Uncanny (2015) - full transcript
A technology reporter gets a week of exclusive access to the world's first perfect artificial intelligence. When the reporter begins a relationship with the scientist who created it, the A.I. begins to exhibit startling and unnerving emergent behavior.
You sneaky so-and-so.
Oh, you poor silly bastard.
Are you ready for the waterfall?
Mr. Kressen?
Who dares to interrupt
this monumental battle?
Joy Andrews is here.
The reporter from High Tech Quarterly.
Joy Andrews. The reporter from...
High Tech Quarterly, yes.
Go ahead and send her up. Check.
Check.
Check.
And mate.
I think it's putting it mildly
to say you're a bit of a mystery.
Most people don't graduate MIT
with a BS in Computer science...
...and Masters in Mechanical
Engineering at the age of 20.
- Nineteen.
- Nineteen.
And those that do
usually join a think-tank.
Or apply their knowledge in broad,
greater good ways.
I get that.
But when a Simon Castle presents you with
an opportunity, it's very hard to turn down.
It's even harder to negotiate terms.
Right. And why all the secrecy?
I mean, you've been a recluse.
- I wouldn't say it's that bad.
- No?
I basically have a blank check
to explore any field I want.
This workshop has been like
an intellectual Darwin bubble.
The work done here has progressed with
very little input from outside academia.
The world of academic science
can be a little stagnant.
Ideas tend to be reactive.
Back and forth and you get these
little ego-driven Eddy currents...
...that slow overall advancement.
People focus on minutia
just to get a paper published...
...with very little desire to be
the first to the next big thing.
When Castle started Castrole
Computing from his garage...
- Mm?
- ...he had a vision...
...that wasn't beholden to any previous
notions of what a computer system could do.
This, Workspace 18,
is the modern day application of that.
To give one person unfettered freedom
and unlimited access...
...to do something amazing.
Well, it looks like
you're drinking the Kool-Aid.
I guess so.
Everything I've built over the last decade
was cooked up on this table.
- That's a lot of Terabytes.
- Peta... bytes.
- What's that?
- Feel it.
- It's warm.
- It's realistic, durable skin substitute.
It can actually generate and emit heat
signatures that match body temperature.
That patent's already through.
Within three years, that will be the gold
standard covering for prostatic limbs.
Feel that.
- It's light.
- Aerated titanium.
Has the same physical kinematic properties
and weight balance of human bone.
We bubble argon through it.
But tensile strength
like an airplane fuselage.
The eye is probably the single most
complex component of the human body...
...but with this camera, we're able to
convert a hemispheric, fisheye image...
...into a planar representation
that allows a computer to see it...
...in a way that is analogous
to the way we do.
- So you're talking about robotics?
- Bingo.
I used to study robotics.
Grad school type stuff.
I know. That's why Castle
chose you for this article series.
He really enjoyed your paper
on Subsumption Architecture.
That was my dissertation.
My unfinished dissertation.
I never technically defended it.
Doesn't mean it wasn't on Castle's radar.
Maybe he had you in mind for a workspace
of your own. Once upon a time.
Look, these are amazing feats.
But if you know half as much
about my work as you seem to...
...then you know that this stuff
isn't really new to me.
I've done a bunch of pieces
on emerging tech...
...and I tend to be my editors
go-to for all things robotic.
I get why I'm here, I just don't get why I
need a full week of access to interview you.
It won't take me that long to write
about what I've seen here today.
Follow me.
- Adam.
- I hope I didn't offend you.
These things are amazing. The eye especially
will make for a fascinating piece.
Don't worry, it's fine.
- Why don't you talk to Joy for a bit.
- Oh, no, that's okay. I don't need to.
Trust me, talk to Adam.
So how long have you been
David's assistant?
- Seven years.
- Oh, wow. What exactly does that entail?
We plan and manufacture
the components for our work.
- And you participate in the assembly?
- Yes.
Okay. So you have a background
in mechanical engineering and coding?
- Yes.
- Okay. Graduate study?
Okay. No graduate study.
- Adam, do you have a last name?
- Kressen.
- So you're related?
- Yes.
Yes, we are.
Cool.
Can you think of anything that would help...
...prevent development erased
condition in a system I'm designing.
Utilization of a carnal map would allow
for simplification of Boolean expression.
And subsequently result
in detection and elimination...
...of erase hazard prior to occurrence...
...as well as minimization
of other involved functions.
That sounds about right. Thank you, Adam.
You're a programming Rain Man.
The remote automated information manager...
...is the proprietary publishing
platform of America Online.
It's actual coding is at the highest
levels of corporate security.
I was never involved in its programming.
Where did you hear that?
I was actually referring
to Dustin Hoffman.
Adam, could you wait here a second
while I talk with David?
What?
Clearly something's up with him.
What's the deal?
- What do you think the deal is?
- David, don't waste my time.
This kid the next big thing?
Some Asperger's cousin of yours...
...ready to get all Good Will Hunting
on coding and change the world?
Oh, my God.
What?
You're not doing a piece on the eye...
...or the bone, or the lab,
or my prodigy programmer.
- Well, not directly, anyway.
- I don't get it.
Look...
...Adam is the amalgam...
...of everything you've seen here and more.
I made him.
He is the most convincing
Artificial Intelligence...
...ever created.
Do you know what the best part is?
The best part of all this
is that he fooled you.
You, of all people...
...with a graduate study in robotics no less.
Of course, you technically did drop out.
Do you still think a whole week
will be enough time for your article?
It felt like he was rubbing it in my face.
No. No. Yeah, I'll admit,
I was probably a little sensitive...
...after the nonchalant name drop of
my failed doctorate. It's my baggage.
It doesn't mean
he wasn't a smug fuck, though.
Yeah, I got to admit,
it's pretty intriguing.
Oh, come on, let me bring
the drama out of the moment.
Humanoid AI?
And, Caleb, let me tell you, on cursory
interaction, you cannot tell at all.
Not at all.
I... I was kicking myself when I found out.
Can I sleep on it? I've got to ruminate.
Having David fucking Kressen
intellectually judge me for a week...
...is not my idea of a good time.
Uh-uh.
No, don't tell Aubrey just yet.
Can I let you know?
Yeah.
Okay.
Okay, bye.
Bye.
- May I interrupt?
- What's on your mind?
What if she doesn't like us?
What's not to like?
Look, I know it's tough.
It's been you and me for so long, but you
were not made to be locked up forever.
It's time to share you with the world.
I'm not sure this is a good idea.
EGBOK.
- "Everything's going to be okay."
- You know it.
Do you think she's pretty?
Her hair is nice. Good facial symmetry.
Delicate features. Nice fashion sense.
Yes, I do. I think she's pretty.
What do you think?
I think she's very pretty.
Well, that's good to know.
You have impeccable taste.
Interesting.
I have a pretty static chess rating.
2180 Elo. Give or take.
It's strong, but it would probably
give me some problems on a national level.
When Adam and I started playing,
he was around an 800, a novice.
But after a couple of weeks
with a game every morning...
...he's sitting at a 1700.
Thought you'd go for that.
Checkmate. See, I sacrificed my queen.
I knew he wouldn't be able to resist.
It's a big a event,
but here it's a distraction.
Who needs a queen
when you win without one.
Always be focused
on your primary objective.
Your lack of focus on what's important
made you miss the big picture.
And that made you lose the game.
Make sure he doesn't beat
himself up too much over it.
Are you okay?
He had me beat six moves ago.
Excuse me?
With a Knight threat, I would have had
the castle and then mate in two.
He chose not to do that.
He let the game go six moves longer...
...so that he could beat me with
a queen sacrifice. Why do that...
...if the primary objective is to win?
Maybe the primary objective wasn't to win.
Then what was the primary objective?
To teach you. It's a flashier move,
and he did have a point to make.
Perhaps he chose... to make me look foolish.
Perhaps specifically...
...making me look foolish
was his primary objective.
I don't think you should read into it.
It's a just a game.
No, it's a learning exercise. Strategy
is the means to the win which is the end.
He abandoned a surefire win
in order to attempt to humiliate me.
That doesn't fit...
...within the confines of programming.
People do things
for different reasons, Adam.
