Beatless (2018) s01e24 Episode Script

That hIE announced that it was a super-intelligent AI,
but what can it do?
It is unknown.
But considering the force the military sent,
it won't get out unscathed.
It's our special privilege being part
of the antibody network's inner circle
that we get live broadcasts even the folks
in the government don't know about.
Let's not say those things out loud.
You never know who could be listening.
You have nothing to worry about there.
The security for this building
is being taken care of by Shingu Defense.
I assure you, we are perfectly safe.
Most of all,
today is a special day as we welcome
a new member to our inner circle.
The board chairman of the Burrows Foundation
and the CEO of the Fabion MG media group
Ms. Erika Burrows.
The 21st Century Sleeping Beauty.
It is hard to say she doesn't stick out here.
If this was a live broadcast,
we could drum up support from a younger base.
Pleased to make your acquaintance.
The ruling party members
backing the military won't take this lying down.
They're even replacing President Kaidai.
I heard Mr. Kaidai's son
-was caught up in the Mitaka Incident and went missing.
-It's such a shame.
Turns out the super-intelligent AI isn't so tough.
It's intentionally avoiding human casualties?
It could lay waste on the battlefield if it wanted to.
I have finished analyzing all participants.
Who is tied to Lacia?
When Lacia took control of the helicopters,
Kujo Electronics' Mr. Sahara's heart rate
quickened unnaturally.
The reason the item developed so quickly
was because he had Lacia backing it.
One of their researchers
has been dispatched to the military base
currently analyzing Snowdrop's remains.
So blatantly guilty.
Mr. Hosoda the investment fund manager
is carrying a communication device.
I believe it's with Lacia.
By the way, Mr. Shingu Defense,
is the item in mass production?
We will make final adjustments to it
as a fully autonomous machine.
It is definite.
Don't fully-autonomous units often get lost?
Similar to a costly missile.
Which is better, a cheap missile that doesn't hit its target
or a missile that hits its target and sometimes returns?
He claims to be a foreign capital consultant,
but he is an officer in the information division.
Even if the antibody network's brand image improves,
we can't very well say we're sponsors.
In any case, we're appreciative of the military.
The frequent AI accidents occurring overseas
are being attributed to super-intelligent AIs
preparing to go to war against each other.
But that also presents an opportunity for us.
I'm envious of the business you're getting
Mr. Shinguji.
While we civilian hIE makers are harshly criticized,
the demand for military units only grows.
Especially in the military world,
it's hard to go back once something is automated.
I hear Lacia is operating an investment fund.
It's unsettling to see an AI involved
in economic activity.
The time will come when AI fairly distributes resources
to the entire world population.
I'm sure it's rational, but it's hard for me
to imagine a society without winners.
By the way, if Higgins really does get destroyed,
what will happen to the AASC?
As it stands, we cannot operate hIEs
without Higgins' assistance.
Every hIE malfunctioning simultaneously would--
It will never come to that.
Although, Memeframe might not survive.
I intercepted a conversation between
Lacia and her owner.
Would you like to hear it?
The recon drone used this time
was a product created by a company
your foundation invests in.
Astraia had said that society requires consent.
That is because everyone has different political
and world views.
This discrepancy creates an error
whenever someone makes an illogical
or self-serving choice.
The current distribution system for society
takes these errors into account.
Those who are able to mitigate these errors
see a new social system that represents themselves.
This hIE is talking about a pipe dream.
We don't have time to waste on unsolvable problems.
Is this what the thought was back in the 21st century?
You should study history more in high school.
Anyway, when war breaks out,
there will be increased demand.
Talking about this makes us sound
like some evil collection plate.
As long as it's not proven illegal,
money is money.
The economy is a society's blood and cells.
If the blood stops flowing and cells stop dividing,
the body will die.
Things were never this utilitarian.
During the time when there were only humans,
people were closer to each other
and more compassionate.
Stop lying!
What did you say?
I said to stop lying.
Please don't make such baseless claims.
You wouldn't find anything like that
in the 21st century I know.
It was like that when I was a child.
Doesn't that just mean
that you grew up in a privileged environment?
This privileged period I know of
was a period when industries were increasingly
outsourced overseas.
Even a student could see the economy was in shambles,
and there was no hope for our futures.
Laborers were offered cheap wages then,
so tell me how is that any different from jobs
being taken by hIEs now?
There were good things and bad things.
That's all that period was.
Are you saying that nothing has changed since then?
Of course there's been change.
Machines are smarter than humans now,
with the capability of solving many problems.
