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Do you want to go again?

>> Think I'm good here.

>> Just me then.

>> What? Are we going to stay here forever?

>> Come on.

Heat. Heat.

Okay, I'm ready to begin.

>> Exceptional academic record ending four

years ago.

>> My brother,

>> I remember hearing about that. My

condolences.

>> He survived. Actually,

>> I wasn't aware. That's okay.

Now, this technology, we've read the

literature. Classification is proving

difficult. Can you tell us how it

differs from other controlled

substances? To begin with, it's not a

drug. It's

>> biological software. You program new

memories.

>> We create experiences

>> indistinguishable from the real thing.

As far as the brain is concerned,

fantasy and reality are chemically

identical.

Good morning.

There you are.

>> Oh, wait. Chill off.

Why are you pulling out my

>> design?

Do you have any

>> approvals cleared?

>> Yeah, I can give you 30.

The most published expert on this

technology is your father. He's been

quite vocal about the dangers involved.

He writes here, "Proled exposure could

lead to a range of physical symptoms

from arrhythmia to seizures, even brain

death."

>> That's right.

>> So, there are risks.

Abuse of any substance is risky.

Your brain is already firing billions of

neurons a second. We're just giving them

a script to follow. The software builds

from fragments of your subconscious. It

becomes part of you like any other

memory. We tell you the story of a day,

one day where everything happens just

the way it should. Perfect.

No chance of it lasting any longer.

>> None whatsoever.

>> Looking good.

>> Render it.

>> What's next?

>> Shredding fresh powder, bro.

What the

Good.

What?

Okay.

Damn it.

It's just code. It's just code.

>> Yeah.

Are you okay?

6 and 1/2 days.

Welcome back.

>> That was a bad one.

>> Maybe we should drop the apps. Got

bigger problems.

>> Snowboarding stays. Sam's counting on a

bigger seller.

Unpack it. Back to code. I will debug

tonight.

>> It's not a code problem.

>> It's code.

>> Some brains.

>> I can fix it.

Okay, boss.

>> What are we doing with our lives? We

never have enough free time, and when we

do, it feels wasted.

So, imagine if we could buy more. Sail

the Caribbean before work, snowboard the

Alps over lunch, free dive the Barrier

Reef that same night. This is not a

simulation. This isn't even the next

best thing to being there. This is a

genuine experience delivered direct to

the brain by our patented technology.

Holidays just the beginning. Where do we

go next? Long-term

interactive?

Imagine the possibilities. Training,

rehabilitation, therapy, years of

experience added to your mind like apps

to a computer.

All you have to do is decide. What will

you do with your other life?

To explain how, please welcome the

co-founder of other life, Ren Amari.

>> Where have you been?

>> Working on our release.

>> Let's go.

>> Breakthroughs in nanite technology have

enabled us to accelerate

computer-to-brain communication. We use

our entire brain. The pervasive myth

that we only use 10% is based on its

division of activity.

Got

my number.

>> We need more testers.

>> Nope.

>> Two extra servers back of house.

>> No, not happening. Ren, how many times

are we going to do this?

>> A week ago, and we're still finding

bugs. We need a reliable render farm.

>> I'm telling you, we're out of runway.

>> I thought that went well.

>> Yeah, they wanted samples. I still

couldn't give it to them. So,

>> you pitched both restrictions.

>> I knew you'd call me out on that.

>> Long-term interactive.

>> Oh, come on, Ren. All the research says

that's the future of this thing. We're

only hurting ourselves by holding back.

>> What was that about anyway?

>> It's a potential lifeline.

>> Whatever. I'll see you back at the

office.

Hey,

>>

>> You forgot

>> I have to work.

>> That's right. Do you want to get a bite

at the office?

>> I'm sorry.

>> Oh, okay.

Users can become trapped by the fantasy

and disassociate from reality

altogether.

I don't know about you, but to me it

seems confining.

>> What do you mean?

>> A faximile of an experience you've never

had just feels isolating.

There it is.

Damn.

How do you do that?

Just looks wrong.

>> Really? We testing

Hey, new PB. What's your daily?

>> About 400.

>> Oh Give me a number.

>> 482.

20 days in a day. god damn.

>> You working on base code?

>> Nothing to worry about.

>> Hey.

>> Hey. Sam asked me to finish the report

on long-term use.

>> He did?

>> Yeah.

Assume you knew

>> you were part of this.

>> Just research. He asked. I thought it

sounded cool. Plus, that recursive

glitch that we've been getting could

work to our advantage. Maybe that's the

key to prolonged simulation.

>> Don't go behind my back to Sam.

>> Okay. Well, talk to him about that. I

just work here,

>> obviously.

Want to get a beer? Picture about the

boss.

>> He's not my boss. He's my partner.

>> Okay.

>> Danny, what?

>> Hey yo yo. Yo,

>> let's do it.

What about these papers coming out of

Europe and China discussing medical

applications? Alzheimer's, ALS,

dementia.

>> In theory, you should be able to patch a

damaged brain like software. but

ethically complex. You're quite

literally putting ideas into people's

heads.