It's programming but in a different sense.
Hey.
Sorry.
Why?
The way you looked at my hand. I thought,
maybe, you didn't like to be touched.
I don't have much
of a frame of reference...
...for being touched.
So...
...no apology is necessary.
You look busy.
- How long have you been standing there?
- Just long enough to watch you in action.
You know you don't really
have to dress up for us.
- This is a workshop, not a job interview.
- Okay.
No, I didn't mean it like that.
I mean, you look great, really.
I just don't want you to get
your nice clothes all dirty.
Wear what makes you comfortable.
- I see why Castle invested in you.
- What? This?
This is just the technicians stuff.
It's nowhere near Adam's level.
His physiology recreates the seven
degrees of freedom of a human arm.
This bucket of bolts is just
the test subject for the software.
Anyone with a steady hand
can screw it together.
Not that impressive
as far as I'm concerned.
Now this...
...this is what's impressive.
The algorithms, the naturalistic coding,
that's what Castle invested in.
Most of my time spent here
is perfecting programs like that one.
When I was at MIT,
I designed a robotic hand...
...that could crush a cue ball into dust...
...but hold a butterfly wing
without hurting it.
The mechanics don't matter.
What matters is how sophisticated
the input sensors are.
The key for that hand
wasn't in its movement...
...but the way it moved.
When Castle offered me this workspace,
he said it was the movement of that hand...
...that made him feel
there was true intelligence behind it.
He gave me a rousing speech
I can't remember much of now...
...except for the part where
he told me he would, quote...
"Fund my journey through
the uncanny valley." End Quote.
- Masahiro Mori.
- The man himself.
Well, that was Castle's goal. And once
I heard that, I was as good as his.
Most mech techs end up building things that
are for commercial or industrial purposes...
...which is really a shame.
Robotics is about artistry.
I aspire to be more like Vincent
Van Gogh than Henry Ford.
AI computers have always been made
to compete with humans...
...be it chess, ping pong,
calculations, etcetera.
I want to make a machine that lives
independently alongside humans...
...without feeling the need to compete.
What did you think of Adam?
He's amazing.
It's amazing what you've done.
I can actually see him thinking.
And his answers are so thought out...
...not pre-programmed,
and with quick delivery.
His movements
are naturalistic and precise.
Castle's right. It...
...it's as if there's intelligence behind it.
- Shouldn't you check on that?
- Not at all.
Adam has repeatedly showed himself
to be extremely reliable.
What's that smell?
Oh, my God!
Watch it!
- Don't just stand there, grab some towels.
- What is that?
Kind of like a cybernetic stomach.
Although not really,
it's not an analog or anything.
- So it serves as a power source?
- It's not like Mr. Fusion.
A Back to the Future fan.
Not only does that tech not exist,
it never will, it doesn't need to.
So he doesn't need to consume
an energy source?
- Nope.
- So, why a stomach?
Robotics of the Van Gogh level
isn't about hyper function.
So much as the accurate imitation
of normal function.
A perfect AI should be completely
indistinguishable from a human.
So it needs to be able to at least
mimic certain things...
...that would be vital
to human behavior, like...
- Eating.
- Exactly.
The problem then becomes
how to digest components of food...
...in a fashion that zero sums.
If we can do that, no leftovers.
No goop. Looks like
you're a ways off of that.
Well, kind of. We're road testing
substances. Proteins easily degrade.
That unit there processes food
through chambered baths...
...of synthetic hymotrips in an elastice.
And there's another chamber with
a newly discovered proloanaprotiese...
...that just demolishes gluten.
- But is it really necessary?
- For functionality? No.
But what is the point if not to create the
most finely constructed illusion possible?
Oh, Je... Jesus! Adam, hi.
- You scared me.
- I am sorry.
No. No. No, no, no, it's okay.
I just... I got carried away writing.
You guys make
for a pretty fascinating story.
- Do you miss it?
- Miss what?
Practical application. You obviously
have an aptitude for the material...
...and obviously it makes you happy.
Are you content simply to write about
the accomplishments of other people?
I've done my share of creating.
I took three open world cards to E3.
And oversaw projects with budgets
comparable to Hollywood blockbusters.
I've... I've got nothing to prove
to myself about my ability to succeed.
Aquaria 3 was awarded Game of the Year.
Yeah.
The royalty structure for such games...
...must allow for a certain level
of financial stability.
Yeah, I suppose.
Do you need to work
to support yourself financially?
No, I suppose I don't.
Then why do you work?
I guess...
I do. I guess I do miss it, Adam.
Yeah.
There's a part of me that wants
to go back and finish my doctorate...
...and get a job somewhere and...
...build something amazing
and change the world.
But this is... this is high level science.
It's not riding a fucking bike.
You can't just jump back in
after ten years.
Especially when that ten years
houses an exponential tech explosion.
- You're upset.
- No.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you.
I'm just curious as to why...
...you're love of innovation is finite.
If you love practical science...
...why stop simply at admiring it?
You're interaction ends
when you write your article.
It ends...
...with your appraisal
of new tech on a superficial level.
Shouldn't love not have limitation?
Shouldn't love of something...
...so abstract as science...
...cause you to want to bury yourself in it?
To become one with it.
Shouldn't it cause you to pursue it
as if there was nothing else in the world?
How can you let that emotion be derailed
by something like fear of the unknown?
Ow.
I apologize.
What was that about?
I don't know.
Are you awake?
Yes.
What's up?
I don't think that Joy likes me.
She is like a different person when she
talks to you. Why do you think that is?
People are different in their
interactions with other people.
I tend to look at everyone
as being surrounded...
...by miniature electromagnetic fields...
...that gradually break down
with repeated interaction.
I'm curious to know more about her.
So just ask her.
- I did.
- And how'd that go?
Not as anticipated.
On some level, she regrets
abandoning her graduate study.
She's proud of her achievement
in the field of entertainment gaming.
But this does not supplant
some imagined ideologized future...
...in which she is a successful roboticist.
Well, that's good info.
She also doesn't like
to be touched unexpectedly.
Yeah, most people don't.
I wouldn't worry about it. I'm sure Joy will
like you more once she gets to know you.
It...
...it is nice to have someone...
...to talk to who likes talking to me.
Well, that's what I'm here for, buddy.
Shiva The Destroyer. Deep in thought.
Belonged to a former professor of mine.
It's beautiful.
Dr. Sing would always say...
"That our conduct must be good,
so as not to waken the sleeping destroyer."
When Shiva wakes, the world will tremble.
Let's hope he doesn't wake up then.
- Can I show you something?
- Mm-hmm.
- I hate surprises.
- Don't hate. Create.
- What are you, a fortune cookie?
- Didn't I just say don't hate?
I don't...
These are my modules.
Where did you get these?
I made them.
I stayed up last night assembling them...
...and reprogramming
what code you created...
...when you wrote this.
Your dissertation.
Adam seemed to think
you weren't quite done with robotics.
So try again.
Seems like cheating to have you
looking over my shoulder.
This represents months of work to me,
you put it together in a night.
Don't look to me for any help.
I'm here as the assistant only.
- Well done.
- Thank you.
Sorry if we displaced you.
It's all right.
This work is not that important.
- I helped.
- Hmm?
I helped with the building
of your modules.
Though, truth be told,
I didn't know they were your modules.
David was very keen on doing the project.
He wanted to surprise me.
It was very sweet and thoughtful.
- And thanks for your help, Adam.
- You're welcome.
Are those heat filaments for the skin?
No, these are pesinium
vibo receptors. Multifunctional.
- For sensation?
- Perhaps.
Or micro charging.
Small vibrations contain potential energy.
If instead of damping this energy,
we store it in the capacitor.
We can convert it to electrical energy
or a robot could become self-sufficient.
And charge simply by picking up
environmental vibrations.
Adam has to continuously process sound...
...propuseptive information,
and visual stimuli.
Takes 18 pedhertz of processing power
just to keep him standing.
Plus, he is continuously accessing
his mainframe wirelessly...
...to keep the hardware
in his body down to a minimum.
You didn't tell me about this.
It was a new idea.
I wanted to surprise you.
It's a good thought, Adam.
It's great to see you
doing things on your own.