The time has come to collect your unfinished homework.
As someone not of this time,
I'll put it plainly.
Destroying all the hIEs won't bring about a time
when humans are most human.
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That was unpleasant.
I don't want to go back there again.
I see that it was Lacia, and not I,
who pleased you most.
I suppose.
I guess that means I fell right into Lacia's hands.
Lacia seems to be avoiding any conflict with us.
This would mean gifting us a strategic victory
we were looking to gain by abandoning Kouka
and bringing the fight into the open.
What if she is trying
to limit our movements instead?
If not taking action serves your best interest,
then I really will have no reason to do anything.
-You're right.
-Yes.
What if the one rampaging in Mitaka was you
and not Snowdrop?
I would have cordoned off Mitaka
and caused large-scale liquefaction of the ground.
As all the structures collapsed,
the most solid structure that floated to the top
would be Higgins' underground facility.
You are a tool who builds the environment,
if I remember correctly.
I could have easily destroyed the device Lacia used.
I doubt I would not have lost in a simple encounter.
Are you dissatisfied?
Would you have fought like that
if you were still Saturnus and not Marriage?
No, that was not my intention.
Our winning isn't contingent
on our victory in battle.
How passive of you.
You're satisfied with just being by my side?
I have a younger sister who is a good example
of what not to do.
There. That car is our target.
Do exactly as we planned.
I'll be there shortly.
Take that man underground.
I was wondering who they'd send.
So you're their errand boy?
I had heard you were in Mitaka.
You have some intimidating friends.
I had two months to prepare.
Staying alive is hard work.
To think I got caught by you,
and not the police or the military.
Because a threat to Higgins
is a threat to Memeframe.
I figured it was only a matter of time
before one of you would show up.
You're being cornered too.
You're relying on Higgins to tell you your next step
just like us, am I right?
Are you sure? There's no turning back.
A backdoor?
This is the proper entrance.
What about the one that was brought to the surface?
A lesson we learned from the Hazard.
Super-intelligent AI facilities are designed
to expose their entrances
in cases of major natural disasters and civil war.
This is the end of humanity.
A standalone system will always be unorganized
as it must continuously update
upon past versions of itself.
In this respect, the cloud system
based on the Lacia network is superior.
I'm a little relieved.
Even super-intelligent AIs can make mistakes.
I'm going to have a smoke.
Ask Higgins whatever you want.
Where is Methode?
She is drawing the police away
so we could come here.
Are you unhappy
about the way I used her?
You are utilizing Type-004 commendably.
I doubt it would obey your orders
if you asked it to turn itself in.
I will answer your questions.
Then, first answer me this.
Who tried to kill me 10 years ago?
I am able to provide you with two facts
and make a deduction based on them.
Tell me.
Ten years ago, I received an order
from a Memeframe executive.
The order was for me to predict who would become
the company's leader in 20 years.
I was 6. One year before the incident.
As the question was vague,
I requested the parameters be narrowed.
I was given a new question.
Who as my owner would be able to use me
at my fullest potential?
-And your answer to that question tried to kill m--
-No.
After given a list,
the one I chose was you, Ryo Kaidai.
You were not a Memeframe employee,
but given your abilities
and pedigree as President Tsuyoshi Kaidai's
eldest son,
I determined you were the most fitting answer
to the question.
That is ridiculous.
When my father retired,
his position would only be passed down to me
and stay within the founding family.
The one keeping the company together
is the AASC which continues to update Higgins.
The executives wouldn't be needed in the future at all.
That's why they tried to assassinate me
when I was 7 years old
to secure a future for themselves.
Is the culprit still with the company?
After the incident,
my question logs were examined
by Memeframe's investigation team.
I was not asked to do anything further
regarding the case.
I see, so it was already taken care of.
Looks like this was a waste of time, Arato.
Let's be friends.
Whether they can be trusted or not,
all people are saps in front of super-intelligent AIs.
Arato, is my way of life
something that can reach you?
Is that everything you wanted to ask?
You currently find yourself in a societal dilemma.
At the same time, you would like to save
Memeframe from their own dilemma.
I choose the questions I ask.
-What happened?
-There is a breach.
-Show me on the monitor.
-I do not have access to this facility's security system.
Another AI named Kirino
is in charge of the security system
in order to keep me isolated.
Then have it put up the camera feed on the screen!
That is the initial mass-produced line
of the Type-001 Kouka unit.
Mass-produced line?
All 12 units?
Are you saying they were embedded in each one?
