All language subtitles for TGE.s03e02

[recruiter] Your academic
credentials are impressive:

behavioral psychology,

neuroscience.

Then what happened?

[Iris] Like I said,
I'm ready for a change.

[Jeakins] You got headhunted.

[Iris] It's a tech start-up
in London.

There's one thing we dislike
here at NGM,

and that is
predetermined outcomes.

I am training the neural net
to match faces.

What inputs are you using?

Why choose that
over finishing your degree

at one of the best schools
in the country?

Dad will manage.

Rule number one...

is look the part.

[dramatic music plays]

[recruiter]
Why did you come to us?

Why the V?

[Iris] I'm ready to have
a real exchange

with the men I sleep with.

♪

Do it.

Paul. Session one.

♪

[man] You all came here

for a reason.

♪

Something happened to you
in childhood,

later in life
that formed you...

♪

...that shook
the very foundations

of the world you thought
you were inhabiting.

♪

Perhaps that world
was your own conscious mind

and the assumptions

of who you thought you were,

could no longer be sustained.

♪

You are all different.

You all made choices.

These choices
have led you here.

And I look at you,
and I fucking love what I see.

[laughs]

So, take a day.

Go boating.

Volunteer at an animal shelter.

Tell a stranger they have
the most beautiful eyes

you've ever seen.

Take a week if you must.

Just come back

with something undeniable,

a shift in perspective,

a bridge between
two conflicting principles.

Aim far.

It bears repeating:

if you do need bigger
or badder inputs,

come talk to us.

We'll find solutions.

Don't let your imagination
be limited

by what's available.

Data is data is data.

It's a... a window
waiting to be opened.

But we are all here
because of what happens

afterwards.

♪

Very good.

And tell your pals out there,

"Fuck minimum basic income."

Do we really trust them
to figure it out?

Not for this generation.

Okay, I'm gonna leave you
with a question.

What makes us--

I don't mean us here.

I'm talking general, out there,

Homo digitalis.

What makes us
get up in the morning?

♪

[soft indistinct chatter]

Hey.

Does he always talk like that?

It's just his brain food
kicking in.

Edibles?

Nootropics,
microdosing or whatever.

Is that a thing here?

Some of the engineers, I guess.

You'll see.

Won't take you long
to figure it out.

That'd be sloppy hiring
if it did.

Right, just started.

The cool kids are going
to the pub tonight,

for shots and beer pong.

-Beer pong?
-Mm-hmm.

Once a month,
baptize the newbies.

[Iris] Uh, I can't tonight.

Next time.

[Iris] Sounds good.

♪

[lock clicks]

[footsteps tapping]

[line ringing]

♪

[booker over phone]
Who do I have the pleasure

of speaking with?

[Iris] Hi. This is Iris.

[booker] Welcome to the V.

I'm your booker.

You can call me Zelda.

What name
should I call you by?

Um...

[Zelda]
How about Angel or Violet?

As long as it's not
your name in reverse.

I was thinking maybe Cassandra.

[Zelda]
How about Cassie or Callie?

What's wrong with Cassandra?

[Zelda] I like it,
but the clients may not.

They want to feel
like themselves around you.

Cassandra doesn't sound
like you're an actual person.

[Iris] Makes sense.

[Zelda] You're worried
the occasional sapio

will be ticked off by Cassie?

Uh, no, Cassie's fine.

Let's do that.

[Zelda]
Congratulations, by the way.

Paul posted his review.

Ten out of ten.

Did he?

[Zelda] "Unexpected
in the best of ways"

and "ignitable,"

his words.

I assume you'll want
to keep him as a client.

I do, but, um,

he's a submissive,

which I'm generally not into.

I can keep doing it with him,
though.

[Zelda] Well, he isn't either,

not with any
of the other women,

not to my knowledge.

Huh.

[Zelda] Whatever you did,

I recommend you keep doing it.

Regulars
are best for business.

[Iris] Got it.

[Zelda] Next, I have a couple
of binary choices for you.

Are you okay with girl on girl

if a client asks
for Cassie and Candy?

Sure.

[Zelda] Parties?

Sure.

[Zelda] To clarify,
it means up to ten clients,

at three times your rate.

Means you'll go
with anyone who wants you.

[Iris] Got it.

-[Zelda] Bareback?
-Without protection?

[Zelda] Some of the women
charge extra

or insist on seeing
test results up front.

I'm gonna go with no.

[Zelda] You name a price.

Most everybody's got one.

Let's put a pin in that.

[Zelda] Understood.

Anal?

[Iris] Five times my rate.

[Zelda] Fetish?

On a case-by-case basis.

I like to know
what I'm getting into.

[Zelda] You got it.

Will you be setting up
a profile?

No, all bookings
have to go through you.