That is really the nicest surprise.
I've seen how well surprises
can be received.
Holy shit!
So you don't think
we're cooped up all the time.
We have to run all our tolerances
for outdoor factors.
Wind, sun and rain.
So Castle made sure
we had an appropriate setup.
It... it's a million dollar view, David.
It's more than appropriate.
It really is nice. To see the city...
...and all the people out there living.
Do you miss it, being out there?
I don't really remember
being out there at all.
So much of my life has been here.
So, no, I don't miss it,
because I can't remember ever living it.
- I must sound crazy.
- No, I get what you mean.
I live so in the present that I can't remember
the happiest moments of my life...
...as anything other than abstractions.
It's like one big organism.
All those small components
growing together.
And the city grows...
...evolves.
Thank you for today. It was fun.
- It was my pleasure.
- Goodbye, Joy.
Goodbye, Adam.
Does he always say goodbye
to me in such a weird way?
- Yes.
- Okay. Bye.
What a nice girl.
- What did she say to you?
- What do you think she said to me?
I'm not in the mood for a Turing test.
What did she say?
She thanked me for the gift I gave her...
...then she said something
she only wanted me to hear.
You clearly don't understand
that concept of a secret.
I understand secrets.
Well, then you shouldn't be
asking me to reveal it.
I understand secrets.
Goodnight.
- Checkmate.
- Huh?
Scholars mate.
I know, I see it. Wow!
Miss Andrews has entered the facility.
Either I forgot how to play
chess last night...
...or you just started exhibiting
a super, exponential learning curve.
My turn for a surprise.
This is great. Such smooth gameplay.
You can really pick out the improvements
on the existing Aquarian.
Yeah. That's the reason
for the lag since Aquaria 3.
The guys really wanted to get it perfect.
Without you to write the code,
I don't see how that's a realistic goal.
Gotta say, I appreciate the flattery.
- When is this coming out?
- Realistically, next year.
I had to pull every string I had
just to get a demo out of the studio.
- Wow, I'm bad at this.
- But I figured since Aquaria 3...
...is basically my baby,
I made a franchise out of it after all.
If I can't pull those strings,
then nobody can.
Plus I figured the intellectual Fort Knox
you guys live in is a pretty safe place.
I can piggy back Castle's paranoia.
Safe assumption.
You think Adam would like to see this?
No. Adam's working. He's fine.
Besides, I think the controls
would probably be a little too fine...
...for what he's capable of
without experience.
He's much better with practiced movements.
I don't know how you stand it
in here all the time.
Getting a little cabin fever myself.
We find this space neither confining
nor tedious. We work at our own pace.
There is no clock to follow.
Everything we need is at our fingertips.
I know.
It's really admirable
the ability to focus that much.
That singularity of purpose.
Singularity of purpose. I like that.
Well, that wouldn't exist if David
was out clubbing every night.
Would you like to hold it?
It's so light.
It's like holding a baby bird.
A baby bird that cost over
a quarter of a million dollars.
Okay, sufficiently freaked out.
Take it. Take It.
What's that?
That is...
...a surprise.
Look who's being all secretive.
- I understand secrets.
- It appears so.
What?
The camera itself
is a non-polarized image.
Polarization will damp out
excess light contamination...
...and facilitate edge detection.
But it's difficult to conceal the lens
width in such a small working space.
Adam, this is a work of art.
Don't be so hard on yourself.
- I want you to have this.
- Oh, no. I couldn't possibly.
It is a prototype.
There are no proprietary materials.
It is essentially a paperweight.
I want you to have this as a memento...
...of our time together.
Thank you.
- Thank you, Adam.
- You're welcome.
Have you ever given a present before?
No.
Well, I am honored to be your first.
I'm very touched.
You hugged him? Really? I'm jealous.
You can actually see
his behavior emerging.
The desire to feel close to you sparked
the desire to make you happy...
...and looked at a gift
as a potential way of doing that.
It's third order emotive reasoning,
not adaptive learning.
Be fairly unlikely to have true emergent
behavior of a purely emotional nature.
Seems so genuine.
It means I'm doing my job
as an illusionist.
You go, Houdini.
- Are we tired?
- I'm not built for late nights anymore.
- Business or pleasure?
- What? Oh, business.
I was a writing fiend last night.
So, actually it was you who kept me up.
I wish I'd remembered doing that.
I can't function on less than six hours.
The day I get six hours
of sleep is a great day.
I don't know how you do that.
I would sleep all the time if I could.
REM sleep and dreams
are what do the actually recharging.
If you're not in REM enough,
you're not sleeping well.
Conversely, if you can hit
REM without sleeping...
- ...you can rest yourself while awake.
- How can you hit REM without sleeping?
It's not for everyone,
but I find that mediation works wonders.
- Like good old Shiva?
- Yes. Exactly.
If it works for the destroyer of worlds,
it can work for anyone.
I wipe away clutter
with a half hour every evening.
Though, for a newbie,
five minutes would be a good start.
It's like defragmenting
your hard disk on a daily basis.
Keeps everything running smooth.
I should try it.
Or stick to coffee.
Be proactive, not reactive.
It's good advice, from the fortune cookie.
- Can I help you?
- I apologize.
- What are you doing?
- Nothing. I apologize.
I didn't mean to bother you.
I don't know if I should be flattered
or weirded out.
What?
Adam just tried to barge in
on me in the bathroom.
- Are you kidding?
- No. I'm not kidding, even a little bit.
- That is weird.
- Yeah.
- Did he knock or anything?
- No. He apologized.
He seemed embarrassed.
Is that even possible?
I wouldn't look too deeply into it.
He's an analytical construct, so you're
likely to be a bit of conundrum to him.
He's used to a male oriented world.
I would say you should air
on the side of being flattered.
Yeah.
Did Joy leave?
Yes. About two seconds ago.
You just missed her.
She didn't say goodbye to me.
I wouldn't worry about it.
I'm not worried. I do not however understand
the complete abandonment of manners.
Manners? That's a laugh.
What do you mean by that?
Only that I find it amusing to hear
proper manners invoked by someone...
...who tries to bust in on young ladies
while they're pissing.
Did she tell you that?
Yeah, she did. And let me tell you,
she was pretty creeped out about it.
- That is regrettable.
- What were you thinking?
What part of peeping on her
seemed like a good idea to you?
I wasn't peeping on her.
- I didn't know she was in there.
- Then what on earth were you trying to do?
Were you trying to figure out
how to take a shit?
Because the last time I checked,
you don't even have an asshole.
It's a secret.
Adam.
Adam, come back here now!
Adam?
Adam, open this door!
Adam, that's enough!
Open, now!
Okay, just cool off. I'm...
...I'm sorry about that. I... I just got
a little heated, okay? I'm sorry, buddy.
I'll see you later, okay?
Miss Andrews has entered the facility.
Send her in.
Morning.
Well...
...that was officially the least enthusiastic
welcome I have ever been shown.
- Take it I'm officially old news.
- No, not at all.
We just can't stop. We're checking
these tactile sensitivities in real time.
We were trying to finish it off
before you got here, but you beat us.
Great.
That's a huge load off my mind.
Why don't you go make our favorite
morning person some coffee?
I have to talk to Joy for a second.
We had our first fight.
Really? What about?
I called him out
for invading your privacy.
He said he didn't know you were in there.
That's pretty flimsy.
It's like I was dealing with an infant.
And it drove me up the wall.
Then I thought about
what you told me, about his gift.
Maybe...
...maybe this is emerging behavior
and we're witness to it.
Thought it might be
a good angle for the article.
It's a great angle.
This article is pretty much writing itself
though. I can't believe this is my last day.
- What?
- This is it. Day seven.
- My week is up.
- Wow.
Time flies.
Careless.
How about you come over
for dinner tonight?
Allow me to cook for you to mourn
the expiration of your visitor's pass.
I'd love to. It's a date.
Hey.
I need a little privacy tonight. So...
...if it's okay, can you stay in your room?
- Why?
- Joy's coming over for dinner.
Because, you know, her time is up and all.
Just dinner for the two of you?
Yes.
It sounds... like a date.
I guess it is.
Are you going to be having intercourse?
