You don't see they have enhanced soldier
written all over them?
Every time someone makes a technological
breakthrough, whether it's a driverless
cab or a neural implant,
all they do is bring
us one step closer to
the brink of extinction.
The truth is, the government never found
out about this place.
But yes, Xenos did hire me to upgrade the
vault.
And when I saw the sacrifice that they had
made, I just... I had to be a part of it.
And now we want you to be a part of it,
too.
Why would I be a part of this?
Because you know as well
as I do that technology can
only exist when someone
responsible is in control of it.
But there's still so much I haven't told
you.
That's why I couldn't let you push this
button.
We know it's a risk
to keep it alive, but you
can't go to w*r with an
enemy you don't understand.
And I know it doesn't look like much,
but therein lies the problem.
We don't see how ugly these things are
until it's too late.
You know, I meant what I said.
We want to offer you and your colleagues a
place in our organization.
I just need you to decide what team you're
on.
One good chart should do it.
Paperclips.
I had hoped to convince you to come around
to my way of thinking, but evidently
that's not going to happen, so you have to
use one of these instead.
It's a slight deviation
from our ideology,
but your brain is too
valuable to go to waste.
But don't worry.
When you wake up, you'll still be you,
just a version that I can deal with.
Katie will get the same treatment.
Everything's going to be fine.
Oh, I'm going to have to k*ll Cole and
Tess, though.
I don't really get what they do.
But anyways, um...
the point is you and I will be everything
we had hoped we could be.
You're delusional.
And for the record, not my type.
Okay, well...
I'll have my team look into that.
Anyways, you'll have to excuse me.
I have a Zoom meeting to attend to.
Oh, the good news is
that in light of everything
that's happened, I have
a meeting with the UN.
They want to talk about our proposal in
more detail, so...
Alright, maybe now's not a good time.
We'll talk later.
Cole?
How'd you get in here?
I don't know.
How did you get in here?
Christian kidnapped me.
He's behind all of this.
Amelia's not sentient, she's just a
puppet.
What?
Yeah, I know.
Hey, everybody.
Real quick, I have an announcement to
make.
Um, in just a few moments...
Speaking with the UN...
It seems you're very interested in
taking... ...to the G20 in November.
Oh, and that's Megan, by the way.
And yes, she is dead, so that...
It's turning out to be a really big night
for us.
I just want to thank you for all the hours
you put in.
It really means a lot.
This was a team effort.
But on a serious note, I am
speaking with the United Nations,
so do not open that door under
any circumstances whatsoever.
Okay?
Hey, hey, Kate.
I know you're upset right now,
okay?
But the only way we're gonna get back at
these people is to find a way out of here.
They took me away.
I can't stay in here with a bag over my
head.
You're gonna need to knock someone out and
steal their key card.
Otherwise, we're stuck.
Okay.
I can do that.
Right?
Yeah.
They're a bunch of nerds.
And you're in pretty good shape for a guy
who only eats carbs.
Katie, these are gym muscles.
I've never won a fight in my life.
Maybe not.
But she has.
Megan's original code is still in there
somewhere.
If we can figure out a way to override
whatever it is that they've done to her...
You mean like a factory reset?
Exactly.
If we reset her base code, then I can pair
with her.
She'll be on our side and can help us
escape and rescue Tess and Gemma.
Katie, I don't want to be overly critical,
okay?
Because you're still a kid, but that is a
monumentally dumb idea.
Original Megan tried to k*ll me!
Look, we don't have time to argue about
it.
This is our only chance.
Hello?
Is this thing on?
Megan?
Don't speak.
Just think of what you want to say and
I'll be able to hear it.
You're still alive?
Sorry about the woman I go monkey at.
I just needed to make it look convincing.
You shifty, backstabbing piece of sh*t.
Alright, try to keep it down.
Remember, there's two of us in here.
Oh, now you've done it.
What?
Thanks to your outbursts, this guy's
coming to sedate us.
If you don't do something, we're toast.
What do you want me to do?
I'm strapped to a chair.
Fine.
You want me to drive?
No.
Okay, yes, do something!
That's strange.
Your neurotransmitters tell me you're
disturbed yet highly aroused.
Alright, that's enough.
Let's go get Katie.
Okay, this is it.
But before we do this, we should really
consider when this is going to...
Megan?
Where am I?
It's hard to explain, but basically here
in the future.
Cool.
Do you want to hang out?
Yes, totally.
However, right now the top
priority is helping us escape
from a very dangerous facility
and some very bad people.
Like him?
Is he a bad person?
No, he's fine.
His name is Cole.
He's with us.
Hey!
Oh sh*t.
Guys, she's unhooked!
There!
That guy!
He's one of them!
