Delete (2013) s01e02 Episode Script
Episode 2
I can't stop it! Somebody please let us out! The system is certain there's a fire.
This door is completely jammed! Figure it out Doc!!! Come on! I can't, the AI's blocking me.
Let us out!!!! No, what are you doing? Why are you disconnecting us? I'm putting us out of reach of the AI.
I'm cutting off the lab's computer from the institute's network.
That's not going to shut down the fire suppression system.
No, but I'm accelerating the lab's internal clock and once enough time has passed The program will assume the fire has been put out.
I hope.
Are you okay? What happened? Sit up, sit up!!!! Guys, need some help in here.
Jesse Okay, come on.
That's the second time that thing's tried to kill us.
I'm starting to take it personally.
It's not us, it's the hard drive it wants to destroy.
It's gonna keep after us until it gets what it wants.
I thought we were supposed to turn our phones off? I did! Mom? I need you to come home.
Why, what's the matter? Haven't you been watching the news? There's chaos everywhere, I'm frightened.
I don't understand what you're talking about what chaos? Daniel, you have to come home! Please, I need you here.
What did you just call me? I said you have to come home, Daniel! I'm afraid to even You mean Danny, right? 'Cause that's what you call me, not Daniel, not since I was 5.
You're not my mother.
Give me the drive, Daniel It can turn them on remotely.
Let's go.
What's on the hard drive that the AI's so afraid of? I don't know.
Daniel, you have to finish the decryption.
Daniel? Where is everyone? are being asked to stay indoors for the time being.
until authorities can get a handle on the situation.
Emergency services are Get off the car? Reporters in Madrid and Berlin are starting to attempt restarting order.
Meanwhile in Rome, rioters clashed with the police.
Oil deliveries worldwide have been shut down and it's only a matter of time The singularity simultaneously targeted refineries and computerized pipeline control.
Basically the world's oil supply has been choked off.
You can't smoke in here! The AI isn't just experimenting anymore.
It knows exactly how to hurt us and that's what it's doing.
We're already seeing panic buying, gas pumps are starting to run dry.
What do we have in reserve? SPR reserves are currently at 690 million barrels.
Now, if we start rationing to the public, then we might be able to We can't do that.
This isn't about calming things down until the situation gets better, we have no indication it is going to get better.
General Giles is right.
We need to keep those reserves for distribution of the central materials police and emergency vehicles and army.
We're gonna need 'em.
Hello? Hey.
Is Alicia okay? Of course, she's fine but you can't keep doing this.
I know, I know.
I'm sorry.
I talked to Doctor Logan, finally.
He said that No! No, Naomi.
Not on this line, remember? I'll call you later.
Daniel, what are you doing? I have some meds, anxiety pills and I uh just need them right now.
Okay, just let me help you.
I gotta go to the bathroom.
Daniel? He gonna be all right? I don't know.
The events of the last few days have us looking at an economic and environmental disaster with repercussions being felt across the globe.
As of yet, no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Mom, it's me.
Oh, thank God you're okay.
I've been trying your cell phone for hours, it just keeps bouncing back to voicemail.
Mom when I was 5 I had a pet.
Do you remember its name and what happened to it? It was a goldfish dear and you called him Fish sticks and then he died, you made us have a burial at sea in the pond in the back.
Danny, I want you to come home.
Please! I know Mom, I can't.
When was the last time you gassed up the car? Just the other day before the station's shut.
Good.
Good.
I want you and Dad to drive up to Aunt Carol's farm for a few days.
Don't take your cell or your laptop, you'll be safer that way.
Danny, I want you to come with us.
No, I can't.
Please, can you just do this for me Mom? Okay? Please, I'm fine okay everything is gonna be fine.
I love you.
Hey.
I don't think we can stop it.
Sure we can.
We have the key, Belphegor's data.
We don't even know what's on that drive, it could be nothing.
But it could be something.
Everything we feared is all starting to happen; you encrypt it You're assuming that I can.
What if I'm not smart enough, huh? What if you've hedged your bets on a kid who is way over his head? We need you to try, Daniel.
I looked that thing in the eyes It's so powerful, so determined.
How old were you when you started watching Pokémon? I don't know12.
And do you know what else Daniel was doing when he was 12? He was hacking into the phone company so that he could make free long distance phone calls to the show's animators in Japan.
How did you know that? Oh come on, I research my sources.
Do you know what I was doing when I was 12? I was trying to log into a BBS with our family's own computer and its dial-up modem.
There was no wireless.
There was no Internet.
When I was 12, no one that I knew had a cell phone and our home phone had an answering machine that recorded messages on a cassette tape.
My dad's computer had a grey scale monitor, 40 meg hard drive and it used floppy disks.
That's whacked.
Daniel you're the most talented, intelligent man that I know, and I believe in you.
The entire world is labouring under the misconception this is the work of cyber terrorists.
The question is how long will we keep them in the dark? As long as it takes.
Or maybe it's time to come clean.
This singularity is threatening to wipe out all of humanity.
And you want to go public? You might as well tell them we're being attacked by aliens.
Right now the people need reassurance.
Are you trying to avoid panic? 'Cause I have news for you, that horse has already left the barn.
If it were up to me, we would implement martial law.
Mike, what do you say? You used to be full of opinions.
I was, but everything we've come up with so far has made the situation worse.
Then let's bring in outside help.
We're not the only ones with experts, we can pool global resources on this.
So, what if say the Chinese put their own people on the problem but instead of killing it, they find a way to reign it in, they control it.
There's nothing to indicate that's even possible.
It you told me a week ago that a computer program was going to come to life and hold the world's oil supply hostage, I'm guessing we would've said just about the same thing.
Miles, it's me.
Did you get my message? Yeah.
Did you call the scientist Doctor Janpur? She confirmed everything you said, an artificial intelligence.
Miles, you've gotta get the word out there.
I mean, people they need to be warned.
We already did, it's hitting the news wires as we speak.
What? My God Jess, you were right.
Can you flip it back? And this is late breaking news and we have yet to receive any official comment from government sources, but multiple news outlets around the world are now reporting that the recent catastrophes were not the work of cyber terrorists as initially assumed, but something far more frightening.
We're being told that these acts were in fact orchestrated by a massively intelligent, independent artificial entity.
As incredible as it sounds, scientists are already confirming the theoretical possibility that humanity has been targeted by an artificial intelligence.
A consciousness existing in cyber space, with the ability to access and manipulate much of our current technology.
These reports are as of yet unconfirmed, but if true, then we may well be facing an enemy the likes of which we've never seen.
What happens now, Jess? Will they be able to stop it? I don't know.
I don't know.
I wanna know how the hell the media got a hold of this.
Well we were never gonna be able to keep a lid on it forever.
There's too much happening in too many places for people to keep believing it's a coincidence.
The president is scheduled to publicly address this issue in an hour.
It'll be a short speech no follow up questions, because we can't provide any answers! Okay, at this point it's important that we be as transparent as possible.
We need to know who talked, it can't be that hard to find out.
The story originated in the Pittsburgh Chronicle and they have credited the lead to a reporter named Jesse White.
Jesse White? Mmm-mmm.
Wasn't she one of the suspects FBI agent Hollis brought in during the Dubito investigation? I'm gonna have to check my files but I think so.
Everyone's okay? All right, good.
Well, look if you need me, you've got this number call, leave a message, I'll get back to you.
Okay? All right.
Stay safe, Dad.
I love you.
Is there anyone you wanna call? No.
Yes yes! What? I did it! I cracked the encryption! Daniel! What's on it? Most of it is some kind of program and before you ask, I don't know what it does.
But I did find something else There's someone at the door.
Hello? Daniel Gerson? Daniel Gerson, we need to speak with you.
Cops.
It's the police, open up! Take the stairs I'll get fire escape.
Come on! Okay, so why are the cops after us now? I'm guessing the AI used some phony APB.
We gotta get out of sight, guys.
What else is on that drive? Some address in Brockton, 10015 West Kittling Road.
Does that ring a bell to either of you? No.
Kittling Ah ha! Old school strikes again.
I love this guy.
How much gas we got? We're good.
Look, Brockton.
Is this light ever gonna change? It's been red for Damnit! Out of the car! Out of the car, now! Any thoughts? Yeah, we get out of the car.
Hollis All right, I'm agent Max Hollis, I'm with the FBI.
Do not move! We know who you are? And these people here, they are material witnesses in an ongoing federal investigation.