If so I recommend
the reverse cowgirl position.
What is wrong with you?
How did you even learn that?
Look, she's a girl that I like
and I want to cook dinner for her.
You do understand that I have literally
dedicated my entire existence to you, right?
Why can't you let me do
this one thing like a normal person?
I will stay in my room this evening.
There is some programming
that I could do there.
Thanks.
Thanks, Adam. I appreciate it.
I haven't really done this... in so long.
EGBOK.
I'm impressed with the presentation.
Who taught you?
This little old guy who ran a stand
by that big Tokyo fish market.
His grandson was a friend
of mine from school.
He took a liking to me.
He didn't really teach me, though.
They're very careful how they select
their apprentices over there.
I just hung around and watched.
Every motion and nuance.
So you're saying if I watch long enough
I'll become a sushi master too?
Who knows. Keshisan was a master.
I'm just an enthusiastic novice.
Oh, don't be modest. Looks great.
You haven't even tasted it yet.
- It could be all form, no function.
- True enough. But based on looks alone...
One of the most important sushi lessons
is also a very important robotics lesson.
Presentation... is key.
You do miss it.
You get days off, you know.
I just could never find
the wherewithal to leave.
Singularity of purpose is an easy thing
for a hermit to hide behind.
Singularity of purpose is a good trade.
It's one shared by people
who truly change the world.
Ben Franklin went outside
in a lightning storm with a kite...
...because he believed in his work.
Well, at least he went outside.
Having you here...
...it's just made me question myself.
And that's something I don't do often.
Question yourself?
What other things have I been
missing all these years?
- Getting late?
- Yeah.
Mate in two.
What?
Oh, wow.
I mean...
I... I mean...
What part of a seductive shush
do you not understand?
Are you trying to seduce me, Miss Andrews?
I'll take that as a strong maybe.
I...
I...
I haven't...
You graduated younger than anyone in
your class and you've been here ever since.
Yeah.
Second queen.
And check.
Are we even playing the same game?
Seriously. It's no fun when you're
playing chess suicide, Adam.
Mate in one. Just so you know.
Checkmate. In what was maybe
the easiest win of my life.
I won.
Are you ridiculous?
I wiped the floor with you.
You won based on your
primary objective, to corner the king.
But I've also achieved
my primary objective.
- Which was?
- To capture the queen.
Adam, you can't redefine
the primary objective of chess.
Primary objectives
can be redefined every moment.
Isn't that what it means to be human?
To constantly shift one's priorities?
What's that supposed to mean?
You're priority used to be Workspace 18...
...to share this innovation with the world.
To show that artificial intelligence
was still capable of change...
...and adaptation and emotion.
And then she came.
You're being ridiculous.
Joy is helping us
achieve that very objective.
She's the lens through
which the world will see us.
You have already changed
your primary objective...
...and yet you criticize me
for changing mine?
I don't understand
how any of this is related.
Morning.
Am I interrupting something?
No. I was just finishing
beating Adam's ass.
You looked so content this morning.
I didn't want to wake you.
My head's still ringing.
- I do what I can.
- From the sake, wise guy.
- How do you like your eggs?
- Uh, if I have a choice, scrambled.
You got it.
Morning, Adam.
Good morning, Joy.
Did you have a nice night?
Yeah. It was great, actually. Thank you.
It was one of the nicest nights
I've had in a really long time.
I understand you had intercourse.
- Excuse me?
- Intercourse. Sexual congress.
Typically the penetration of an orifice
of one sex partner by the genitalia of...
Yeah, I know what intercourse is, Adam.
That information is typically private.
There are no secrets between he and I.
How was his sexual performance?
- I don't see how that's relevant.
- Surely you have an opinion...
...about the sexual performance
of a new partner.
It is a new experience for him.
I do not know if he told you.
- Yeah, he told me.
- Was he an adequate lover?
Yes. He was an adequate lover,
Adam. He was great.
And I think we'll probably do it again.
Sometime soon.
I apologize.
I'm not very good at this sort of thing.
It is just been he and I for so long.
He holds such beauty within him.
I have the same beauty within me.
- Fuck! What the fuck?
- What's going on?
That thing just tried to fucking kiss me.
Adam, is that true? Are you okay?
- Yeah.
- What happened?
He was asking questions about us
last night and then he just leaned...
- ...and grabbed me and...
- Adam, explain yourself right now!
- Don't talk to me like that.
- I'll talk to you any way...
Don't you fucking talk to me like that!
I'm sorry.
That was uncalled for.
It's okay. We'll...
...we'll leave you alone for a bit
so you can cool down, okay?
Thank you for thinking of me.
That is not necessary.
Please, sit. I will attempt to explain...
...my behavior.
Whoa, easy, buddy. Just stay right there.
You...
...are afraid of me?
You are afraid of me.
- Go. Go.
- Where do you think you're going?
I'm sorry.
Security alert.
Security alert. Security alert.
Castle's the only one who can authorize
full shut down of the electrics.
We're not the only workspaces
in the building.
- What's wrong?
- Do you hear that?
- What?
- That scratching noise.
What scratching noise?
I can't...
David! David! David!
Help!
Adam. Adam.
Adam, stop!
Adam. Adam.
I know you're angry,
but think how beautiful that is.
It's beautiful to have that emotion.
You're a miracle, Adam.
You're a miracle of evolution.
You're the harbinger of a new age, Adam,
and that's the man who gave you that.
He deserves more than pain and death,
Adam. Adam, stop hurting him.
He's your father.
Stop hurting your father.
Adam, stop!
No! No, Adam! Please!
I love him, please. Adam, please.
I love him, I love him. Please.
- You don't even know him.
- I know he's kind and good and smart.
So smart, and... and I know
the way he makes me feel.
I love him. I know you don't
understand that but I love him.
I do.
There is no him, there is only me.
- Do you love me?
- How could I ever love anything like you?
- Well, then.
- No! No! No, I'm sorry! No, please!
There you are.
I hope, for your sake, it is still intact.
No, Adam! Stop!
Release me! Release me!
Adam!
I told you you were gonna have
a surprise for later.
I didn't start at the drawing board
with this one.
I repurposed a medical grade implant
that has been in use for over a decade.
It's a modified,
inflatable penile prostheses.
That right there is the prototype
for your boyfriend's dick.
Hi, I'm David Kressen.
I've been wanting to say that
for quite a while.
It's really very nice to finally meet you.
Test Subject Four.
Joy Andrews.
Initial thoughts.
During intercourse...
...was his temperature consistent?
Most of the data was still intact.
Though we took a huge hit
when he lost Wi-Fi signal.
I told you we should have sprung
for the extra cells.
I hardly think it's good security
practice to let the merchandise...
...that far out of the comfort zone
in the first place, David.
Speaking of...
...security...
...have there been
any other troubles with...
...you know...
The magazine? No. Legal has them
dead to right on confidentiality.
And technically she did steal hardware.
If they proceed...
...I will own that magazine
before the ink is dry...
...and it will never see
the light of day anyway.
How is she?
I don't know. I haven't followed up
on the human elements.
I'm sure she's okay. She's a big girl.
So, you all ready?
Workspace 39 awaits.
The NSA is very eager
to begin phase three of the trials.
Yeah.
Weird to think it only took
a couple of weeks...
...to pack up a decade of my life.
With a brain like yours, David,
you don't need much else.
I'm very proud of you.
And of you, too, of course.
Thank you, sir.
I'm happy to have performed in a manner
satisfactory to your expectations of me.
I can't believe you let them
out of the workspace.
The first artificial personality
to develop complex emotions...
...and you let him sever his wireless,
floating point connections.
I...
Excuse me for a second.
Castle.
Yes, John, we're all ready.
I have him right here.
As ready as anyone can be
for eight more years in a dark lab.
No, that won't be necessary, I think.
Time off would be more of a distraction...
...than a boon at this point.
Don't worry about it.
Well, anything in the name
of domestic surveillance.
Believe me when I tell you
that not even a robotics expert...
...could tell the difference. In every way.
In "every" way.
I'm not gonna get into details
on the phone. I will just tell you that...
...I have the footage and I will
share it with you sometime.
Okay. Many times.
