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Season 1, Episode 1 — Episode 1

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Check.

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Good morning, baby.

#3

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It's not controversial. It's standard.

#4

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Well... semi-standard.

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-But okay.

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Standard that elliptical curve is inherently better than RSA.

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You realize you're saying this as someone

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who doesn't work in encryption to someone who does.

#9

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So you're saying they're equal?

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Both are weak to attack from quantum computers,

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so by sharing the same weak point,

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are equally weak.

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RSA is still more brute-forcible.

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Dude. Please.

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Hey, man.

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Thanks.

#17

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Hey, Lily.

#18

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How you doing, Pete?

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Oh, you know, I'm good.

#20

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You guys have a great day. You know?

#21

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Be all you can be.

#22

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-Hey. -We're gonna nail it today.

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You bet.

#24

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So, this is it.

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-Let me know, okay? -Of course.

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Good luck.

#27

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Hey.

#28

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Bye.

#29

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Just tell me it's still alive.

#30

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Yeah, it's still alive.

#31

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Looks happy.

#32

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Guys. Sorry, we're late.

#33

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I was putting out fires.

#34

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You see that thing this morning?

#35

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-Uh, no. -Seems the world

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is pissed because our qubits work and theirs don't.

#37

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So one of our competitors planted a New York Times story

#38

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suggesting we get government oversight,

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which was nice.

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Anyway, we're here.

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We have 15 minutes.

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And you have some cool stuff to show us.

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We hope.

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Well, we all hope.

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Hit us.

#46

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Okay. Jen?

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So...

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this is iteration 89

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of the nematode simulation.

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302 neurons mapped.

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Nurture data tracked

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from moment of first cell division.

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Beautiful.

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Okay. Synchronize.

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Synchronizing.

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In three,

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two,

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one,

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go.

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Overlay, please.

#61

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Here comes overlay.

#62

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Whoa.

#63

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That's impressive.

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Thank you.

#65

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And at this moment there's no sensor-based connection

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between the nematode and the simulation?

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Nothing at all from this point of synchronization.

#68

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This is movement initiated by the mapped neurons

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and the nurture data. That's all.

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In which case you can demonstrate that

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with a future projection?

#72

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Absolutely.

#73

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Ten seconds?

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Yes. Jen?

#75

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-Predicted movement loop,

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ten seconds into the future.

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So that's five,

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four,

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three,

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two,

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one.

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So, right in front of my eyes,

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you just predicted the exact behavior

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of a living organism.

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Ten seconds into the future.

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The simplest organism we could find.

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But... yes.

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We did.

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I love it.

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Okay, and...

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So, about 30 seconds

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from the moment we synchronize,

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we start to lose correlation.

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30 seconds.

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Thereabouts.

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Why do you think that is?

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Sheer complexity.

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The numbers we're crunching go insane.

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As in... truly insane.

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Or?

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It's a quantum-type problem.

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Somewhere in the multiverse,

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there is a world where the two stay in sync.

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But it's not this one.

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Not a fan of the multiverse theory.

#106

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I'd go with the former.

#107

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Guys, can you give us a moment?

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Sergei, you've done fantastic work.

#109

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Exceptional work.

#110

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But I think your time in the AI division

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has run its course.

#112

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I want you to join Devs.

#113

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Devs?

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Yeah.

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Thank you.

#116

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And you literally start tomorrow-- just straight in?

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Apparently.

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I mean, there's a security process.

#119

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But as long as I pass, by the end of the day,

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I'll be in there.

#121

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Doing it.

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You're not gonna be able to tell me anything

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about what that is.

#124

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Well, I might be able to.

#125

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No. I'm saying

#126

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let's keep it simple.

#127

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You tell me nothing, and I never ask.

#128

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Otherwise it could be a thing between us, you know?

#129

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I don't want it to be a thing between us.

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I'm not going to be able to sleep.

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So let's not sleep.

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Born: Moscow.

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Moved to the U.S., age 22.

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MIT.

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Then a failed start-up.

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Then another.

#137

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And then here.

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For three years.

#139

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Yes.

#140

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You're dating someone at the company.

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Yes, that's right. Lily Chan.

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She works in encryption.

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-And is Chinese. -Well, she's...

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Is it a serious relationship?

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Yes. Very serious.

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Are you faithful to each other?

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No trouble on the horizon?

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As far as I know.

#149

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As far as you know.

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Planning to get married?

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We talked about it.

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Yes, we will.

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Planning to have kids?

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No time soon.

#155

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You won't be able to discuss your work with her at all.

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Think you'll be able to handle that?

#157

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Absolutely. We discussed it already.

#158

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We're both totally comfortable with that,

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so there is no issue there.

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There's no issue there.

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You Russian. Her Chinese. Me nervous.

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Why?