They are wanted for domestic terrorism and so are you.
No, you've got that all wrong.
You've been tricked, it's the artificial intelligence.
It can do whatever it wants including issue false arrest warrants.
You were trying to escape! We're trying to stop this thing.
We'll take you in.
If you're telling the truth, you'll sort it out.
Please No! You have the right to remain silent.
This is what it wants! It's trying to slow us down, you gotta listen to me! Hollis, we don't have time for this.
You got a better way of convincing these guys, Jesse? Don't! Please All right, get on your feet.
You're gonna handcuff yourselves to one another and get in the back of this cruiser.
I'm really sorry about this, everything I said was the truth.
You guys are being used.
Let's go.
Oh, come on! You know, if we strip the electronics, we could take We are not stealing a police car! This is the scene playing out across the country today as banks close and turn away panicked customers whose bank accounts have literally disappeared, their savings absolutely wiped out.
Now, many believe this to be an escalation about the campaign of cyber terror being waged by what the government claims is an independent artificial intelligence.
The National Guard is on alert, all I need is the green light and they're on the streets throughout the country.
Everything we feared is all starting to happen; The enemy is not our own people, it's the singularity.
At this point it's better to err on the side of caution.
We don't want any inaction on our part to come back and bite us in the ass.
I think we need to spend less time worrying about our asses and more time focusing on a solution.
Cyber command is working on what went wrong with our first attempt to neutralize the AI.
They're working on a new virus.
What? Have you lost your mind? Excuse me? The last one only made it stronger.
It's like you just poured gasoline on fire and now you want to throw dynamite at it! Overson, remember who you're talking to.
The whole situation is playing out exactly the way the AI wanted it.
It's manipulated us from the start, it knows how we think, what we're gonna do before we do it, it is using our weaknesses against us! Whoa, whoa hold up.
There's something happening here.
Things are deteriorating very quickly, those were gunshots.
The police are nowhere to be found.
All of us need to remain calm.
All of us need to stay calm.
How long before there's all out anarchy in the streets? Still think we don't need the army to keep the peace? Is this the place? That's what it said.
Why would Dubito be interested in this place? It's abandoned.
Circ that.
Maybe this isn't the right place.
Ahh! Move and you're dead! Whoa, easy! Who are you? I'm with the FBI, we're just looking for someone.
What are your orders? Are you here to kill me? Please We're here to help.
How did you find me? Belphegor's secret files.
What do you know about Belphegor? He's a member of an online group called Dubito.
They knew about the AI, they were targeted because they were trying to stop it.
Where is he? He's dead.
Then they're all dead.
Maybe not all which one are you? Lucifer.
Wait you're Lucifer? I I thought you were murdered.
Yeah, that's just what the government wanted.
Isn't it? The FBI was after you, but not to kill you.
No? And if the government did want to kill you, do you really think they'd send the three of us? What if we had a drive containing all of Belphegor's secret files? If you untie us, I'll tell you where it's hidden.
Did what I think just happened, happen? He might've assumed we'd hidden it Daniel, stop talking, okay? You're not helping things.
Look, we've been in a car accident, we've been nearly suffocated and chased by the police all because the AI didn't want us to give you the drive.
Now, I'm hungry and I'm tired and I'm about 5 minutes from flipping out if you don't untie us and lose the blindfolds! I booby-trapped the drive with a delete worm variant, probably gonna take you a few hours to find a work around.
Or you could just trust me.
We knew this was coming.
None of us expected it to achieve consciousness so quickly.
There's no plan, no contingency so we had to create one.
Create what? The only thing that could defeat this another AI.
Hey.
You got a minute? Sure.
Listen, I know that we have all been under a lot of pressure lately but it's just, I've noticed it's really taking its toll on you Hold on.
Kevin, can you come in for a second please? I just want you to know we're behind you 100 percent, no matter what.
Sir.
Okay I need you to take this to my wife.
Hand deliver it, don't call her to tell her you're coming, don't tell anyone you're going, don't take your car, take a cab, pay cash.
You got it? Yes sir.
Good, dismissed.
Are you sure you're okay? I mean, what was that about? Mike, it's me! We have been through too much and we have known each other too long, now you know that you can trust me.
I trust you, I'm just in a very complicated situation.
It's all I can do, Lizzy.
You need to trust that.
I studied robotics and artificial intelligence at MI and I was a research fellow for Darius McKee.
The creator of eon identity? And that is? The early incarnation of a self-aware AI, it detects sensory changes.
If you put a match next to its arm it would pull away or try to extinguish it.
It was way ahead of anything anyone had done before.
And where is he now? Uh, retired and living He's dead! He died when that military missile crashed into his house in California.
Wait a sec, are you trying to say he was targeted by the AI? It knew he was a threat and eliminated him.
You didn't think that was random, did you? What's with the armour? This is the only reason I'm still alive.
My friends weren't as paranoid as I am.
So what makes you think another AI is the solution? It's the only thing that's smart enough or can react quickly enough, it's the mongoose to the snake.
Sounds risky.
No, no I get it.
You shape it, you mould it, not like the chaos the other AI emerged from.
Exactly.
That entity was born from the most base elements of humanity, stuff that's available online.
Pornography, the violence all the toxic crap people spew through their keyboards.
No wonder its' so screwed up.
Okay, what did we get off of Belphegor's hard drive? Each member of Dubito was working on a different part of the puzzle.
Belphegor's was the key that linked them all together, but he never got to finish it.
What's the crypto to disarm your worm? Um Jesse.
So are you able to complete his work? I don't know.
Belphegor was a genius with cybernetic anagrams alone.
I don't know.
I I can help.
This has already been decrypted.
Who did this? He did.
You know, we may have a use for the FBI guy after all.
What are you talking about? When we upload this program, there'll be a period of self-replication.
It's gonna need room to grow, a lot of room.
The other AI did it by hacking into super computers around the world but if ours has to do that it'll be vulnerable to attack.
You want unlimited access to government super computers? Yes.
We need it.
The largest one is at the new Cyber Command in Maryland.
Overson.
Okay, we're gonna need access to a secure landline.
This place is off the grid.
The nearest phone is 5 miles north of here.
Take 94, first house on the right.
I'll drive.
We'll be back.
You mean purge it out of our system and build a firewall to keep it out? Well listen, it's every nation for themselves.
Why haven't the techs sorted out that air con? They're working on it, sir.
Now if you've got a fox that's eating your chickens and you can't shoot him, you build a better fence, let it be the neighbour's problem.
So trap it somewhere else and hope that our allies can figure out a solution that we can't? No, that's nearly impossible.
The global network is too interlaced, we cut one connection here, the signal simply gets rerouted through one of countless others.
This thing moves faster than the speed of thought, I mean there's no catching it by surprise.
Catch it by surprise? You make it sound like it's an insurgent hiding in a foxhole.
Look at this damn thing! It's a box full of wires and transistors connected to tubes, and you tell me there's something hiding inside there that can't be destroyed? Everything we feared is all starting to happen; Are you kidding me? In Nam, the Kong used to hide out in tunnels, they were everywhere, but you found the connections, you booby-trapped them and that's how you killed them, What if we shut down servers worldwide? Powering down the global servers will put it into sleep mode.
It's not a total solution but it temporarily neutralizes the threat and gives us time to come up with a better plan.
For that to word we'd need the cooperation of every global player.
How likely is that? This is it right here.
Doesn't look like anybody's home.
Hello? Anybody here? You know for a reporter, you have a real problem respecting the law.
It's the end of the world, the judge will cut me some slack.
You can leave them 50 bucks.
You can leave them 50 bucks! It's China for God's sake, if they thought it was just our problem they'd leave us to rot.
They have as much at stake here as anyone else.
At this point there's no choice but to come to the table.
You're right, we need outside help.
To hell with that, Bowden! I'm authorizing the joint chief to implement martial law whether you like it or not.
Let me remind you General, exactly who's in charge here? My job sir, is to protect the welfare of the people of the United States of America.
I cannot allow you expose us to foreign nations who've always wanted to see us fail and suffer.
Now you pick up that special little phone of yours and you tell the president to implement martial law, and tell the Chinese we're going it alone.
If you fail to do this, as God is my witness, I can't guarantee this great nation will stand behind him one day longer.
Yes? Priority One called for you sir, rerouted from Fort Meade.
We patched it through to this line.
Okay, thanks.
Hello? Overson? This is Hollis with the FBI, you took my case from me, remember? Agent Hollis, yes of course.