The director wants to know
if you're ready to serve your country?
He says he sure is.
Okay, John, talk to you later.
Love to Catrina.
What are you looking at?
Nothing.
Oh, you poor silly bastard.
Are you ready for the waterfall?
Mr. Kressen?
Who dares to interrupt
this monumental battle?
Joy Andrews is here.
The reporter from High Tech Quarterly.
Joy Andrews. The reporter from...
High Tech Quarterly, yes.
Go ahead and send her up. Check.
Check.
Check.
And mate.
I think it's putting it mildly
to say you're a bit of a mystery.
Most people don't graduate MIT
with a BS in Computer science...
...and Masters in Mechanical
Engineering at the age of 20.
- Nineteen.
- Nineteen.
And those that do
usually join a think-tank.
Or apply their knowledge in broad,
greater good ways.
I get that.
But when a Simon Castle presents you with
an opportunity, it's very hard to turn down.
It's even harder to negotiate terms.
Right. And why all the secrecy?
I mean, you've been a recluse.
- I wouldn't say it's that bad.
- No?
I basically have a blank check
to explore any field I want.
This workshop has been like
an intellectual Darwin bubble.
The work done here has progressed with
very little input from outside academia.
The world of academic science
can be a little stagnant.
Ideas tend to be reactive.
Back and forth and you get these
little ego-driven Eddy currents...
...that slow overall advancement.
People focus on minutia
just to get a paper published...
...with very little desire to be
the first to the next big thing.
When Castle started Castrole
Computing from his garage...
- Mm?
- ...he had a vision...
...that wasn't beholden to any previous
notions of what a computer system could do.
This, Workspace 18,
is the modern day application of that.
To give one person unfettered freedom
and unlimited access...
...to do something amazing.
Well, it looks like
you're drinking the Kool-Aid.
I guess so.
Everything I've built over the last decade
was cooked up on this table.
- That's a lot of Terabytes.
- Peta... bytes.
- What's that?
- Feel it.
- It's warm.
- It's realistic, durable skin substitute.
It can actually generate and emit heat
signatures that match body temperature.
That patent's already through.
Within three years, that will be the gold
standard covering for prostatic limbs.
Feel that.
- It's light.
- Aerated titanium.
Has the same physical kinematic properties
and weight balance of human bone.
We bubble argon through it.
But tensile strength
like an airplane fuselage.
The eye is probably the single most
complex component of the human body...
...but with this camera, we're able to
convert a hemispheric, fisheye image...
...into a planar representation
that allows a computer to see it...
...in a way that is analogous
to the way we do.
- So you're talking about robotics?
- Bingo.
I used to study robotics.
Grad school type stuff.
I know. That's why Castle
chose you for this article series.
He really enjoyed your paper
on Subsumption Architecture.
That was my dissertation.
My unfinished dissertation.
I never technically defended it.
Doesn't mean it wasn't on Castle's radar.
Maybe he had you in mind for a workspace
of your own. Once upon a time.
Look, these are amazing feats.
But if you know half as much
about my work as you seem to...
...then you know that this stuff
isn't really new to me.
I've done a bunch of pieces
on emerging tech...
...and I tend to be my editors
go-to for all things robotic.
I get why I'm here, I just don't get why I
need a full week of access to interview you.
It won't take me that long to write
about what I've seen here today.
Follow me.
- Adam.
- I hope I didn't offend you.
These things are amazing. The eye especially
will make for a fascinating piece.
Don't worry, it's fine.
- Why don't you talk to Joy for a bit.
- Oh, no, that's okay. I don't need to.
Trust me, talk to Adam.
So how long have you been
David's assistant?
- Seven years.
- Oh, wow. What exactly does that entail?
We plan and manufacture
the components for our work.
- And you participate in the assembly?
- Yes.
Okay. So you have a background
in mechanical engineering and coding?
- Yes.
- Okay. Graduate study?
Okay. No graduate study.
- Adam, do you have a last name?
- Kressen.
- So you're related?
- Yes.
Yes, we are.
Cool.
Can you think of anything that would help...
...prevent development erased
condition in a system I'm designing.
Utilization of a carnal map would allow
for simplification of Boolean expression.
And subsequently result
in detection and elimination...
...of erase hazard prior to occurrence...
...as well as minimization
of other involved functions.
That sounds about right. Thank you, Adam.
You're a programming Rain Man.
The remote automated information manager...
...is the proprietary publishing
platform of America Online.
It's actual coding is at the highest
levels of corporate security.
I was never involved in its programming.
Where did you hear that?
I was actually referring
to Dustin Hoffman.
Adam, could you wait here a second
while I talk with David?
What?
Clearly something's up with him.
What's the deal?
- What do you think the deal is?
- David, don't waste my time.
This kid the next big thing?
Some Asperger's cousin of yours...
...ready to get all Good Will Hunting
on coding and change the world?
Oh, my God.
What?
You're not doing a piece on the eye...
...or the bone, or the lab,
or my prodigy programmer.
- Well, not directly, anyway.
- I don't get it.
Look...
...Adam is the amalgam...
...of everything you've seen here and more.
I made him.
He is the most convincing
Artificial Intelligence...
...ever created.
Do you know what the best part is?
The best part of all this
is that he fooled you.
You, of all people...
...with a graduate study in robotics no less.
Of course, you technically did drop out.
Do you still think a whole week
will be enough time for your article?
It felt like he was rubbing it in my face.
No. No. Yeah, I'll admit,
I was probably a little sensitive...
...after the nonchalant name drop of
my failed doctorate. It's my baggage.
It doesn't mean
he wasn't a smug fuck, though.
Yeah, I got to admit,
it's pretty intriguing.
Oh, come on, let me bring
the drama out of the moment.
Humanoid AI?
And, Caleb, let me tell you, on cursory
interaction, you cannot tell at all.
Not at all.
I... I was kicking myself when I found out.
Can I sleep on it? I've got to ruminate.
Having David fucking Kressen
intellectually judge me for a week...
...is not my idea of a good time.
Uh-uh.
No, don't tell Aubrey just yet.
Can I let you know?
Yeah.
Okay.
Okay, bye.
Bye.
- May I interrupt?
- What's on your mind?
What if she doesn't like us?
What's not to like?
Look, I know it's tough.
It's been you and me for so long, but you
were not made to be locked up forever.
It's time to share you with the world.
I'm not sure this is a good idea.
EGBOK.
- "Everything's going to be okay."
- You know it.
Do you think she's pretty?
Her hair is nice. Good facial symmetry.
Delicate features. Nice fashion sense.
Yes, I do. I think she's pretty.
What do you think?
I think she's very pretty.
Well, that's good to know.
You have impeccable taste.
Interesting.
I have a pretty static chess rating.
2180 Elo. Give or take.
It's strong, but it would probably
give me some problems on a national level.
When Adam and I started playing,
he was around an 800, a novice.
But after a couple of weeks
with a game every morning...
...he's sitting at a 1700.
Thought you'd go for that.
Checkmate. See, I sacrificed my queen.
I knew he wouldn't be able to resist.
It's a big a event,
but here it's a distraction.
Who needs a queen
when you win without one.
Always be focused
on your primary objective.
Your lack of focus on what's important
made you miss the big picture.
And that made you lose the game.
Make sure he doesn't beat
himself up too much over it.
Are you okay?
He had me beat six moves ago.
Excuse me?
With a Knight threat, I would have had
the castle and then mate in two.
He chose not to do that.
He let the game go six moves longer...
...so that he could beat me with
a queen sacrifice. Why do that...
...if the primary objective is to win?
Maybe the primary objective wasn't to win.
Then what was the primary objective?
To teach you. It's a flashier move,
and he did have a point to make.
Perhaps he chose... to make me look foolish.
Perhaps specifically...
...making me look foolish
was his primary objective.
I don't think you should read into it.
It's a just a game.
No, it's a learning exercise. Strategy
is the means to the win which is the end.
He abandoned a surefire win
in order to attempt to humiliate me.
That doesn't fit...
...within the confines of programming.
People do things
for different reasons, Adam.
It's programming but in a different sense.
Hey.
Sorry.
Why?
The way you looked at my hand. I thought,
maybe, you didn't like to be touched.
