Uncanny (2015) Movie Script
1
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 MI 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.
- Petabytes.
- 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.
But in three years,
that will be the gold standard
covering for prostatic limbs.
Feel that.
- It's light.
- Aerated titanium.
That 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 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 on 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.
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 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?
It was 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.
All though 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 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, 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 got nothing
to prove to myself
about my ability to succeed.
Aquaria 3 was awarded
Game of the Year.
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... Erm... 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.
You're 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 for 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's...
It's a million dollar view,
David.
It's more than appropriate.
It really is nice.
To see the city with 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 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.
'Cause 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 will 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...
- Shush.
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.
Good 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?
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
outside of the comfort zone
in the first place, David.
Speaking of security,
have there been
any other trouble
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
then 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.
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 MI 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.
- Petabytes.
- 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.
But in three years,
that will be the gold standard
covering for prostatic limbs.
Feel that.
- It's light.
- Aerated titanium.
That 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 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 on 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.
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 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?
It was 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.
All though 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 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, 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 got nothing
to prove to myself
about my ability to succeed.
Aquaria 3 was awarded
Game of the Year.
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... Erm... 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.
You're 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 for 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's...
It's a million dollar view,
David.
It's more than appropriate.
It really is nice.
To see the city with 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 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.
'Cause 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 will 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...
- Shush.
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.
Good 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?
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
outside of the comfort zone
in the first place, David.
Speaking of security,
have there been
any other trouble
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
then 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.