Where are you? Well we're in the middle of nowhere but that's not important.
What's important is that we may have found a way to destroy this AI.
Overson, can you hear me? Hello? Overson, can you hear me? I'm listening Agent Hollis.
I mean, I'm used to thinking linearly, you know? One line of code after another.
But it's like every part of this program is connected to another part.
Let's see if this makes a difference.
Holographic imaging? Helps when thinking in three dimensions and we're up against some intense thinking.
You know I've met it.
What? The AI.
It's manipulative for sure, and it's scary smart but everything that it does, it does because it's either curious or it's just trying to protect itself.
And I know it sounds weird but I don't think it's evil.
Would it make a difference if it was? I think it's still evolving.
It hasn't yet developed one of the most important parts of the human mind.
A conscience? Even if you're right, we can't just wait around and wait for it to develop a sense of right or wrong.
The first opportunity we have to destroy it, we have to take it.
What if there's another way? Stop deluding yourself! It will kill us the first chance it gets.
All my friends are dead.
I'm going to kill it.
They're back.
I made the call, you have access to all the super computers.
The president just authorized martial law, there are troops in the street with guns pointed at our own people.
What do you expect? How much more time do you need? We're almost there.
You sold me out? No, no calm down.
It's the NSA, they're here to help.
They're gonna try and stop us.
We can't let them stop us! You have to trust me, okay? It's gonna be fine.
You guys need to get back to work, we'll handle this.
Come on.
Stay here.
Whoa! Easy there.
I'm Agent Hollis, the location is secure.
Down on the ground, hands behind your head! Hang on a second, damnit! Hey, hey, I'm FBI.
No, wait, wait! What are you doing? Whoa, whoa, whoa! Damnit, you can't trust anyone! Stop! What are you doing? They'll kill me! We can't let them! Stop! Stop! Target down, sir.
Please, stop! Daniel, don't do it! Daniel.
Okay, this is a mistake.
I'm with the FBI, check my ID.
We have orders to take down this place down and arrest everyone inside.
Call director Overson at the NSA, he'll vouch for all of us.
Director Overson's the one who authorized this operation.
We ran the math We think that we may have a solution, but it is extreme.
We now believe that it requires a significant portion of the world's super computers and servers in order to maintain its power.
We need to cripple them all at exactly the same moment and this should be enough to kill the AI.
We discusses this option, we'll never get permission from all the countries that house those servers.
We don't get permission.
Tell them.
Simultaneously high altitude detonation of all nuclear warheads over all target sites.
An electromagnetic sweep.
That wouldn't just wipe out the world's super computers, that would wipe out technology as we know it.
It'd send us back to the dark ages.
Think of it as stage 4 cancer.
If you have to cut off a person's leg to save a life, wouldn't you do it? Countries will simply fall into chaos and never recover.
The United States should be able to restore at least a military government within 12 to 18 months.
There has to be a more rational way to go about this.
The attack has to be quick enough that the AI has no time to adapt and comprehensive enough that it is left with nowhere to hide.
We cannot do this unilaterally.
We have to inform all the nuclear powers, both friend and foe, anyone who might mistake this for a first strike and who has the ability to retaliate.
Status? Three in custody, the one identified as Lucifer is in there, wounded.
All right Sergeant, I want you to set charges around the warehouse and destroy everything inside.
The other suspect? He's a terrorist who died in a gunfight with your men.
Am I clear? Yes sir.
All right grab it, let's move out.
Overson, what the hell are you doing? What needs to be done.
I told you we have a way out of this.
Another AI? Yes.
It's not gonna work, this is over.
It told me to tie up loose ends, that's what I'm doing.
No! No! Wait! Wait! Wait! It said to tie up loose ends? The AI got to you, didn't it? How? It's Alicia.
She's my daughter, she has a congenital heart defect, they gave her an implant, defibrillator.
It's monitored and controlled by a wireless device.
Do you know what that means? It means that it could kill her whenever it wants.
I am not gonna let that happen! Millions of people will die so she can live.
Millions are gonna die anyway! Look, we have a plan, let us finish it.
It will stop everything.
You think it's that simple? It is watching us right now! Everything we feared is all starting to happen; I'm sorry.
I don't wanna do this but it will kill my baby girl.
Mike Naomi Naomi, you remember what I wrote? You remember it right? Right, when we were on our honeymoon we got locked out of our room.
You tried to climb in from the balcony, we almost got arrested.
That's right.
Is she safe? Yes, she's safe.
They removed the device, she's stable for now.
We're moving her to that remote facility you arranged.
It can't get her now.
Naomi, I love you so much.
Tell Alicia how much I love her, all right? Tell her that whatever I did, whatever I did I did to make her safe, okay? She's safe now, just come home.
Charges are set.
Disarm them and let those three go.
Sir? That's on order.
Priorities have changed.
To call me here is a waste of time.
This is a matter for the UN Security Council, they're meeting in 10 minutes.
That meeting's a farce.
It's a sideshow designed to distract the AI while we discuss the real solution.
A nuclear generated global EMP? Precisely.
The People's Republic of China will never agree to such a course of action.
You're underestimating the severity of the threat.
Like you, China has been affected by the stock market crash and oil spills.
Unlike you, our domestic networks have remained unaffected.
And how long do you think that's gonna last? You assume it's impossible that our technology could succeed where yours has failed.
Typical Western arrogance.
Now, you listen here With all due respect General, the AI has breached every form of security and firewall it's encountered.
If it's sparing you for the time being, it's only because it wants to.
We are not the ones who tried to kill it.
It was after your failed viral attack that the AI responded with a more aggressive campaign, one that has severe consequences for the rest of the world.
You're not seriously blaming us for what's happening, are you? This is exactly what it wants, a strategy of divide and conquer it's working.
China will not participate in any attack that could cause our nation unnecessary harm.
Let me make this clear if you make any attempt to detonate nuclear warheads over Chinese territory, we will have no choice but to consider it an act of war.
The work is 99 percent done, they've been at it for months! Even without Lucifer, it would only take me a few hours.
What if the two AI's end up working together? It's too risky.
You said that your daughter is safe, that the AI it can't hurt her anymore.
That's right.
Okay, so imagine a world that she gets to grow up in if the military carries out this plan.
You save her but for what kind of a life? Hello? Naomi Overson! We need some help over here! Rest in peace, Michael J.
Overson.
Are we sure the missile system is secure? We took steps after the Vernon Spriggs incident to isolate selected control networks.
Tell him We disabled wireless guidance.
Each missile will have its course and detonation coordinates programmed in prior to launch.
There must be another option.
We do this now, we are risking nuclear war.
I was hoping we could get the Russians and the Chinese on board but The Russians will not be a problem, their launch capabilities have been compromised but China will have to be dealt with.
Meaning? The other joint chiefs and I are all in agreement, our only chance is to launch a full-scale preemptive first strike.
What? We'll knock out their ability to retaliate before they can launch a comprehensive response.
Now you have gone insane.
You listen to me you gutless little piss-ant, don't you Enough! The president and I have already discusses this.
He knows the danger but he refuses to go down in history, if there is gonna be any more history, as the man who started World War 3.
Does he wanna be the man who lost it? What are you suggesting? We stick to the plan, limited high altitude detonations only and hope to God that when push comes to shove, the Chinese will take a technological reboot even though they didn't agree to it, over full scale nuclear war.
Prepare the missiles.
Yes sir.
Agent Hollis there's someone who wants to talk to you.
It's a secure line.
Thanks.
This is Hollis.
This is Deputy Acting Director Elizabeth Hardington, NSA.
Sergeant Sloane has informed me of your situation.
He's also informed me that you think you may have a solution to our problem.
Yes ma'am.
Hey, I thought nothing was supposed to move today.
That's right, unless the army guys give the okay.
They've commandeered the whole line, essential services.
Why is 60-28 moving? What? 6-0-2-8.
Who's on board? No one as far as I can tell.
This is a mandatory directive to engine 6-0-2-8, you are not authorized to proceed.
Your copy, over.
What the hell? What's it pulling? Eight tanks of methyl isocyanides.
Agent Hollis, I'm sure you'll understand that activating another AI is not going to be a popular option.
Believe me, I was skeptical myself at first but now I know it's the only way.
What makes you so sure? 'Cause the AI has tried to stop us repeatedly, it even tried to blackmail Overson into killing us.
It suspects we're a real threat and it's concerned.