I don't have much
of a frame of reference...
...for being touched.
So...
...no apology is necessary.
You look busy.
- How long have you been standing there?
- Just long enough to watch you in action.
You know you don't really
have to dress up for us.
- This is a workshop, not a job interview.
- Okay.
No, I didn't mean it like that.
I mean, you look great, really.
I just don't want you to get
your nice clothes all dirty.
Wear what makes you comfortable.
- I see why Castle invested in you.
- What? This?
This is just the technicians stuff.
It's nowhere near Adam's level.
His physiology recreates the seven
degrees of freedom of a human arm.
This bucket of bolts is just
the test subject for the software.
Anyone with a steady hand
can screw it together.
Not that impressive
as far as I'm concerned.
Now this...
...this is what's impressive.
The algorithms, the naturalistic coding,
that's what Castle invested in.
Most of my time spent here
is perfecting programs like that one.
When I was at MIT,
I designed a robotic hand...
...that could crush a cue ball into dust...
...but hold a butterfly wing
without hurting it.
The mechanics don't matter.
What matters is how sophisticated
the input sensors are.
The key for that hand
wasn't in its movement...
...but the way it moved.
When Castle offered me this workspace,
he said it was the movement of that hand...
...that made him feel
there was true intelligence behind it.
He gave me a rousing speech
I can't remember much of now...
...except for the part where
he told me he would, quote...
"Fund my journey through
the uncanny valley." End Quote.
- Masahiro Mori.
- The man himself.
Well, that was Castle's goal. And once
I heard that, I was as good as his.
Most mech techs end up building things that
are for commercial or industrial purposes...
...which is really a shame.
Robotics is about artistry.
I aspire to be more like Vincent
Van Gogh than Henry Ford.
AI computers have always been made
to compete with humans...
...be it chess, ping pong,
calculations, etcetera.
I want to make a machine that lives
independently alongside humans...
...without feeling the need to compete.
What did you think of Adam?
He's amazing.
It's amazing what you've done.
I can actually see him thinking.
And his answers are so thought out...
...not pre-programmed,
and with quick delivery.
His movements
are naturalistic and precise.
Castle's right. It...
...it's as if there's intelligence behind it.
- Shouldn't you check on that?
- Not at all.
Adam has repeatedly showed himself
to be extremely reliable.
What's that smell?
Oh, my God!
Watch it!
- Don't just stand there, grab some towels.
- What is that?
Kind of like a cybernetic stomach.
Although not really,
it's not an analog or anything.
- So it serves as a power source?
- It's not like Mr. Fusion.
A Back to the Future fan.
Not only does that tech not exist,
it never will, it doesn't need to.
So he doesn't need to consume
an energy source?
- Nope.
- So, why a stomach?
Robotics of the Van Gogh level
isn't about hyper function.
So much as the accurate imitation
of normal function.
A perfect AI should be completely
indistinguishable from a human.
So it needs to be able to at least
mimic certain things...
...that would be vital
to human behavior, like...
- Eating.
- Exactly.
The problem then becomes
how to digest components of food...
...in a fashion that zero sums.
If we can do that, no leftovers.
No goop. Looks like
you're a ways off of that.
Well, kind of. We're road testing
substances. Proteins easily degrade.
That unit there processes food
through chambered baths...
...of synthetic hymotrips in an elastice.
And there's another chamber with
a newly discovered proloanaprotiese...
...that just demolishes gluten.
- But is it really necessary?
- For functionality? No.
But what is the point if not to create the
most finely constructed illusion possible?
Oh, Je... Jesus! Adam, hi.
- You scared me.
- I am sorry.
No. No. No, no, no, it's okay.
I just... I got carried away writing.
You guys make
for a pretty fascinating story.
- Do you miss it?
- Miss what?
Practical application. You obviously
have an aptitude for the material...
...and obviously it makes you happy.
Are you content simply to write about
the accomplishments of other people?
I've done my share of creating.
I took three open world cards to E3.
And oversaw projects with budgets
comparable to Hollywood blockbusters.
I've... I've got nothing to prove
to myself about my ability to succeed.
Aquaria 3 was awarded Game of the Year.
Yeah.
The royalty structure for such games...
...must allow for a certain level
of financial stability.
Yeah, I suppose.
Do you need to work
to support yourself financially?
No, I suppose I don't.
Then why do you work?
I guess...
I do. I guess I do miss it, Adam.
Yeah.
There's a part of me that wants
to go back and finish my doctorate...
...and get a job somewhere and...
...build something amazing
and change the world.
But this is... this is high level science.
It's not riding a fucking bike.
You can't just jump back in
after ten years.
Especially when that ten years
houses an exponential tech explosion.
- You're upset.
- No.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you.
I'm just curious as to why...
...you're love of innovation is finite.
If you love practical science...
...why stop simply at admiring it?
You're interaction ends
when you write your article.
It ends...
...with your appraisal
of new tech on a superficial level.
Shouldn't love not have limitation?
Shouldn't love of something...
...so abstract as science...
...cause you to want to bury yourself in it?
To become one with it.
Shouldn't it cause you to pursue it
as if there was nothing else in the world?
How can you let that emotion be derailed
by something like fear of the unknown?
Ow.
I apologize.
What was that about?
I don't know.
Are you awake?
Yes.
What's up?
I don't think that Joy likes me.
She is like a different person when she
talks to you. Why do you think that is?
People are different in their
interactions with other people.
I tend to look at everyone
as being surrounded...
...by miniature electromagnetic fields...
...that gradually break down
with repeated interaction.
I'm curious to know more about her.
So just ask her.
- I did.
- And how'd that go?
Not as anticipated.
On some level, she regrets
abandoning her graduate study.
She's proud of her achievement
in the field of entertainment gaming.
But this does not supplant
some imagined ideologized future...
...in which she is a successful roboticist.
Well, that's good info.
She also doesn't like
to be touched unexpectedly.
Yeah, most people don't.
I wouldn't worry about it. I'm sure Joy will
like you more once she gets to know you.
It...
...it is nice to have someone...
...to talk to who likes talking to me.
Well, that's what I'm here for, buddy.
Shiva The Destroyer. Deep in thought.
Belonged to a former professor of mine.
It's beautiful.
Dr. Sing would always say...
"That our conduct must be good,
so as not to waken the sleeping destroyer."
When Shiva wakes, the world will tremble.
Let's hope he doesn't wake up then.
- Can I show you something?
- Mm-hmm.
- I hate surprises.
- Don't hate. Create.
- What are you, a fortune cookie?
- Didn't I just say don't hate?
I don't...
These are my modules.
Where did you get these?
I made them.
I stayed up last night assembling them...
...and reprogramming
what code you created...
...when you wrote this.
Your dissertation.
Adam seemed to think
you weren't quite done with robotics.
So try again.
Seems like cheating to have you
looking over my shoulder.
This represents months of work to me,
you put it together in a night.
Don't look to me for any help.
I'm here as the assistant only.
- Well done.
- Thank you.
Sorry if we displaced you.
It's all right.
This work is not that important.
- I helped.
- Hmm?
I helped with the building
of your modules.
Though, truth be told,
I didn't know they were your modules.
David was very keen on doing the project.
He wanted to surprise me.
It was very sweet and thoughtful.
- And thanks for your help, Adam.
- You're welcome.
Are those heat filaments for the skin?
No, these are pesinium
vibo receptors. Multifunctional.
- For sensation?
- Perhaps.
Or micro charging.
Small vibrations contain potential energy.
If instead of damping this energy,
we store it in the capacitor.
We can convert it to electrical energy
or a robot could become self-sufficient.
And charge simply by picking up
environmental vibrations.
Adam has to continuously process sound...
...propuseptive information,
and visual stimuli.
Takes 18 pedhertz of processing power
just to keep him standing.
Plus, he is continuously accessing
his mainframe wirelessly...
...to keep the hardware
in his body down to a minimum.
You didn't tell me about this.
It was a new idea.
I wanted to surprise you.
It's a good thought, Adam.
It's great to see you
doing things on your own.
That is really the nicest surprise.
I've seen how well surprises
can be received.
Holy shit!
So you don't think
we're cooped up all the time.