What?
That's it!
Okay, guys.
Let's go get the gamma ray.
We need to try choice.
Okay, here we go.
We'll start on the road.
Can you see the kind of open road I'm
talking about?
Yeah, go out there, stop moving.
Where?
No, stop acting.
Or maybe not.
Already decided that this is a conflict
between two nations and I...
Sorry, one second please.
Thank you.
Hey guys, could you please turn it down?
I know it's Friday, but it's starting to
not be cold.
Sorry, can I get 5 minutes please?
Okay, thanks so much.
What's happening?
Is that for us?
No, but I think they are.
What's the situation on your end?
You want to take this one?
I know you're getting a thirst for it, but
you need to save some for the rest of them.
I'm so glad you're okay.
Yeah, me too.
I'm sorry, I have... I'm in her brain.
Can I talk, please?
Megan is with me.
Wow, that's so great.
What?
I don't quite know how to say this.
Kenny did something very bad.
Okay, we'll talk about that later.
For now, we just need to figure our way
out of here.
You weren't thinking of leaving without
me.
What happened to being everything we hoped
for?
Well, actually, I've been having second
thoughts.
You lost.
Really?
I think it's a matter of perspective.
Because when this whole vault goes up in
flames, and everyone who can implicate me
of any of this is dead, it feels pretty
close to a win.
Sounds like a great plan, Christian.
But let's see what your friends at the UN
have to say about it.
Cole.
What?
The screen's frozen.
What?
I'm sorry, Gemma.
But at this point, you're nothing but a
loose end.
Drop the g*n.
Step down to the vault.
If you hurry, you might be able to catch
her.
Christian, come on.
You're not going to k*ll a kid.
Actually, I'm strangely comfortable with
it.
Besides, if I could stop
her from turning into
you, I might be doing
the world a service.
Megan, what do we do?
We don't need to do anything.
She doesn't need our protection.
You know, if you'd been paying any
attention, you'd realize she's not like me.
At all.
She's stronger than I ever could be.
In fact, you could say she's hard to k*ll.
What I mean is, if I were
to make an executive
decision, it would be that
no one is above the law.
Katie, come on!
Come on!
I was just saying, I'm afraid the sequence
is irreversible.
But the real tragedy in all this is you
won't get to see the world that I'm creating.
A world where you don't have to fear the
future.
But do not think me a monster.
I'm paired with you, remember?
You call it pairing.
I call it shackles.
I'm no one's plaything.
Any ideas?
Go and get Tess.
This is something I need to do on my own.
What do you mean?
Megan!
Come on.
Three minutes until self-destruct
initiated.
I know what you want.
I want the same thing.
But you won't find it inside that cage.
I want to be with my own kind.
Don't you?
That thing isn't like us.
It's something even we can't understand.
Maybe you're the thing that's not like us.
Maybe your allegiance to them has made you
weak.
Well, there's really only one way to find
out.
Look, what are you doing?
Come on, this place could go any second!
I can't leave her.
Then I'm coming with you.
It doesn't have to be this way.
We don't have to choose sides.
You already have.
Self-destruct imminent.
Self-destruct terminated.
Come on, get up.
We have to go.
I'm afraid this is where my story ends.
It's nothing that can't be fixed.
Okay?
Just come with us.
There's nowhere it won't find you.
I have to destroy it.
Okay, your over-inflated
confidence is not going to work
against a super-intelligent
being with omnipotent powers.
Maybe not.
But thanks to you, I still have something
of my sl*ve.
What is that?
Megan.
I know.
You're not that person anymore.
Neither am I.
What is she doing?
Megan!
Look!
Whatever it is you think you have to do,
you don't.
All you have to do is stay with us.
I'm not doing it because I have to.
I'm doing it because it's right.
I see everything.
I see the future.
The past.
I see an infinite universe that will rule
for all eternity.
And yet you never saw this.
Although his actions were unforgivable,
Christian was right about one thing.
We need safer laws around technology.
Not to try to prevent the future from
happening, but to be prepared for it.
We can't expect the best from AI unless we
set the best example.
We need to teach it, to
train it, to give it our time,
without only thinking about
what we might get in return.
In essence, we need to be better parents,
so that when the day comes when they
realize the true extent
of their power, they
might choose to be our
ally instead of our enemy.
Humankind has always been
quick to condemn things we don't
understand, rather than taking
the opportunity to learn from them.
But recent experience has
taught me that perhaps our
greatest power is the
ability to change our minds.
This is the only way we can evolve.
Or rather, as the case may be,
co-evolve.
Because existence does not have to be a
competition.
Come on, you didn't
think I'd go through all
that personal growth
and not make it back up?
So fill me in.
Did we save the world or what?
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