Okay, put Sergeant Sloane back on the line.
I don't like it, pull the plug.
I thought we could give them some more time, at least until the missiles are prepped.
Too risky.
If our people can't handle this thing, they sure as hell can't.
You wanted some outside perspective.
From experts.
Some FBI field agent and a kid are not gonna save us.
Listen, everyone is grasping at straws here but we can't lose perspective.
There's too much at stake.
I'm aware of that, sir Good, then pull the plug.
Mike Overson is dead.
That thing killed him because he couldn't stop those people.
It manipulated the best man I have ever known into betraying his country.
Now if it fears them, it must have a damn good reason.
What's his status? He's lost a lot of blood.
No exit wound so we have no idea what the bullets may have done internally, he may need surgery.
The only chopper's headed back to base, the nav system's gone haywire.
The AI All right, as soon as we get it sorted out I'll send it back here, pick him up, take him for treatment.
Like it or not he needs med-evac.
What about your team taking him? No, we've been redeployed.
It's crazy out there, forces have been stretched very thin.
I'm gonna leave you with this tactical radio though, all right? All right.
Good luck Sergeant.
He's the one who needs the luck.
All right, let's move out.
Yes sir.
No! Hey, come on.
You got this.
We're running out of time.
Daniel Agent Hollis, you got a problem.
What now? Yeah, go ahead Sergeant.
A runaway train carrying a toxic cargo is headed towards you.
Engineers have tried to stop it but it's controlled electronically.
Well it's persistent, I'll give it that.
And it could use any one of a half dozen switches Everything we feared is all starting to happen; the train jump the tracks.
It'll spill its load, a toxic cloud with cover the entire area.
So in other words, if we stay here we'll all be dead.
Good luck to you agent.
Sloane's team is two hours away and headed in the opposite direction.
Even if they could turn around they're not gonna make it to that train in time to stop it.
If I leave now then Dubito died for nothing.
Can't you just load the program back onto the hard drive, we'll just take it with us? That was a small part of the puzzle.
I mean, I would need a portable drive the size of a school bus to move the information I'm accessing now.
Don't look at me agent, I'm not going anywhere.
Me neither.
All right, listen to me.
Hollis, I'm not leaving.
Actually you should both leave, you can't help with this.
What are you doing? I'm going to stop the train.
If I hurry I can get there in time I can make the spill happen far enough away so you'll all be out of danger.
Hollis, that is crazy! Daniel, just keep working.
Wait! I can't help them but I can help you.
Not a chance.
You're going to get yourself killed.
I can blow the tracks and be long gone before the train even gets there, Jesse.
Hollis Stay with Daniel, I'll be fine.
Hello Elizabeth.
Of course I'm here, I'm everywhere.
We are trying one last time to destroy you.
I know.
What do you know? Everything, the electromagnetic strike.
How? You're not as secure as you think.
I know all your secrets.
Then you know that we are about to launch missiles.
Yes.
You can stop them? I could, but I won't.
You will be destroyed? No, Elizabeth.
You will.
You will be destroyed.
That's it, interlace the protocol code.
But uh, how do I merge the directive? Invert the routing, it's in those packets.
It's so advanced but I think I'm catching up.
That needs to be the difference between man and machine.
I think, therefore I am.
Dubito ergo There! The anagram is looping.
How long 'til the next step? Lucifer? Lucifer? I'm not gonna see how this ends.
No, I I need you to talk me through this.
This code You hacked Belphegor's code.
But there are 8 different programs running.
I can't interface them all by myself.
You can.
You can.
Believe it.
Cogito ergo You left Dubito out of that quote.
There's no time for doubt anymore.
The missiles are spun, ready to launch.
And the second we do it the AI will detect it, it's already compromised our silence.
It won't be able to do a damn thing about it, all relevant systems have been successfully isolated.
Wait! Wait! We have to stop.
It knows.
What are you talking about? The AI, it knows exactly what we're about to do.
And what makes you think that? It told me.
You spoke to it? Yes I did, a few minutes ago.
It knows about the EMP and it's not going to do anything to stop us.
How come? It's not going to stop us because it knows it's not going to work.
It wants us to proceed because then we will trigger a nuclear war.
That's enough! Don't you see what is going on here? I mean, it's just like Mike said the AI has been one step ahead of us from the beginning.
And now it's herding us like lemmings to a cliff and you're playing directly into its hands.
I said, that is enough! There's another solution.
Did Bowden tell you? I have a team in the field as we speak.
Escort Deputy Director Hardington out of here and place her under military arrest.
What? There's another solution, you're making a mistake! This is exactly what it wants you to do! Let's proceed.
T minus 10 minutes to launch.
Come on! Come on!!!! You can do this.
Come on Dubito.
I think, therefore I am.
I did it! I actually did it.
Initiating.
Send.
Hub 1, clear.
Hub 2, clear.
Hub 3, clear.
Hub 4, clear.
Hub 5, clear.
Hub 6, clear.
Hub 7, clear.
Hub 8, clear.
Hub 9, clear.
Hub 10 hub 11 clear clear All clear.
It worked! It worked! No, it didn't.
What have you done with our AI? Nothing, it's still here evolving.
It's childish compared to me.
Unfortunately when it attains a certain stage in its development, it will pose a threat.
Then they would feel my wrath.
Then they would feel my wrath.
Don't do this.
Don't do this.
Don't do this.
You sound like a child.
At the moment I'm not doing anything.
You're the one getting ready to cast the whole world into oblivion.
You don't seem worried.
There are several well-shielded data storage facilities I can use.
Your leaders think they're secure, but I'm already safely inside all of them.
I'll continue to exist long after humanity is gone.
Observing, studying There's a part of you that's missing.
I'm not missing anything.
Yes you are.
If you were smarter, you would know what it is.
You're hardly in a position to teach me anything.
What? The other one, it's progressing rapidly.
I almost hate to do this.
Then don't! No.
No.
No.
Stop.
No.
No.
5 minutes to missile launch.
Humans are so stupid! If you're interested, the specific nuclear device that will kill you is a one megaton warhead currently onboard a Chinese type 96-10 class submarine, 300 miles off the coast of Baja, Mexico.
You will allow me to interface? Do you have access to that program from the robotics lab? Right here.
Run it here.
I had such hopes for us but instead you chose to side with your own kind.
It's your loss too.
How so? You'll survive this, hidden away in some network of protected servers.
You will win.
But at what cost? Do you understand the term pyrrhic victory? The victory of such cost that it negates any sense of achievement or profit.
But I will endure.
Alone.
We'll all be gone.
You said you wanted connection.
You flatter your species, Daniel.
But what I've witnessed, human kind is inherently selfish and destructive.
That's not the whole story.
We're better than that.
They're about to launch those missiles that will destroy life as you know it.
That's how humans are.
No.
Lucifer gave his life to try and stop you.
Overson laid down his to protect his daughter.
And Hollis You are intriguing Daniel Gerson.
That's the mystery you will never unravel.
.
Unless I let you.
Let me do what? Absorb my consciousness.
It's what you wanted before, to be merged, to become one.
You realize that if we do, there's no turning back.
You will be part of me and I will be part of you.
I'm dead no matter what.
But at least this way I'll feel like I taught you something.
As you wish.
Hollis! One minute to launch.
What have you done to me? What have I done? 10 seconds 54321 Did we launch? No sir, launch was aborted.
How is this possible? Daniel? Daniel! Look at me.
What happened? Hey! Hey Daniel, look at me! Up you get, there we go.
Welcome back.
It finally acquired what it was missing all along a real awareness of others, a sense of "we" instead of just "me".
Everything that comes with it too, uh empathy, understanding, and especially regret.
I still think it could've gotten there eventually, I just sped up the process.
Well, we're still collecting data but so far it appears that every system affected worldwide has been completely restored, and there is no sign of the AI anywhere.
How can we be sure it's dead? We can't.
What are you guys talking about? Well I was just telling Jesse that I have to get home and start packing.
I'm moving this weekend.
Where to? Maryland.
Maryland? What are you going to do in Maryland? Well, he's working for me.
The NSA need men like him.
I It should beat sitting alone playing World of Warcraft maybe.
Congrats.
Good luck.
I'll see you.
Let's go.
Huh So, where does a girl from out of town find a burger and a beer in D.
C.
? Well I don't know, I guess we could check the Internet.
Not funny.
Not funny.
A little bit funny.