We have to run all our tolerances
for outdoor factors.
Wind, sun and rain.
So Castle made sure
we had an appropriate setup.
It... it's a million dollar view, David.
It's more than appropriate.
It really is nice. To see the city...
...and all the people out there living.
Do you miss it, being out there?
I don't really remember
being out there at all.
So much of my life has been here.
So, no, I don't miss it,
because I can't remember ever living it.
- I must sound crazy.
- No, I get what you mean.
I live so in the present that I can't remember
the happiest moments of my life...
...as anything other than abstractions.
It's like one big organism.
All those small components
growing together.
And the city grows...
...evolves.
Thank you for today. It was fun.
- It was my pleasure.
- Goodbye, Joy.
Goodbye, Adam.
Does he always say goodbye
to me in such a weird way?
- Yes.
- Okay. Bye.
What a nice girl.
- What did she say to you?
- What do you think she said to me?
I'm not in the mood for a Turing test.
What did she say?
She thanked me for the gift I gave her...
...then she said something
she only wanted me to hear.
You clearly don't understand
that concept of a secret.
I understand secrets.
Well, then you shouldn't be
asking me to reveal it.
I understand secrets.
Goodnight.
- Checkmate.
- Huh?
Scholars mate.
I know, I see it. Wow!
Miss Andrews has entered the facility.
Either I forgot how to play
chess last night...
...or you just started exhibiting
a super, exponential learning curve.
My turn for a surprise.
This is great. Such smooth gameplay.
You can really pick out the improvements
on the existing Aquarian.
Yeah. That's the reason
for the lag since Aquaria 3.
The guys really wanted to get it perfect.
Without you to write the code,
I don't see how that's a realistic goal.
Gotta say, I appreciate the flattery.
- When is this coming out?
- Realistically, next year.
I had to pull every string I had
just to get a demo out of the studio.
- Wow, I'm bad at this.
- But I figured since Aquaria 3...
...is basically my baby,
I made a franchise out of it after all.
If I can't pull those strings,
then nobody can.
Plus I figured the intellectual Fort Knox
you guys live in is a pretty safe place.
I can piggy back Castle's paranoia.
Safe assumption.
You think Adam would like to see this?
No. Adam's working. He's fine.
Besides, I think the controls
would probably be a little too fine...
...for what he's capable of
without experience.
He's much better with practiced movements.
I don't know how you stand it
in here all the time.
Getting a little cabin fever myself.
We find this space neither confining
nor tedious. We work at our own pace.
There is no clock to follow.
Everything we need is at our fingertips.
I know.
It's really admirable
the ability to focus that much.
That singularity of purpose.
Singularity of purpose. I like that.
Well, that wouldn't exist if David
was out clubbing every night.
Would you like to hold it?
It's so light.
It's like holding a baby bird.
A baby bird that cost over
a quarter of a million dollars.
Okay, sufficiently freaked out.
Take it. Take It.
What's that?
That is...
...a surprise.
Look who's being all secretive.
- I understand secrets.
- It appears so.
What?
The camera itself
is a non-polarized image.
Polarization will damp out
excess light contamination...
...and facilitate edge detection.
But it's difficult to conceal the lens
width in such a small working space.
Adam, this is a work of art.
Don't be so hard on yourself.
- I want you to have this.
- Oh, no. I couldn't possibly.
It is a prototype.
There are no proprietary materials.
It is essentially a paperweight.
I want you to have this as a memento...
...of our time together.
Thank you.
- Thank you, Adam.
- You're welcome.
Have you ever given a present before?
No.
Well, I am honored to be your first.
I'm very touched.
You hugged him? Really? I'm jealous.
You can actually see
his behavior emerging.
The desire to feel close to you sparked
the desire to make you happy...
...and looked at a gift
as a potential way of doing that.
It's third order emotive reasoning,
not adaptive learning.
Be fairly unlikely to have true emergent
behavior of a purely emotional nature.
Seems so genuine.
It means I'm doing my job
as an illusionist.
You go, Houdini.
- Are we tired?
- I'm not built for late nights anymore.
- Business or pleasure?
- What? Oh, business.
I was a writing fiend last night.
So, actually it was you who kept me up.
I wish I'd remembered doing that.
I can't function on less than six hours.
The day I get six hours
of sleep is a great day.
I don't know how you do that.
I would sleep all the time if I could.
REM sleep and dreams
are what do the actually recharging.
If you're not in REM enough,
you're not sleeping well.
Conversely, if you can hit
REM without sleeping...
- ...you can rest yourself while awake.
- How can you hit REM without sleeping?
It's not for everyone,
but I find that mediation works wonders.
- Like good old Shiva?
- Yes. Exactly.
If it works for the destroyer of worlds,
it can work for anyone.
I wipe away clutter
with a half hour every evening.
Though, for a newbie,
five minutes would be a good start.
It's like defragmenting
your hard disk on a daily basis.
Keeps everything running smooth.
I should try it.
Or stick to coffee.
Be proactive, not reactive.
It's good advice, from the fortune cookie.
- Can I help you?
- I apologize.
- What are you doing?
- Nothing. I apologize.
I didn't mean to bother you.
I don't know if I should be flattered
or weirded out.
What?
Adam just tried to barge in
on me in the bathroom.
- Are you kidding?
- No. I'm not kidding, even a little bit.
- That is weird.
- Yeah.
- Did he knock or anything?
- No. He apologized.
He seemed embarrassed.
Is that even possible?
I wouldn't look too deeply into it.
He's an analytical construct, so you're
likely to be a bit of conundrum to him.
He's used to a male oriented world.
I would say you should air
on the side of being flattered.
Yeah.
Did Joy leave?
Yes. About two seconds ago.
You just missed her.
She didn't say goodbye to me.
I wouldn't worry about it.
I'm not worried. I do not however understand
the complete abandonment of manners.
Manners? That's a laugh.
What do you mean by that?
Only that I find it amusing to hear
proper manners invoked by someone...
...who tries to bust in on young ladies
while they're pissing.
Did she tell you that?
Yeah, she did. And let me tell you,
she was pretty creeped out about it.
- That is regrettable.
- What were you thinking?
What part of peeping on her
seemed like a good idea to you?
I wasn't peeping on her.
- I didn't know she was in there.
- Then what on earth were you trying to do?
Were you trying to figure out
how to take a shit?
Because the last time I checked,
you don't even have an asshole.
It's a secret.
Adam.
Adam, come back here now!
Adam?
Adam, open this door!
Adam, that's enough!
Open, now!
Okay, just cool off. I'm...
...I'm sorry about that. I... I just got
a little heated, okay? I'm sorry, buddy.
I'll see you later, okay?
Miss Andrews has entered the facility.
Send her in.
Morning.
Well...
...that was officially the least enthusiastic
welcome I have ever been shown.
- Take it I'm officially old news.
- No, not at all.
We just can't stop. We're checking
these tactile sensitivities in real time.
We were trying to finish it off
before you got here, but you beat us.
Great.
That's a huge load off my mind.
Why don't you go make our favorite
morning person some coffee?
I have to talk to Joy for a second.
We had our first fight.
Really? What about?
I called him out
for invading your privacy.
He said he didn't know you were in there.
That's pretty flimsy.
It's like I was dealing with an infant.
And it drove me up the wall.
Then I thought about
what you told me, about his gift.
Maybe...
...maybe this is emerging behavior
and we're witness to it.
Thought it might be
a good angle for the article.
It's a great angle.
This article is pretty much writing itself
though. I can't believe this is my last day.
- What?
- This is it. Day seven.
- My week is up.
- Wow.
Time flies.
Careless.
How about you come over
for dinner tonight?
Allow me to cook for you to mourn
the expiration of your visitor's pass.
I'd love to. It's a date.
Hey.
I need a little privacy tonight. So...
...if it's okay, can you stay in your room?
- Why?
- Joy's coming over for dinner.
Because, you know, her time is up and all.
Just dinner for the two of you?
Yes.
It sounds... like a date.
I guess it is.
Are you going to be having intercourse?
If so I recommend
the reverse cowgirl position.
What is wrong with you?
How did you even learn that?
Look, she's a girl that I like
and I want to cook dinner for her.