#163

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Why is the head of Amaya security nervous

#164

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about the Russians and the Chinese?

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Lily is American.

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Second... No, third generation.

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You aren't.

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Are you religious?

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Excuse me?

#170

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Are you religious?

#171

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No.

#172

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Not at all.

#173

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Step back, sir.

#174

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Get his shoe size?

#175

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--I'm a 13.

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Okay, guys. I think we're good.

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One.

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One.

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Oh, my God, you guys.

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-Two. -Three.

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-Five. -Eight.

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-13. -21.

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-34. -55.

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-89 -1-4-4.

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-2-3-3. -3-7-7.

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-6-1-0. -9-8-7.

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-1-5-9-7. -2-5-8-4.

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-Four... -Hesitation.

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-1-8-1. -6-7-6-5.

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One... One...

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-Zero. -Fuck.

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-Go on, hit me. -1-0-9-4-6.

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-You got them memorized. -Nope.

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-You're a fucking machine, Lily.

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What is it?

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Sergei.

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He's going in.

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Whoa.

#199

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Yeah.

#200

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So tell me about Devs.

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I can't tell you anything.

#202

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No one knows what the Devs team does

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except the Devs team.

#204

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I wouldn't even say the Devs team

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knows what the Devs team does.

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Not all of them, anyway.

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But I'm asking you to guess.

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I'm just curious.

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Okay.

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Well, it's Devs--

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it's development, obviously.

#212

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But I got a feeling

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it's not a progression of our quantum system

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because, in a way,

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the system works as well as it can.

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So I assume it's an application of the system.

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But I doubt it's doubling up

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with any of the other Amaya divisions.

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So...

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...not AI.

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Not encryption.

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Not search engine.

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-Maybe national security.

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I don't give two fucks about national security.

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Biotech?

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A misuse of resources.

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Cold fusion.

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Alchemy.

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A lead Faraday shield.

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A 13-yard-thick concrete shell.

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Then a gold mesh.

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Then...

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an eight-yard vacuum seal,

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totally unbroken.

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Then the labs.

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And, in the core, the machine.

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The labs are inside

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an unbroken vacuum seal?

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How do we get across?

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You'll see.

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It's pretty neat.

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Last chance to guess, Sergei.

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-Quantum cell phones.

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This entire structure

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is supported by electromagnetic fields?

#246

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Yeah.

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That's the machine?

#248

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It's the central unit.

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There's more?

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Above us. Below us.

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How many qubits is it running?

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A number

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that seems pointless to express as a number.

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It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

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As in the rest of the corporation,

#256

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we are not interested in observing weekends.

#257

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There are no shifts.

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You can work nights if you like, many do.

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One rule to observe:

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we take nothing into Devs

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and nothing out.

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So, no bags, no laptops,

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no memory sticks.

#264

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Aside from that, everything here is open.

#265

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All code can be accessed.

#266

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There are no passwords. There are no closed doors.

#267

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There are also no cleaners,

#268

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so please tidy up after yourself.

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This is your station.

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If you don't like the position, you can move to another.

#271

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Um...

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but what am I actually doing here?

#273

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I'm not gonna tell you.

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I won't need to.

#275

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Just sit.

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Read code.

#277

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Take your time.

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And don't worry, you're gonna figure it out.

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I know you are.

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Here.

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Katie. We met earlier, but weren't introduced.

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Sergei.

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As Forest told you,

#284

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there's no hurry.

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You can lose yourself.

#286

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You can take your time.

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Um, Katie,

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I-I need to know.

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This code--

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is it for real or is it just theoretical?

#291

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It's not theoretical.

#292

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You mean you've actually run the code?

#293

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There are results?

#294

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Yes.

#295

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But...

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this changes everything.

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If it's true,

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it-it literally changes every single thing.

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No.

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If it's true it changes absolutely nothing.

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In a way, that's the point.

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The universe is deterministic.

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S-Sorry?

#304

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The universe is deterministic.

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It's godless and neutral

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and defined only by physical laws.

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The marble rolls because it was pushed.

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The man eats because he's hungry.

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An effect is always the result

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of a prior cause.

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The life we lead, with all its apparent chaos,

#312

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is actually a life on tramlines.

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Prescribed.

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Undeviating.

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Deterministic.

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I know it doesn't feel that way, Sergei.

#317

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We fall into an illusion of free will

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because the tramlines are invisible,

#319

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and we feel so certain

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about our subjective state.

#321

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Our feelings, our opinions,

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judgments,

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decisions.

#324

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You joined my company.

#325

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You gained our trust. Gained my trust.

#326

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Then stole my code

#327

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on your James Bond wristwatch.

#328

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I-I don't know what you mean.

#329

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That would appear to be the result of some decisions,

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wouldn't it?

#331

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About where you placed your allegiance,

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about who you would betray.