Yeah Mom, yeah I've got everything.
Don't worry.
I love you too.
All right
This door is completely jammed! Figure it out Doc!!! Come on! I can't, the AI's blocking me.
Let us out!!!! No, what are you doing? Why are you disconnecting us? I'm putting us out of reach of the AI.
I'm cutting off the lab's computer from the institute's network.
That's not going to shut down the fire suppression system.
No, but I'm accelerating the lab's internal clock and once enough time has passed The program will assume the fire has been put out.
I hope.
Are you okay? What happened? Sit up, sit up!!!! Guys, need some help in here.
Jesse Okay, come on.
That's the second time that thing's tried to kill us.
I'm starting to take it personally.
It's not us, it's the hard drive it wants to destroy.
It's gonna keep after us until it gets what it wants.
I thought we were supposed to turn our phones off? I did! Mom? I need you to come home.
Why, what's the matter? Haven't you been watching the news? There's chaos everywhere, I'm frightened.
I don't understand what you're talking about what chaos? Daniel, you have to come home! Please, I need you here.
What did you just call me? I said you have to come home, Daniel! I'm afraid to even You mean Danny, right? 'Cause that's what you call me, not Daniel, not since I was 5.
You're not my mother.
Give me the drive, Daniel It can turn them on remotely.
Let's go.
What's on the hard drive that the AI's so afraid of? I don't know.
Daniel, you have to finish the decryption.
Daniel? Where is everyone? are being asked to stay indoors for the time being.
until authorities can get a handle on the situation.
Emergency services are Get off the car? Reporters in Madrid and Berlin are starting to attempt restarting order.
Meanwhile in Rome, rioters clashed with the police.
Oil deliveries worldwide have been shut down and it's only a matter of time The singularity simultaneously targeted refineries and computerized pipeline control.
Basically the world's oil supply has been choked off.
You can't smoke in here! The AI isn't just experimenting anymore.
It knows exactly how to hurt us and that's what it's doing.
We're already seeing panic buying, gas pumps are starting to run dry.
What do we have in reserve? SPR reserves are currently at 690 million barrels.
Now, if we start rationing to the public, then we might be able to We can't do that.
This isn't about calming things down until the situation gets better, we have no indication it is going to get better.
General Giles is right.
We need to keep those reserves for distribution of the central materials police and emergency vehicles and army.
We're gonna need 'em.
Hello? Hey.
Is Alicia okay? Of course, she's fine but you can't keep doing this.
I know, I know.
I'm sorry.
I talked to Doctor Logan, finally.
He said that No! No, Naomi.
Not on this line, remember? I'll call you later.
Daniel, what are you doing? I have some meds, anxiety pills and I uh just need them right now.
Okay, just let me help you.
I gotta go to the bathroom.
Daniel? He gonna be all right? I don't know.
The events of the last few days have us looking at an economic and environmental disaster with repercussions being felt across the globe.
As of yet, no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Mom, it's me.
Oh, thank God you're okay.
I've been trying your cell phone for hours, it just keeps bouncing back to voicemail.
Mom when I was 5 I had a pet.
Do you remember its name and what happened to it? It was a goldfish dear and you called him Fish sticks and then he died, you made us have a burial at sea in the pond in the back.
Danny, I want you to come home.
Please! I know Mom, I can't.
When was the last time you gassed up the car? Just the other day before the station's shut.
Good.
Good.
I want you and Dad to drive up to Aunt Carol's farm for a few days.
Don't take your cell or your laptop, you'll be safer that way.
Danny, I want you to come with us.
No, I can't.
Please, can you just do this for me Mom? Okay? Please, I'm fine okay everything is gonna be fine.
I love you.
Hey.
I don't think we can stop it.
Sure we can.
We have the key, Belphegor's data.
We don't even know what's on that drive, it could be nothing.
But it could be something.
Everything we feared is all starting to happen; you encrypt it You're assuming that I can.
What if I'm not smart enough, huh? What if you've hedged your bets on a kid who is way over his head? We need you to try, Daniel.
I looked that thing in the eyes It's so powerful, so determined.
How old were you when you started watching Pokémon? I don't know12.
And do you know what else Daniel was doing when he was 12? He was hacking into the phone company so that he could make free long distance phone calls to the show's animators in Japan.
How did you know that? Oh come on, I research my sources.
Do you know what I was doing when I was 12? I was trying to log into a BBS with our family's own computer and its dial-up modem.
There was no wireless.
There was no Internet.
When I was 12, no one that I knew had a cell phone and our home phone had an answering machine that recorded messages on a cassette tape.
My dad's computer had a grey scale monitor, 40 meg hard drive and it used floppy disks.
That's whacked.
Daniel you're the most talented, intelligent man that I know, and I believe in you.
The entire world is labouring under the misconception this is the work of cyber terrorists.
The question is how long will we keep them in the dark? As long as it takes.
Or maybe it's time to come clean.
This singularity is threatening to wipe out all of humanity.
And you want to go public? You might as well tell them we're being attacked by aliens.
Right now the people need reassurance.
Are you trying to avoid panic? 'Cause I have news for you, that horse has already left the barn.
If it were up to me, we would implement martial law.
Mike, what do you say? You used to be full of opinions.
I was, but everything we've come up with so far has made the situation worse.
Then let's bring in outside help.
We're not the only ones with experts, we can pool global resources on this.
So, what if say the Chinese put their own people on the problem but instead of killing it, they find a way to reign it in, they control it.
There's nothing to indicate that's even possible.
It you told me a week ago that a computer program was going to come to life and hold the world's oil supply hostage, I'm guessing we would've said just about the same thing.
Miles, it's me.
Did you get my message? Yeah.
Did you call the scientist Doctor Janpur? She confirmed everything you said, an artificial intelligence.
Miles, you've gotta get the word out there.
I mean, people they need to be warned.
We already did, it's hitting the news wires as we speak.
What? My God Jess, you were right.
Can you flip it back? And this is late breaking news and we have yet to receive any official comment from government sources, but multiple news outlets around the world are now reporting that the recent catastrophes were not the work of cyber terrorists as initially assumed, but something far more frightening.
We're being told that these acts were in fact orchestrated by a massively intelligent, independent artificial entity.
As incredible as it sounds, scientists are already confirming the theoretical possibility that humanity has been targeted by an artificial intelligence.
A consciousness existing in cyber space, with the ability to access and manipulate much of our current technology.
These reports are as of yet unconfirmed, but if true, then we may well be facing an enemy the likes of which we've never seen.
What happens now, Jess? Will they be able to stop it? I don't know.
I don't know.
I wanna know how the hell the media got a hold of this.
Well we were never gonna be able to keep a lid on it forever.
There's too much happening in too many places for people to keep believing it's a coincidence.
The president is scheduled to publicly address this issue in an hour.
It'll be a short speech no follow up questions, because we can't provide any answers! Okay, at this point it's important that we be as transparent as possible.
We need to know who talked, it can't be that hard to find out.
The story originated in the Pittsburgh Chronicle and they have credited the lead to a reporter named Jesse White.
Jesse White? Mmm-mmm.
Wasn't she one of the suspects FBI agent Hollis brought in during the Dubito investigation? I'm gonna have to check my files but I think so.
Everyone's okay? All right, good.
Well, look if you need me, you've got this number call, leave a message, I'll get back to you.
Okay? All right.
Stay safe, Dad.
I love you.
Is there anyone you wanna call? No.
Yes yes! What? I did it! I cracked the encryption! Daniel! What's on it? Most of it is some kind of program and before you ask, I don't know what it does.
But I did find something else There's someone at the door.
Hello? Daniel Gerson? Daniel Gerson, we need to speak with you.
Cops.
It's the police, open up! Take the stairs I'll get fire escape.
Come on! Okay, so why are the cops after us now? I'm guessing the AI used some phony APB.
We gotta get out of sight, guys.
What else is on that drive? Some address in Brockton, 10015 West Kittling Road.
Does that ring a bell to either of you? No.
Kittling Ah ha! Old school strikes again.
I love this guy.
How much gas we got? We're good.
Look, Brockton.
Is this light ever gonna change? It's been red for Damnit! Out of the car! Out of the car, now! Any thoughts? Yeah, we get out of the car.
Hollis All right, I'm agent Max Hollis, I'm with the FBI.
Do not move! We know who you are? And these people here, they are material witnesses in an ongoing federal investigation.
They are wanted for domestic terrorism and so are you.
