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?
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!
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!
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
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
near your site to make 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?
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!
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!
: 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.
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.
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...
5...4...3...2...1...
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.
A little bit funny.
Yeah Mom, yeah...
I've got everything.
Don't worry.
I love you too.
All right...
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