#333

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But if we live in a deterministic universe,

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then those decisions can only have been

#335

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the result of something prior.

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Where you were born,

#337

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how you were brought up.

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The physical construction of your particular brain.

#339

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It's the nature-nurture matrix.

#340

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Exactly like the nematode worm in your simulation.

#341

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It's more complex, more nuanced, but still...

#342

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...at the end of the day,

#343

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cause and effect.

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I hope you understand what I'm saying, Sergei.

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This is forgiveness.

#346

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This is absolution.

#347

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You made no decision to betray me.

#348

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You could only have done what you did.

#349

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No! No!

#350

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Hello, you have reached Sergei Pavlov.

#351

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I am currently unavailable, so...

#352

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What the fuck?

#353

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Lils. What's up?

#354

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He's still not back, Jen.

#355

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I'm really worried.

#356

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I think something's happened.

#357

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Something like what?

#358

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I don't know.

#359

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S-Something.

#360

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Relax. It's only 12:30.

#361

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How many times have you put in an all-nighter?

#362

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I guess.

#363

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He'll still be in Devs.

#364

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No way there'll be a phone signal there, right?

#365

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Knowing Sergei, he's lost track of time

#366

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from all the cool toys he's got to play with.

#367

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Get some sleep. And try not to wake up

#368

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when he rolls in at 4:00 a.m.

#369

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Okay. Thanks, Jen.

#370

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Night, Lils.

#371

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No.

#372

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No, no.

#373

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That was the last time I saw him.

#374

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I was at my office window.

#375

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And he was headed towards Devs from the hub.

#376

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And after that, nothing.

#377

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And, obviously, you expected to hear from him.

#378

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Definitely.

#379

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No trouble at home?

#380

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No way he could have gone somewhere else last night?

#381

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You live together, right?

#382

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No trouble. I promise you,

#383

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Sergei disappearing makes no sense at all.

#384

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Ma'am, I believe you.

#385

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And the good news is that with our systems here,

#386

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his movements are gonna be easy to track.

#387

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Let me just punch his ID in here

#388

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and we'll get to the bottom of this in no time.

#389

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Okay. Here we are.

#390

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Let's see...

#391

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Looks like he left Devs

#392

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quarter of ten last night.

#393

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And went where?

#394

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Well, this is him, right?

#395

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That's him.

#396

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Okay. Let's see where this goes.

#397

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Cameras have him crossing the parking lot

#398

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at 10:15.

#399

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He's not taking the shuttle bus.

#400

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And look-- we have him here again,

#401

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10:28.

#402

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He's walking to the freeway.

#403

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Looks like it.

#404

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Why would he do that?

#405

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I don't know.

#406

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But at this point, he's off campus.

#407

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We can't track him anymore.

#408

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Kenton... Oh...

#409

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Sorry to bust in, uh,

#410

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but I just need to talk about

#411

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that VIP visit that's coming up.

#412

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One moment, sir. We seem to have a situation here. Uh,

#413

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One of our employees has apparently gone missing,

#414

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sometime last night.

#415

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Missing?

#416

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-Who? -It's the new kid, uh,

#417

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just started at Devs. The one I screened.

#418

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Sergei? From AI?

#419

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Yes. You saw him yesterday?

#420

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Sure. I took him to Devs personally.

#421

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But what are you talking about-- missing?

#422

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Our CCTV has him leaving campus on foot,

#423

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2300 hours. Then nothing.

#424

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You're his partner?

#425

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-Yes. -And no calls, no messages?

#426

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He never came home?

#427

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And that never happens.

#428

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Okay. Um...

#429

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Now, I don't want you to worry.

#430

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I'm sure everything's gonna be fine,

#431

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with a simple explanation.

#432

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But just to be on the safe side,

#433

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we're gonna go by the book.

#434

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Call the police. Report him missing. Right now.

#435

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Yes, sir.

#436

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He's gonna turn up, Lils.

#437

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It's gonna be all right.

#438

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I don't think it is.

#439

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But how can you know that?

#440

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I just feel it.

#441

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If you'd seen the film--

#442

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the film of him walking--

#443

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there was something strange about it.

#444

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It was, like...

#445

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it was, like, purposeful.

#446

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Heading somewhere.

#447

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Like a zombie.

#448

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You've spoken to the cops.

#449

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Yes. They took a statement.

#450

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Yeah. I'm just about to give mine.

#451

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And what you are going to do now is take the rest of the day off.

#452

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We have a car that'll take you home.

#453

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Lily...

#454

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you have my personal guarantee that I am all over this.

#455

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Sergei?

#456

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Hi.

#457

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I know.

#458

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It's really hard.

#459

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It really shouldn't be.

#460

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No, it shouldn't.

#461

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But it is.

#462

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What are we supposed to do?

#463

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Unravel a lifetime

#464

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of moral experience?

