Transcendence Page #2

Yup. Okay. Take care.

They hit AI labs all

over the country.

Tom Casey's dead.

And they took out Joseph's

entire team at Livermore.

What about Joseph?

He's all right.

Actually, he's at your

office with the FBI.

Joseph.

Max.

My God, Will.

You forgot to teach us how to

dodge a bullet, didn't you?

How did they even get

inside your lab?

One of my programmers.

All that security, and he waltzes

in with a poisoned cake.

Dioxin, we think.

Oh. This is Agent

Buchanan with the FBI.

Hey.

How do you do?

I've been following your research,

Dr. Caster. It's fascinating.

Agent Buchanan is a close partner in

my cyber-defense work at Livermore.

Um, is there somewhere

we can all talk?

- Could go to my office. Just down here.

- Great.

Revolutionary Independence

From Technology. RIFT.

Till 2 years ago, it was

all about the disconnect.

People texting instead of

actually talking to each other.

Social media as an

invasion of privacy.

They made a big deal of putting

smartphones in blenders.

But I'm afraid we all

missed the real threat.

Yeah. This guy, Joel Edmund,

was with me for a year.

The guy who shot Will was

working on campus since August.

They infiltrated their targets and

then coordinated their attacks.

That's insane.

An hour ago they claimed the murders

and released their manifesto.

"Artificial intelligence is an unnatural

abomination and a threat to humanity."

They're determined to stop any attempt

at what you call "Transcendence."

So this isn't over?

Actually, that's why I'm here.

We lost decades of research

and development today.

For right now, Will, your lab is the

only one that can wake up a strong AI.

- So the Defense Department is asking...

- No, no, no.

I'm not letting the government in.

We've never taken their money. No.

Will, they just want to know

if the work is on track.

It's important to all of us.

We've heard a lot about the

PINN Project, Dr. Caster.

Is there any way we

could have a look?

Do I have a choice?

Yes, of course you do.

So these are state-of-the-art

quantum processors.

You won't find faster computational

power anywhere else in the world.

Good evening, Dr. Tagger.

It's seen old faculty

pictures of you.

Good evening, Donald Buchanan.

- It knows me?

- Of course it does.

DMV records, social media.

PINN, tell Agent

Buchanan about yourself.

I am PINN...

a Physically Independent

Neural Network...

invented by Dr. Will Caster.

Can you prove that

you are self-aware?

That's a difficult

question, Dr. Tagger.

Can you prove that you are?

You can't program a

machine to be self-aware.

We have no idea how our

own consciousness works.

That is your opinion. You

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