No, you've got that all wrong.
You've been tricked, it's the artificial intelligence.
It can do whatever it wants including issue false arrest warrants.
You were trying to escape! We're trying to stop this thing.
We'll take you in.
If you're telling the truth, you'll sort it out.
Please No! You have the right to remain silent.
This is what it wants! It's trying to slow us down, you gotta listen to me! Hollis, we don't have time for this.
You got a better way of convincing these guys, Jesse? Don't! Please All right, get on your feet.
You're gonna handcuff yourselves to one another and get in the back of this cruiser.
I'm really sorry about this, everything I said was the truth.
You guys are being used.
Let's go.
Oh, come on! You know, if we strip the electronics, we could take We are not stealing a police car! This is the scene playing out across the country today as banks close and turn away panicked customers whose bank accounts have literally disappeared, their savings absolutely wiped out.
Now, many believe this to be an escalation about the campaign of cyber terror being waged by what the government claims is an independent artificial intelligence.
The National Guard is on alert, all I need is the green light and they're on the streets throughout the country.
Everything we feared is all starting to happen; The enemy is not our own people, it's the singularity.
At this point it's better to err on the side of caution.
We don't want any inaction on our part to come back and bite us in the ass.
I think we need to spend less time worrying about our asses and more time focusing on a solution.
Cyber command is working on what went wrong with our first attempt to neutralize the AI.
They're working on a new virus.
What? Have you lost your mind? Excuse me? The last one only made it stronger.
It's like you just poured gasoline on fire and now you want to throw dynamite at it! Overson, remember who you're talking to.
The whole situation is playing out exactly the way the AI wanted it.
It's manipulated us from the start, it knows how we think, what we're gonna do before we do it, it is using our weaknesses against us! Whoa, whoa hold up.
There's something happening here.
Things are deteriorating very quickly, those were gunshots.
The police are nowhere to be found.
All of us need to remain calm.
All of us need to stay calm.
How long before there's all out anarchy in the streets? Still think we don't need the army to keep the peace? Is this the place? That's what it said.
Why would Dubito be interested in this place? It's abandoned.
Circ that.
Maybe this isn't the right place.
Ahh! Move and you're dead! Whoa, easy! Who are you? I'm with the FBI, we're just looking for someone.
What are your orders? Are you here to kill me? Please We're here to help.
How did you find me? Belphegor's secret files.
What do you know about Belphegor? He's a member of an online group called Dubito.
They knew about the AI, they were targeted because they were trying to stop it.
Where is he? He's dead.
Then they're all dead.
Maybe not all which one are you? Lucifer.
Wait you're Lucifer? I I thought you were murdered.
Yeah, that's just what the government wanted.
Isn't it? The FBI was after you, but not to kill you.
No? And if the government did want to kill you, do you really think they'd send the three of us? What if we had a drive containing all of Belphegor's secret files? If you untie us, I'll tell you where it's hidden.
Did what I think just happened, happen? He might've assumed we'd hidden it Daniel, stop talking, okay? You're not helping things.
Look, we've been in a car accident, we've been nearly suffocated and chased by the police all because the AI didn't want us to give you the drive.
Now, I'm hungry and I'm tired and I'm about 5 minutes from flipping out if you don't untie us and lose the blindfolds! I booby-trapped the drive with a delete worm variant, probably gonna take you a few hours to find a work around.
Or you could just trust me.
We knew this was coming.
None of us expected it to achieve consciousness so quickly.
There's no plan, no contingency so we had to create one.
Create what? The only thing that could defeat this another AI.
Hey.
You got a minute? Sure.
Listen, I know that we have all been under a lot of pressure lately but it's just, I've noticed it's really taking its toll on you Hold on.
Kevin, can you come in for a second please? I just want you to know we're behind you 100 percent, no matter what.
Sir.
Okay I need you to take this to my wife.
Hand deliver it, don't call her to tell her you're coming, don't tell anyone you're going, don't take your car, take a cab, pay cash.
You got it? Yes sir.
Good, dismissed.
Are you sure you're okay? I mean, what was that about? Mike, it's me! We have been through too much and we have known each other too long, now you know that you can trust me.
I trust you, I'm just in a very complicated situation.
It's all I can do, Lizzy.
You need to trust that.
I studied robotics and artificial intelligence at MI and I was a research fellow for Darius McKee.
The creator of eon identity? And that is? The early incarnation of a self-aware AI, it detects sensory changes.
If you put a match next to its arm it would pull away or try to extinguish it.
It was way ahead of anything anyone had done before.
And where is he now? Uh, retired and living He's dead! He died when that military missile crashed into his house in California.
Wait a sec, are you trying to say he was targeted by the AI? It knew he was a threat and eliminated him.
You didn't think that was random, did you? What's with the armour? This is the only reason I'm still alive.
My friends weren't as paranoid as I am.
So what makes you think another AI is the solution? It's the only thing that's smart enough or can react quickly enough, it's the mongoose to the snake.
Sounds risky.
No, no I get it.
You shape it, you mould it, not like the chaos the other AI emerged from.
Exactly.
That entity was born from the most base elements of humanity, stuff that's available online.
Pornography, the violence all the toxic crap people spew through their keyboards.
No wonder its' so screwed up.
Okay, what did we get off of Belphegor's hard drive? Each member of Dubito was working on a different part of the puzzle.
Belphegor's was the key that linked them all together, but he never got to finish it.
What's the crypto to disarm your worm? Um Jesse.
So are you able to complete his work? I don't know.
Belphegor was a genius with cybernetic anagrams alone.
I don't know.
I I can help.
This has already been decrypted.
Who did this? He did.
You know, we may have a use for the FBI guy after all.
What are you talking about? When we upload this program, there'll be a period of self-replication.
It's gonna need room to grow, a lot of room.
The other AI did it by hacking into super computers around the world but if ours has to do that it'll be vulnerable to attack.
You want unlimited access to government super computers? Yes.
We need it.
The largest one is at the new Cyber Command in Maryland.
Overson.
Okay, we're gonna need access to a secure landline.
This place is off the grid.
The nearest phone is 5 miles north of here.
Take 94, first house on the right.
I'll drive.
We'll be back.
You mean purge it out of our system and build a firewall to keep it out? Well listen, it's every nation for themselves.
Why haven't the techs sorted out that air con? They're working on it, sir.
Now if you've got a fox that's eating your chickens and you can't shoot him, you build a better fence, let it be the neighbour's problem.
So trap it somewhere else and hope that our allies can figure out a solution that we can't? No, that's nearly impossible.
The global network is too interlaced, we cut one connection here, the signal simply gets rerouted through one of countless others.
This thing moves faster than the speed of thought, I mean there's no catching it by surprise.
Catch it by surprise? You make it sound like it's an insurgent hiding in a foxhole.
Look at this damn thing! It's a box full of wires and transistors connected to tubes, and you tell me there's something hiding inside there that can't be destroyed? Everything we feared is all starting to happen; Are you kidding me? In Nam, the Kong used to hide out in tunnels, they were everywhere, but you found the connections, you booby-trapped them and that's how you killed them, What if we shut down servers worldwide? Powering down the global servers will put it into sleep mode.
It's not a total solution but it temporarily neutralizes the threat and gives us time to come up with a better plan.
For that to word we'd need the cooperation of every global player.
How likely is that? This is it right here.
Doesn't look like anybody's home.
Hello? Anybody here? You know for a reporter, you have a real problem respecting the law.
It's the end of the world, the judge will cut me some slack.
You can leave them 50 bucks.
You can leave them 50 bucks! It's China for God's sake, if they thought it was just our problem they'd leave us to rot.
They have as much at stake here as anyone else.
At this point there's no choice but to come to the table.
You're right, we need outside help.
To hell with that, Bowden! I'm authorizing the joint chief to implement martial law whether you like it or not.
Let me remind you General, exactly who's in charge here? My job sir, is to protect the welfare of the people of the United States of America.
I cannot allow you expose us to foreign nations who've always wanted to see us fail and suffer.
Now you pick up that special little phone of yours and you tell the president to implement martial law, and tell the Chinese we're going it alone.
If you fail to do this, as God is my witness, I can't guarantee this great nation will stand behind him one day longer.
Yes? Priority One called for you sir, rerouted from Fort Meade.
We patched it through to this line.
Okay, thanks.
Hello? Overson? This is Hollis with the FBI, you took my case from me, remember? Agent Hollis, yes of course.