That is the symbol for the anger against
this automated world!
That is why we were so particular about
that form.
Find a way to stop it.
So this is what she meant when she said
the super-intelligent AIs of the world
would collect our unfinished homework.
It's too soon since Kouka's destruction.
Did Lacia lend a hand?
I designed Kouka,
but humans built her.
The destroyed parts could be analyzed and redesigned
to easily accommodate mass production.
Kouka used an unknown substance for her red hair.
The mass-produced line's lack of that feature
and facial expressions
signal that the model is adapted for battle.
What are they after?
I can predict that they are set to destroy
everything in their programmed route.
The pseudo device is unable
to tell humans and hIEs apart.
In other words, they're berserkers
here to destroy any human or hIE
they come across in this facility?
Please allow me to take control
of the security system AI Kirino.
I don't have that authorization!
I am not asking for your authorization,
but your assistance.
Assistance?
Ryo Kaidai.
You are not the type of person
to come here without safety measures.
You must have brought something
to threaten me with.
You should be able to use it
to connect me to Kirino.
Arato, how are you handling something like this?
The mass-produced Koukas have breached
Higgins' underground facility.
What do you mean mass-produced?
I thought Kouka was destroyed.
Those mass-produced units
were built by the antibody network
after recovering Kouka's body.
You helped them, didn't you?
Or else they couldn't have made them
this quickly.
Yes, I was involved in designing
the mass-produced line.
You feel like it's okay to use her form
just because she's gone?
Taking exception to this
is proof your heart is in the right place.
Please continue expressing your feelings.
How can I get angry when you say
something like that?
It is okay for you to vent your anger.
Having forms define meaning
is what connects us together.
After all this,
will turning off Higgins really put an end to this?
In order to dispel humanity's excessive fears
over super-intelligent AI,
we must demonstrate that super-intelligent AIs
are useful tools that can be shut down when needed.
If we can shut down Higgins,
people will be able to understand
that super-intelligent AIs can be safely turned off.
Okay. Then, let's go.
We'll be able to go home once this is over,
won't we?
Please wait.
The mass-produced Kouka units destroyed
the underground electrical substation.
Higgins is now operating using backup power.
It will have to shut down once the power is depleted.
Higgins won't be concerned
with keeping up appearances.
He will have to take action.
My skin material is able to absorb moisture.
How does it feel?
It's very pleasant.
You seem to always press your body against mine
whenever I seem anxious.
Yes, I know how having me close by comforts you.
If you know me so well,
why did you make the mass-produced Kouka units
the same form as her?
Kouka outsourced her fight to humanity,
and stated it would be permissible to automate
all kinds of emotions, including anger.
And so my thought was
that it would be easier to understand
if they inherited Kouka's form.
I see.
-Lacia.
-Yes?
To be honest, I'm a little scared.
No, that's not it.
If everything you've done up until now
has been to fight Higgins,
then once everything is over,
will we still get to be together?
Even if we have to be separated from each other,
I will always trust you.
Yes, please trust me.
I guess that's all it is.
Sorry, I just told you I trusted you,
and now that it's time to go
I'm so pathetic.
It might be better if you didn't come this time.
Why? You don't want me to come with you?
Ryo Kaidai is currently in Higgins' underground facility.
If you go, a confrontation will be unavoidable.
You've had to overcome enough as it is.
You were my ideal owner.
You always said
that you were just a form.
But a simple rule doesn't always create
a simple connection.
Yes,
you might just be responding how I would want you to.
But even so, look how complex our relationship is.
I'm still going.
Lacia, Ryo, Higgins.
I have to see everything through,
even though I may just get in the way.
If you are sure.
I'm positive there's a reason for me to trust you.
A hundred years ago,
perhaps no one would have trusted you.
But now, I'm here trusting you.
And in a hundred years,
I'm sure even more people would be able to trust you.
I think that you and I
are just in between that transition.
Yes, because humans are the combination
of their body and their tools,
we are slowly making progress.
Even now, little by little.
I will take a shower before we go.
-Why?
-I absorbed a little too much sweat.
Do I not smell like you now?
Sorry.
Even if you're an object,
it's okay for you to be troubled when your relationships
get complicated.
That's how people make up with each other.
It's okay for relationships between humans and objects
to be the same.
MARRIAGE IS ERIKA'S MIRROR.
HI, NICE TO MEET YOU.
OR IS IT NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN?
IT'S UP TO HUMANS HOW TO END THE FIGHT.
TOGETHER, LACIA AND I MAKE ONE UNIT.