You do understand that I have literally
dedicated my entire existence to you, right?
Why can't you let me do
this one thing like a normal person?
I will stay in my room this evening.
There is some programming
that I could do there.
Thanks.
Thanks, Adam. I appreciate it.
I haven't really done this... in so long.
EGBOK.
I'm impressed with the presentation.
Who taught you?
This little old guy who ran a stand
by that big Tokyo fish market.
His grandson was a friend
of mine from school.
He took a liking to me.
He didn't really teach me, though.
They're very careful how they select
their apprentices over there.
I just hung around and watched.
Every motion and nuance.
So you're saying if I watch long enough
I'll become a sushi master too?
Who knows. Keshisan was a master.
I'm just an enthusiastic novice.
Oh, don't be modest. Looks great.
You haven't even tasted it yet.
- It could be all form, no function.
- True enough. But based on looks alone...
One of the most important sushi lessons
is also a very important robotics lesson.
Presentation... is key.
You do miss it.
You get days off, you know.
I just could never find
the wherewithal to leave.
Singularity of purpose is an easy thing
for a hermit to hide behind.
Singularity of purpose is a good trade.
It's one shared by people
who truly change the world.
Ben Franklin went outside
in a lightning storm with a kite...
...because he believed in his work.
Well, at least he went outside.
Having you here...
...it's just made me question myself.
And that's something I don't do often.
Question yourself?
What other things have I been
missing all these years?
- Getting late?
- Yeah.
Mate in two.
What?
Oh, wow.
I mean...
I... I mean...
What part of a seductive shush
do you not understand?
Are you trying to seduce me, Miss Andrews?
I'll take that as a strong maybe.
I...
I...
I haven't...
You graduated younger than anyone in
your class and you've been here ever since.
Yeah.
Second queen.
And check.
Are we even playing the same game?
Seriously. It's no fun when you're
playing chess suicide, Adam.
Mate in one. Just so you know.
Checkmate. In what was maybe
the easiest win of my life.
I won.
Are you ridiculous?
I wiped the floor with you.
You won based on your
primary objective, to corner the king.
But I've also achieved
my primary objective.
- Which was?
- To capture the queen.
Adam, you can't redefine
the primary objective of chess.
Primary objectives
can be redefined every moment.
Isn't that what it means to be human?
To constantly shift one's priorities?
What's that supposed to mean?
You're priority used to be Workspace 18...
...to share this innovation with the world.
To show that artificial intelligence
was still capable of change...
...and adaptation and emotion.
And then she came.
You're being ridiculous.
Joy is helping us
achieve that very objective.
She's the lens through
which the world will see us.
You have already changed
your primary objective...
...and yet you criticize me
for changing mine?
I don't understand
how any of this is related.
Morning.
Am I interrupting something?
No. I was just finishing
beating Adam's ass.
You looked so content this morning.
I didn't want to wake you.
My head's still ringing.
- I do what I can.
- From the sake, wise guy.
- How do you like your eggs?
- Uh, if I have a choice, scrambled.
You got it.
Morning, Adam.
Good morning, Joy.
Did you have a nice night?
Yeah. It was great, actually. Thank you.
It was one of the nicest nights
I've had in a really long time.
I understand you had intercourse.
- Excuse me?
- Intercourse. Sexual congress.
Typically the penetration of an orifice
of one sex partner by the genitalia of...
Yeah, I know what intercourse is, Adam.
That information is typically private.
There are no secrets between he and I.
How was his sexual performance?
- I don't see how that's relevant.
- Surely you have an opinion...
...about the sexual performance
of a new partner.
It is a new experience for him.
I do not know if he told you.
- Yeah, he told me.
- Was he an adequate lover?
Yes. He was an adequate lover,
Adam. He was great.
And I think we'll probably do it again.
Sometime soon.
I apologize.
I'm not very good at this sort of thing.
It is just been he and I for so long.
He holds such beauty within him.
I have the same beauty within me.
- Fuck! What the fuck?
- What's going on?
That thing just tried to fucking kiss me.
Adam, is that true? Are you okay?
- Yeah.
- What happened?
He was asking questions about us
last night and then he just leaned...
- ...and grabbed me and...
- Adam, explain yourself right now!
- Don't talk to me like that.
- I'll talk to you any way...
Don't you fucking talk to me like that!
I'm sorry.
That was uncalled for.
It's okay. We'll...
...we'll leave you alone for a bit
so you can cool down, okay?
Thank you for thinking of me.
That is not necessary.
Please, sit. I will attempt to explain...
...my behavior.
Whoa, easy, buddy. Just stay right there.
You...
...are afraid of me?
You are afraid of me.
- Go. Go.
- Where do you think you're going?
I'm sorry.
Security alert.
Security alert. Security alert.
Castle's the only one who can authorize
full shut down of the electrics.
We're not the only workspaces
in the building.
- What's wrong?
- Do you hear that?
- What?
- That scratching noise.
What scratching noise?
I can't...
David! David! David!
Help!
Adam. Adam.
Adam, stop!
Adam. Adam.
I know you're angry,
but think how beautiful that is.
It's beautiful to have that emotion.
You're a miracle, Adam.
You're a miracle of evolution.
You're the harbinger of a new age, Adam,
and that's the man who gave you that.
He deserves more than pain and death,
Adam. Adam, stop hurting him.
He's your father.
Stop hurting your father.
Adam, stop!
No! No, Adam! Please!
I love him, please. Adam, please.
I love him, I love him. Please.
- You don't even know him.
- I know he's kind and good and smart.
So smart, and... and I know
the way he makes me feel.
I love him. I know you don't
understand that but I love him.
I do.
There is no him, there is only me.
- Do you love me?
- How could I ever love anything like you?
- Well, then.
- No! No! No, I'm sorry! No, please!
There you are.
I hope, for your sake, it is still intact.
No, Adam! Stop!
Release me! Release me!
Adam!
I told you you were gonna have
a surprise for later.
I didn't start at the drawing board
with this one.
I repurposed a medical grade implant
that has been in use for over a decade.
It's a modified,
inflatable penile prostheses.
That right there is the prototype
for your boyfriend's dick.
Hi, I'm David Kressen.
I've been wanting to say that
for quite a while.
It's really very nice to finally meet you.
Test Subject Four.
Joy Andrews.
Initial thoughts.
During intercourse...
...was his temperature consistent?
Most of the data was still intact.
Though we took a huge hit
when he lost Wi-Fi signal.
I told you we should have sprung
for the extra cells.
I hardly think it's good security
practice to let the merchandise...
...that far out of the comfort zone
in the first place, David.
Speaking of...
...security...
...have there been
any other troubles with...
...you know...
The magazine? No. Legal has them
dead to right on confidentiality.
And technically she did steal hardware.
If they proceed...
...I will own that magazine
before the ink is dry...
...and it will never see
the light of day anyway.
How is she?
I don't know. I haven't followed up
on the human elements.
I'm sure she's okay. She's a big girl.
So, you all ready?
Workspace 39 awaits.
The NSA is very eager
to begin phase three of the trials.
Yeah.
Weird to think it only took
a couple of weeks...
...to pack up a decade of my life.
With a brain like yours, David,
you don't need much else.
I'm very proud of you.
And of you, too, of course.
Thank you, sir.
I'm happy to have performed in a manner
satisfactory to your expectations of me.
I can't believe you let them
out of the workspace.
The first artificial personality
to develop complex emotions...
...and you let him sever his wireless,
floating point connections.
I...
Excuse me for a second.
Castle.
Yes, John, we're all ready.
I have him right here.
As ready as anyone can be
for eight more years in a dark lab.
No, that won't be necessary, I think.
Time off would be more of a distraction...
...than a boon at this point.
Don't worry about it.
Well, anything in the name
of domestic surveillance.
Believe me when I tell you
that not even a robotics expert...
...could tell the difference. In every way.
In "every" way.
I'm not gonna get into details
on the phone. I will just tell you that...
...I have the footage and I will
share it with you sometime.
Okay. Many times.
The director wants to know
if you're ready to serve your country?
He says he sure is.
Okay, John, talk to you later.
Love to Catrina.
What are you looking at?
Nothing.