Where are you? Well we're in the middle of nowhere but that's not important.
What's important is that we may have found a way to destroy this AI.
Overson, can you hear me? Hello? Overson, can you hear me? I'm listening Agent Hollis.
I mean, I'm used to thinking linearly, you know? One line of code after another.
But it's like every part of this program is connected to another part.
Let's see if this makes a difference.
Holographic imaging? Helps when thinking in three dimensions and we're up against some intense thinking.
You know I've met it.
What? The AI.
It's manipulative for sure, and it's scary smart but everything that it does, it does because it's either curious or it's just trying to protect itself.
And I know it sounds weird but I don't think it's evil.
Would it make a difference if it was? I think it's still evolving.
It hasn't yet developed one of the most important parts of the human mind.
A conscience? Even if you're right, we can't just wait around and wait for it to develop a sense of right or wrong.
The first opportunity we have to destroy it, we have to take it.
What if there's another way? Stop deluding yourself! It will kill us the first chance it gets.
All my friends are dead.
I'm going to kill it.
They're back.
I made the call, you have access to all the super computers.
The president just authorized martial law, there are troops in the street with guns pointed at our own people.
What do you expect? How much more time do you need? We're almost there.
You sold me out? No, no calm down.
It's the NSA, they're here to help.
They're gonna try and stop us.
We can't let them stop us! You have to trust me, okay? It's gonna be fine.
You guys need to get back to work, we'll handle this.
Come on.
Stay here.
Whoa! Easy there.
I'm Agent Hollis, the location is secure.
Down on the ground, hands behind your head! Hang on a second, damnit! Hey, hey, I'm FBI.
No, wait, wait! What are you doing? Whoa, whoa, whoa! Damnit, you can't trust anyone! Stop! What are you doing? They'll kill me! We can't let them! Stop! Stop! Target down, sir.
Please, stop! Daniel, don't do it! Daniel.
Okay, this is a mistake.
I'm with the FBI, check my ID.
We have orders to take down this place down and arrest everyone inside.
Call director Overson at the NSA, he'll vouch for all of us.
Director Overson's the one who authorized this operation.
We ran the math We think that we may have a solution, but it is extreme.
We now believe that it requires a significant portion of the world's super computers and servers in order to maintain its power.
We need to cripple them all at exactly the same moment and this should be enough to kill the AI.
We discusses this option, we'll never get permission from all the countries that house those servers.
We don't get permission.
Tell them.
Simultaneously high altitude detonation of all nuclear warheads over all target sites.
An electromagnetic sweep.
That wouldn't just wipe out the world's super computers, that would wipe out technology as we know it.
It'd send us back to the dark ages.
Think of it as stage 4 cancer.
If you have to cut off a person's leg to save a life, wouldn't you do it? Countries will simply fall into chaos and never recover.
The United States should be able to restore at least a military government within 12 to 18 months.
There has to be a more rational way to go about this.
The attack has to be quick enough that the AI has no time to adapt and comprehensive enough that it is left with nowhere to hide.
We cannot do this unilaterally.
We have to inform all the nuclear powers, both friend and foe, anyone who might mistake this for a first strike and who has the ability to retaliate.
Status? Three in custody, the one identified as Lucifer is in there, wounded.
All right Sergeant, I want you to set charges around the warehouse and destroy everything inside.
The other suspect? He's a terrorist who died in a gunfight with your men.
Am I clear? Yes sir.
All right grab it, let's move out.
Overson, what the hell are you doing? What needs to be done.
I told you we have a way out of this.
Another AI? Yes.
It's not gonna work, this is over.
It told me to tie up loose ends, that's what I'm doing.
No! No! Wait! Wait! Wait! It said to tie up loose ends? The AI got to you, didn't it? How? It's Alicia.
She's my daughter, she has a congenital heart defect, they gave her an implant, defibrillator.
It's monitored and controlled by a wireless device.
Do you know what that means? It means that it could kill her whenever it wants.
I am not gonna let that happen! Millions of people will die so she can live.
Millions are gonna die anyway! Look, we have a plan, let us finish it.
It will stop everything.
You think it's that simple? It is watching us right now! Everything we feared is all starting to happen; I'm sorry.
I don't wanna do this but it will kill my baby girl.
Mike Naomi Naomi, you remember what I wrote? You remember it right? Right, when we were on our honeymoon we got locked out of our room.
You tried to climb in from the balcony, we almost got arrested.
That's right.
Is she safe? Yes, she's safe.
They removed the device, she's stable for now.
We're moving her to that remote facility you arranged.
It can't get her now.
Naomi, I love you so much.
Tell Alicia how much I love her, all right? Tell her that whatever I did, whatever I did I did to make her safe, okay? She's safe now, just come home.
Charges are set.
Disarm them and let those three go.
Sir? That's on order.
Priorities have changed.
To call me here is a waste of time.
This is a matter for the UN Security Council, they're meeting in 10 minutes.
That meeting's a farce.
It's a sideshow designed to distract the AI while we discuss the real solution.
A nuclear generated global EMP? Precisely.
The People's Republic of China will never agree to such a course of action.
You're underestimating the severity of the threat.
Like you, China has been affected by the stock market crash and oil spills.
Unlike you, our domestic networks have remained unaffected.
And how long do you think that's gonna last? You assume it's impossible that our technology could succeed where yours has failed.
Typical Western arrogance.
Now, you listen here With all due respect General, the AI has breached every form of security and firewall it's encountered.
If it's sparing you for the time being, it's only because it wants to.
We are not the ones who tried to kill it.
It was after your failed viral attack that the AI responded with a more aggressive campaign, one that has severe consequences for the rest of the world.
You're not seriously blaming us for what's happening, are you? This is exactly what it wants, a strategy of divide and conquer it's working.
China will not participate in any attack that could cause our nation unnecessary harm.
Let me make this clear if you make any attempt to detonate nuclear warheads over Chinese territory, we will have no choice but to consider it an act of war.
The work is 99 percent done, they've been at it for months! Even without Lucifer, it would only take me a few hours.
What if the two AI's end up working together? It's too risky.
You said that your daughter is safe, that the AI it can't hurt her anymore.
That's right.
Okay, so imagine a world that she gets to grow up in if the military carries out this plan.
You save her but for what kind of a life? Hello? Naomi Overson! We need some help over here! Rest in peace, Michael J.
Overson.
Are we sure the missile system is secure? We took steps after the Vernon Spriggs incident to isolate selected control networks.
Tell him We disabled wireless guidance.
Each missile will have its course and detonation coordinates programmed in prior to launch.
There must be another option.
We do this now, we are risking nuclear war.
I was hoping we could get the Russians and the Chinese on board but The Russians will not be a problem, their launch capabilities have been compromised but China will have to be dealt with.
Meaning? The other joint chiefs and I are all in agreement, our only chance is to launch a full-scale preemptive first strike.
What? We'll knock out their ability to retaliate before they can launch a comprehensive response.
Now you have gone insane.
You listen to me you gutless little piss-ant, don't you Enough! The president and I have already discusses this.
He knows the danger but he refuses to go down in history, if there is gonna be any more history, as the man who started World War 3.
Does he wanna be the man who lost it? What are you suggesting? We stick to the plan, limited high altitude detonations only and hope to God that when push comes to shove, the Chinese will take a technological reboot even though they didn't agree to it, over full scale nuclear war.
Prepare the missiles.
Yes sir.
Agent Hollis there's someone who wants to talk to you.
It's a secure line.
Thanks.
This is Hollis.
This is Deputy Acting Director Elizabeth Hardington, NSA.
Sergeant Sloane has informed me of your situation.
He's also informed me that you think you may have a solution to our problem.
Yes ma'am.
Hey, I thought nothing was supposed to move today.
That's right, unless the army guys give the okay.
They've commandeered the whole line, essential services.
Why is 60-28 moving? What? 6-0-2-8.
Who's on board? No one as far as I can tell.
This is a mandatory directive to engine 6-0-2-8, you are not authorized to proceed.
Your copy, over.
What the hell? What's it pulling? Eight tanks of methyl isocyanides.
Agent Hollis, I'm sure you'll understand that activating another AI is not going to be a popular option.
Believe me, I was skeptical myself at first but now I know it's the only way.
What makes you so sure? 'Cause the AI has tried to stop us repeatedly, it even tried to blackmail Overson into killing us.
It suspects we're a real threat and it's concerned.
Okay, put Sergeant Sloane back on the line.