♪

[Zelda] Men are visual animals.

It's helpful to link
those online reviews.

I'm gonna go
the opposite route.

Cassie doesn't advertise.

And if those ten-star reviews
keep coming,

I promise you
your phone will ring.

[Zelda] We can try that.

[Iris] Good.

[Zelda] Would you like to be
contacted by call or text?

[Iris] Uh, text is fine.

[Zelda] Are you calling from
a secondary phone right now?

[Iris] Yes, I am.

[Zelda] That's step one.

None of the clients will ever
receive your personal info.

We run a full background check
on all prospects,

and we'll let you know
who they are

and what they're looking for
before you meet them.

We do have private security
on standby,

not that the need ever arises.

Would you like me
to set you up with a driver?

Sure, that'd be great.

[Zelda] His name is Leif,
ex-secret service,

very discreet.

You might want to leave
location tracking switched on

in case of emergency,
your choice.

Clients pay up front.

We process your earnings

and then remit via blockchain.

♪

[elevator bell dings]

[knocking]

[safe beeping]

♪

[Iris]
What are you thinking about?

[man] Lots of stuff,

mostly classified.

[Iris chuckles]

[man] No hard feelings about
leaving your phone at the door?

I hope it didn't
make you uncomfortable.

[Iris] No.

Not at all.

I, uh...

I want this to be
a private moment.

[man] Really?

[Iris] First times are special.

[chuckles softly]

[man] Who told you that?

So when they told you
who I was,

is this what you expected?

[Iris] They didn't tell me
who you were.

[man] No?

No.

[man] But you must have had
some ideas,

wondering what you were
walking into.

[Iris] I have a lot of ideas,

but I, um...

...I want to get to know you...

actually.

[man] Okay.

Okay, in that case,

I'm going to want
to pull your hair.

♪

Okay.

It's not big,
but I know how to use it.

♪

Okay.

And...

...I'm going to want
to make you cum.

♪

Okay.

[man] Okay.

♪

Can I get you some dessert?

A drink, maybe?

♪

Doppio macchiato
would be great.

Give me one moment.

[clears throat]

♪

[Hiram] So we went
into their public API

and looked at one set of likes

versus H-Group matches
that led to an actual exchange.

Think of it as a slot machine,

except the selection process
is anything but random.

And it comes
with a 70% success rate

at predicting match quality.

Take any dating pool.

You know, you think
there's some validity

to the old
"opposites attract," right?

Not according to this data.

[Iris] Shared features
seem to be key--

independent of sexual
orientation, by the way.

When given a choice
or the illusion of choice,

people have
a pretty narrow picker.

They essentially want a mirror.

That's no big surprise, really,

given you're looking at, say,

average sixes and up?

[Iris] Maybe this is just about
the proliferation of traits

that are already deemed
desirable.

Right.

What's your pitch?

Well, it's based
on this idea of a mirror--

if we can train AI
to be that mirror, of course.

How's it different
from an AI therapist

or a life coach or a companion
for kids on the spectrum?

You know, we've been called,
um, a dating R&D group,

which is very narrow-minded.

We are...
a human desire company.

This mirroring idea would be
less about what people need

and more about giving them
what they want.

Even if it's a little bad
for them--

but within safe space
because virtual.

♪

Is it based
on conversational inputs?

Yeah, the next step
would be NLP--

you know, voice messaging,
H-Group chats.

A-a mirror would have to be

image-based, though,
wouldn't it?

Otherwise, it's just an echo.

Ultimately, yes,

if we can get our hands
on the correct training sets.

Peach and eggplant emojis
only take you so far

in natural language processing.

Twenty-five quid.

Uh, that's, um the amount

the world's biggest
online retailer

offered his customers
doing a 3D full-body scan

in form-fitting clothing.

Internal product research,
quote, un-quote.

What do you think
the product is?

Teaching AI to turn 2D images
into moving 3D?

Twenty-five quid.

Form-fitting clothing.

All right.

You've got my attention.

Let me make a few calls.
Well done.

We don't do... sloppy hiring.

♪

Is that what you hired me
to do,

come up with new training sets?

That's how we train AI:

with data--
straight from the source

or bundled and repackaged
at dumping rate.

I'm gonna make
those phone calls now.

♪

[Iris] Georges. Session One.

♪

He wouldn't let me
keep my phone,

which is why I'm annotating
the session from memory.

[Georges]
I need this to be simple.

[Iris] I like simple.

[Georges]
Out there, it's complicated.

[Iris] Once I sat face-to-face
with him,

my first impulse
was to avoid my own bias

towards a public figure.

[Georges]
I thought it was one thing,

protect and serve.

Got seduced
by the window dressing.

Inside the back room,
different story.

It's best to keep
the lights off.

Hmm.