#465

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Unlearn what has always seemed true?

#466

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These things...

#467

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they run deep.

#468

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Yeah. They do.

#469

⇓

It's like whatever we know, the things we feel

#470

⇓

are still locked inside us.

#471

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Human beings are hard-wired magical thinkers.

#472

⇓

You could have the most rational person in the world,

#473

⇓

but if their kid gets hurt, they'll start praying.

#474

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Sorry.

#475

⇓

That was clumsy.

#476

⇓

It's fine, Katie.

#477

⇓

You're right.

#478

⇓

Not just smarter than me.

#479

⇓

Wiser, too.

#480

⇓

Sudoku?

#481

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You hate sudoku.

#482

⇓

Password protected?

#483

⇓

What the fuck?

#484

⇓

Whoa.

#485

⇓

Jamie.

#486

⇓

Oh, no.

#487

⇓

Can we talk?

#488

⇓

Thanks, man.

#489

⇓

-Thanks. -Sure.

#490

⇓

I know there's a lot we need to talk about...

#491

⇓

Yeah, there is.

#492

⇓

Because here's what happened.

#493

⇓

I was completely in love with you.

#494

⇓

And I thought you were in love with me.

#495

⇓

And you-you land an amazing new job at Amaya, and I...

#496

⇓

I couldn't be happier,

#497

⇓

'cause you're really moving forwards in life.

#498

⇓

And then the job starts, and...

#499

⇓

I don't know.

#500

⇓

Almost at once, something changes.

#501

⇓

And I realize you're not just moving forward with the job,

#502

⇓

you're moving forwards from me.

#503

⇓

So eventually I ask if you want to split up.

#504

⇓

And I'm hoping more than anything

#505

⇓

you're gonna say no, but...

#506

⇓

you say yes.

#507

⇓

And that same afternoon

#508

⇓

I leave our apartment with two bags.

#509

⇓

And I never hear from you again.

#510

⇓

I'm sorry.

#511

⇓

I hear about you, though.

#512

⇓

I hear about you the whole time.

#513

⇓

I hear you started seeing

#514

⇓

some AI coder called Sergei.

#515

⇓

And I hear that he's moved into

#516

⇓

the apartment we used to share,

#517

⇓

but I don't hear from you.

#518

⇓

For two years.

#519

⇓

I'm sorry.

#520

⇓

Is that why you're here--

#521

⇓

to tell me that?

#522

⇓

No.

#523

⇓

Then what?

#524

⇓

I need your help.

#525

⇓

My help?

#526

⇓

Yes.

#527

⇓

With what?

#528

⇓

Sergei went missing last night.

#529

⇓

And I know something bad has happened to him.

#530

⇓

And there's something weird on his phone,

#531

⇓

and it's password protected,

#532

⇓

and says it'll reformat if I get the password wrong.

#533

⇓

Jamie...

#534

⇓

if there was anyone else I could ask,

#535

⇓

I would.

#536

⇓

But nobody's better at this stuff than you.

#537

⇓

So you want my help to track down your boyfriend

#538

⇓

by cracking his phone?

#539

⇓

Yeah.

#540

⇓

Unreal. Literally unreal.

#541

⇓

Lily, sincerely,

#542

⇓

from the very bottom of my heart,

#543

⇓

fuck off.

#544

⇓

Jen, what is it-- did they find him?

#545

⇓

Lils, get dressed. I got a call to pick you up.

#546

⇓

They need you to come in right now.

#547

⇓

It's definitely him?

#548

⇓

Definitely him.

#549

⇓

No. No.

#550

⇓

Lily...

#551

⇓

Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH

#552

⇓

Pulling hair is wrong, mate.

#553

⇓

I mean, all violence is wrong, but at least punching's a sport.

#554

⇓

-Is it? -Yes, boxing.

#555

⇓

Boxing's in the Olympics. Hair pulling isn't.

#556

⇓

-It would be funny if it was. -It really would be.

#557

⇓

-I'm a once-in-a-generation artist. -Oh.

#558

⇓

Who just got verified on Twitter, about, what, nine days ago?

#559

⇓

I'm glad you feel good that a robot told you you're worth it.

#560

⇓

-Mom. -Yes?

#561

⇓

-Okay. I want a big party this year. -Serious?

#562

⇓

-I want a quinceañera. -Quinceañera?

#563

⇓

We can't do that. We're too white for that. We're not allowed.

#564

⇓

Do me a favor? Never look me in the eye again.

#565

⇓

Okay? 'Cause your stare is way too intense.

#566

⇓

It's starting to make my hair fall out.

#567

⇓

I had no idea what I would find

#568

⇓

when I went searching for my father.

#569

⇓

They flashed the Zodiac Killer, and my heart stopped.

#570

⇓

He believes he is the son of the Zodiac.

#571

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