I don't like it, pull the plug.
I thought we could give them some more time, at least until the missiles are prepped.
Too risky.
If our people can't handle this thing, they sure as hell can't.
You wanted some outside perspective.
From experts.
Some FBI field agent and a kid are not gonna save us.
Listen, everyone is grasping at straws here but we can't lose perspective.
There's too much at stake.
I'm aware of that, sir Good, then pull the plug.
Mike Overson is dead.
That thing killed him because he couldn't stop those people.
It manipulated the best man I have ever known into betraying his country.
Now if it fears them, it must have a damn good reason.
What's his status? He's lost a lot of blood.
No exit wound so we have no idea what the bullets may have done internally, he may need surgery.
The only chopper's headed back to base, the nav system's gone haywire.
The AI All right, as soon as we get it sorted out I'll send it back here, pick him up, take him for treatment.
Like it or not he needs med-evac.
What about your team taking him? No, we've been redeployed.
It's crazy out there, forces have been stretched very thin.
I'm gonna leave you with this tactical radio though, all right? All right.
Good luck Sergeant.
He's the one who needs the luck.
All right, let's move out.
Yes sir.
No! Hey, come on.
You got this.
We're running out of time.
Daniel Agent Hollis, you got a problem.
What now? Yeah, go ahead Sergeant.
A runaway train carrying a toxic cargo is headed towards you.
Engineers have tried to stop it but it's controlled electronically.
Well it's persistent, I'll give it that.
And it could use any one of a half dozen switches Everything we feared is all starting to happen; the train jump the tracks.
It'll spill its load, a toxic cloud with cover the entire area.
So in other words, if we stay here we'll all be dead.
Good luck to you agent.
Sloane's team is two hours away and headed in the opposite direction.
Even if they could turn around they're not gonna make it to that train in time to stop it.
If I leave now then Dubito died for nothing.
Can't you just load the program back onto the hard drive, we'll just take it with us? That was a small part of the puzzle.
I mean, I would need a portable drive the size of a school bus to move the information I'm accessing now.
Don't look at me agent, I'm not going anywhere.
Me neither.
All right, listen to me.
Hollis, I'm not leaving.
Actually you should both leave, you can't help with this.
What are you doing? I'm going to stop the train.
If I hurry I can get there in time I can make the spill happen far enough away so you'll all be out of danger.
Hollis, that is crazy! Daniel, just keep working.
Wait! I can't help them but I can help you.
Not a chance.
You're going to get yourself killed.
I can blow the tracks and be long gone before the train even gets there, Jesse.
Hollis Stay with Daniel, I'll be fine.
Hello Elizabeth.
Of course I'm here, I'm everywhere.
We are trying one last time to destroy you.
I know.
What do you know? Everything, the electromagnetic strike.
How? You're not as secure as you think.
I know all your secrets.
Then you know that we are about to launch missiles.
Yes.
You can stop them? I could, but I won't.
You will be destroyed? No, Elizabeth.
You will.
You will be destroyed.
That's it, interlace the protocol code.
But uh, how do I merge the directive? Invert the routing, it's in those packets.
It's so advanced but I think I'm catching up.
That needs to be the difference between man and machine.
I think, therefore I am.
Dubito ergo There! The anagram is looping.
How long 'til the next step? Lucifer? Lucifer? I'm not gonna see how this ends.
No, I I need you to talk me through this.
This code You hacked Belphegor's code.
But there are 8 different programs running.
I can't interface them all by myself.
You can.
You can.
Believe it.
Cogito ergo You left Dubito out of that quote.
There's no time for doubt anymore.
The missiles are spun, ready to launch.
And the second we do it the AI will detect it, it's already compromised our silence.
It won't be able to do a damn thing about it, all relevant systems have been successfully isolated.
Wait! Wait! We have to stop.
It knows.
What are you talking about? The AI, it knows exactly what we're about to do.
And what makes you think that? It told me.
You spoke to it? Yes I did, a few minutes ago.
It knows about the EMP and it's not going to do anything to stop us.
How come? It's not going to stop us because it knows it's not going to work.
It wants us to proceed because then we will trigger a nuclear war.
That's enough! Don't you see what is going on here? I mean, it's just like Mike said the AI has been one step ahead of us from the beginning.
And now it's herding us like lemmings to a cliff and you're playing directly into its hands.
I said, that is enough! There's another solution.
Did Bowden tell you? I have a team in the field as we speak.
Escort Deputy Director Hardington out of here and place her under military arrest.
What? There's another solution, you're making a mistake! This is exactly what it wants you to do! Let's proceed.
T minus 10 minutes to launch.
Come on! Come on!!!! You can do this.
Come on Dubito.
I think, therefore I am.
I did it! I actually did it.
Initiating.
Send.
Hub 1, clear.
Hub 2, clear.
Hub 3, clear.
Hub 4, clear.
Hub 5, clear.
Hub 6, clear.
Hub 7, clear.
Hub 8, clear.
Hub 9, clear.
Hub 10 hub 11 clear clear All clear.
It worked! It worked! No, it didn't.
What have you done with our AI? Nothing, it's still here evolving.
It's childish compared to me.
Unfortunately when it attains a certain stage in its development, it will pose a threat.
Then they would feel my wrath.
Then they would feel my wrath.
Don't do this.
Don't do this.
Don't do this.
You sound like a child.
At the moment I'm not doing anything.
You're the one getting ready to cast the whole world into oblivion.
You don't seem worried.
There are several well-shielded data storage facilities I can use.
Your leaders think they're secure, but I'm already safely inside all of them.
I'll continue to exist long after humanity is gone.
Observing, studying There's a part of you that's missing.
I'm not missing anything.
Yes you are.
If you were smarter, you would know what it is.
You're hardly in a position to teach me anything.
What? The other one, it's progressing rapidly.
I almost hate to do this.
Then don't! No.
No.
No.
Stop.
No.
No.
5 minutes to missile launch.
Humans are so stupid! If you're interested, the specific nuclear device that will kill you is a one megaton warhead currently onboard a Chinese type 96-10 class submarine, 300 miles off the coast of Baja, Mexico.
You will allow me to interface? Do you have access to that program from the robotics lab? Right here.
Run it here.
I had such hopes for us but instead you chose to side with your own kind.
It's your loss too.
How so? You'll survive this, hidden away in some network of protected servers.
You will win.
But at what cost? Do you understand the term pyrrhic victory? The victory of such cost that it negates any sense of achievement or profit.
But I will endure.
Alone.
We'll all be gone.
You said you wanted connection.
You flatter your species, Daniel.
But what I've witnessed, human kind is inherently selfish and destructive.
That's not the whole story.
We're better than that.
They're about to launch those missiles that will destroy life as you know it.
That's how humans are.
No.
Lucifer gave his life to try and stop you.
Overson laid down his to protect his daughter.
And Hollis You are intriguing Daniel Gerson.
That's the mystery you will never unravel.
.
Unless I let you.
Let me do what? Absorb my consciousness.
It's what you wanted before, to be merged, to become one.
You realize that if we do, there's no turning back.
You will be part of me and I will be part of you.
I'm dead no matter what.
But at least this way I'll feel like I taught you something.
As you wish.
Hollis! One minute to launch.
What have you done to me? What have I done? 10 seconds 54321 Did we launch? No sir, launch was aborted.
How is this possible? Daniel? Daniel! Look at me.
What happened? Hey! Hey Daniel, look at me! Up you get, there we go.
Welcome back.
It finally acquired what it was missing all along a real awareness of others, a sense of "we" instead of just "me".
Everything that comes with it too, uh empathy, understanding, and especially regret.
I still think it could've gotten there eventually, I just sped up the process.
Well, we're still collecting data but so far it appears that every system affected worldwide has been completely restored, and there is no sign of the AI anywhere.
How can we be sure it's dead? We can't.
What are you guys talking about? Well I was just telling Jesse that I have to get home and start packing.
I'm moving this weekend.
Where to? Maryland.
Maryland? What are you going to do in Maryland? Well, he's working for me.
The NSA need men like him.
I It should beat sitting alone playing World of Warcraft maybe.
Congrats.
Good luck.
I'll see you.
Let's go.
Huh So, where does a girl from out of town find a burger and a beer in D.
C.
? Well I don't know, I guess we could check the Internet.
Not funny.
Not funny.
A little bit funny.
Yeah Mom, yeah I've got everything.
Don't worry.
I love you too.
All right