Stocked with too much
foreign product.

Can't talk to your wife
about any of that?

Understandably,
he has a need for privacy.

We're not together anymore,

haven't been for years.

Nobody... actually knows.

♪

[Iris] Considering
other factors, though--

the wedding ring
to keep up appearances,

certain mannerisms
like putting his pinkie up

every time he takes a drink--

he orchestrated the experience
for me in its entirety.

It's possible
that his primary need

is to be in control
of the situation

so that he can relax.

What do you do to relax?

I don't.

Maybe a Lugar Ocho...
on a good day.

Tequila?

No.

Rolled tobacco.

♪

How about I help you relax?

♪

Let me ask you this.

What are you doing for the rest
of the afternoon...

if I were to formally extend
this situation?

♪

I like to take my time.

♪

If you can wrangle your people,
I'll do my part.

♪

[Georges speaking indistinctly]

[man] No, absolutely not!

[Iris] He asked for permission
to pull my hair,

yet when he had a chance
to do exactly that,

it wasn't a gesture
of control.

It was intimate,

surprising.

[Georges speaking indistinctly]

♪

[Iris] Question is,
does he like to receive,

or does he prefer to give?

♪

If I brought him
his favorite cigars,

would he enjoy that,

or would I be overstepping?

[Georges sighs]

♪

[Iris] Find out
what his sweet spots are.

♪

[Georges]
Oh, God, you're beautiful.

♪

On your knees.

♪

[soft indistinct chatter]

[treadmill beeping]

♪

[person 1] Look me in the eyes
when I enter you.

[person 2] But then
it's soothing and, uh,

soft and warm.

Then, uh,
you start stroking me

and just keep talking
like that.

[person 3] I just lie there

and I do nothing,
not one thing.

'Cause I'm like the queen.

[person 4] All you want to do
is to give me pleasure--

the hands, your mouth,

your cock.

[person 5]
Just don't say anything.

I mean, don't speak.

[person 6] I don't wanna hear
you want it like this

or you want it like that
type of thing.

Don't call me babe.

[person 7] Make all
the filthy noises you want.

But don't use
the English language

or any other language,
for that matter.

[person 8]
It's just about consistency,

knowing what works, isn't it?

Keep at it.

[person 9]
Like, keep thrusting,

but don't get wonky
and experimental.

Just let me have it.

[Iris] He responded positively

to me putting him
in a submissive position,

first verbally,
then physically.

[person 9] It's definitely
the fastest way

for me to get off.

[person 2] I don't know
why it gets me hard.

But I mean fuck it.
Why not, right?

[person 10]
I'm gonna want to, uh,

cup my hands and grab it,

hold on to it while we fuck.

[Iris] He came twice and seemed
surprised by his own body.

[person 10] It has to be
a good handful.

[person 11]
Whoever you are, boy or girl,

I'll fancy the pants
off of you

if you have a beautiful ass.

[person 12] I want variety.

[person 13] Just please, please

don't fuck me
the same way every time.

[person 14] Large breasts.

Bonus points if they're fake.

[person 15]
Bonus points if they're real.

[person 16] Slim and fit.

[person 17] You can either
give it to me, or you can't.

♪

[Iris] Wow.

[chuckles] That was a handful.

[Hiram] Yup.

And these are real people?

[Hiram] Real thoughts.

Courtesy of our tech lead,

we now have a whole library
of this stuff.

They ran
an audio extractor module

over all the API content.

Uh, they just let a bunch
of actors read out loud.

I wouldn't even know
how to begin quantifying that.

-[Hiram] No kidding.
-[chuckles]

It's personal.

But we can't use it.

Would help to see their faces,
though, wouldn't it?

[Iris] Yeah, it would.

All right, maybe we take
a step back, you know, just...

start with audio,

break it down beat by beat.

They're talking about
what they like, but so what?

The actual question is,
do their emotions and behaviors

actually correspond to that?

You know what?

Let's look at vocal patterns:

cadence, pauses,
speech modulation--

or as you neuroscientists
would say,

anything related
to self-expression

and the release
of happy hormones.

[chuckles]

♪

People's personal experience
of what turns them on,

it's not about what they want

but how they're feeling
about it in the moment.

The object of desire is a foil.

♪

It doesn't actually exist.

♪

[Emcee] Hello.

I don't think we've met before.

Who are you?

[Iris] Brett: Session one.

He uses anger to express desire.

Do you want me to make you
angry, big boy?

No, not angry. Mad.

[Christophe] What you're doing
with these clients,

decoding their wants comes
easy to you.

[Iris] I give them an
experience.

[tires screeching]

We know who you are.

[man] Are you scared?

[Christophe] You ask anyone at
the forefront of cognitive
sciences,

and they come to the conclusion
that we are all just puppets on
a string.