>> Is that a question?

>> You have no other applications in mind

for other life.

>> No.

Jared,

>> how's that boy doing?

>> Yeah, he's good.

>> Jared, big sis giving you any trouble?

Let me know if she does, buddy.

Good to see you again.

>> His eye moved.

>> Yeah. Yeah, he um

tricks me too sometimes.

See you again tomorrow.

Good night.

Hey, didn't want to call in case you're

working or sleeping, but uh thought you

deserve to see how much fun you're

missing out on down here. Remember fun?

Such pain for Nancy.

Definitely shouldn't join us. This is

not for you.

Didn't expect to see the real you.

>> You'd rather do it by email.

No, I wanted to talk. I simply presumed

that you'd be too busy

>> now of old times.

>> Will you at least come down here?

>> We launched Monday.

>> Other life. Even the name suggests some

sort of opiate

>> products need commercial application to

get funding. regardless of what you have

to sell to get them there.

Bringing joy to people is a worthy

ideal, I grant you. Then again, heroin

was invented to cure morphine addiction.

>> I made progress.

>> Behavioral awareness.

>> Maybe

his eye moved.

It's just a twitch. It doesn't sound

like much.

>> No, it's not.

>> Okay, but if he's in there, then all he

needs is a way out. Just something to

hang on to.

>> Stop.

>> Are you still getting that glitch?

It's just bad code.

>> Like addiction, PTSD, depression. That's

bad code, too. Except the mind is more

than just a collection of binary

switches.

>> Here we go with your spiritual

rationale.

>> Don't insult me.

>> You have given up.

>> I'm sorry.

I have another class.

You can't unplug him without my consent.

>> I can.

>> I'm not asking you for your permission,

just your support.

Just

>> hey Cass. pass. What's up?

>> What's going on?

>> Sam needed to quarantine. You said you

knew. You didn't know.

>> Can you do me a favor?

>> Anything, babe?

>> Can you take my archives off the

network?

>> Yeah. Uh, that's going to unlink a lot

of projects.

Okay.

>> Is this a creative meeting? Wasn't in

the diary.

>> Yeah, I um I wasn't digging or anything.

It's just you said 482 and we've gone

through more than twice that amount of

nine stock.

>> Is this costing us?

>> No.

>> Just your time, energy, and extra strain

on our infrastructure.

>> What's the simulation?

>> I don't have to tell you.

>> I'm sorry, Ren. You do. We are supposed

to be partners.

>> It's personal.

>> It's long-term. Whatever it is. Short

and linear. Your words. And now you're

>> an unproven idea. But I am close.

>> Close. We're live in 5 days.

>> Leave you guys to it.

>> Sit down. Listen up.

Remember the lifeline from yesterday's

meeting? His name's Furong McClean. Now

there's Department of Corrections and

there's him.

Corrections.

>> He tells the minister where to spend the

federal budget and he's prepared to put

money down unencumbered

>> prison. It's a government contract.

>> You're talking about a virtual prison.

>> Confinement. Imagine it. A kid gets

convicted, pays his debt in the

courthouse lobby, a few minutes later

comes back rehabilitated. It's hard time

without the time.

>> No. No. No way.

>> Proof of concept is all we need.

>> We are trying to broaden minds, not put

them in a box.

Okay. So, you can have your secret

project, but I can't innovate. You want

hardware and staff, but won't let me

raise the capital.

>> Not like this.

>> Well, then get back to work on the

actual PRODUCT ALL THESE PEOPLE

ARE HERE TO CREATE.

HEY,

what's up?

>> Nothing.

>> Don't.

>> Would you want to go somewhere and

actually talk about it for once?

No.

See you later.

Do you want to see something cool?

I didn't think it'd be so real.

>> As real as anything else. Why? Because

memor is a chemical.

>> Everything is

>> amazing.

Go

work.

Mind if I go again?

>> Sam. Still trying to push this

confinement out.

Do you know anything else about it?

>> Hey, Denny, listen to me. It's Just a

glitch. Danny, you will be fine.

Danny, can you hear me? Daddy. Daddy.

Oh, Daddy.

Daddy. Wake up. Please. Daddy. No. No.

No. Wake up. Wake up.

Oh my god.

I need ambulance.

>> Thoroughly tested the drug before

administering a dose.

>> It's not a drug. It's biological

software. Sam, can we find council who

understands what we do?

>> Nobody understands what you do. That's

the problem. Did you check the software?

>> I wrote it.

>> So, our defense is going to be that you

don't make mistakes.

>> I think give us a minute.

>> Is this what I think it is?

>> Is down here. Okay.

>> What happened?

I don't know.

Something I missed.

>> Louise, can you?

>> Three years of human trials. 12 million

in peer review from MIT, Caltech, Tokyo.

>> They missed it, too.

>> Well, they never tested it in the first

place. Ren,

>> what is it?

>> It doesn't fit the adventure brief. I

didn't think you would be interested.

>> Right. You've been spending thousands of

hours off in your own little world.

We're finished.

This is going to destroy us.

I hope whatever it is you've been

working on is worth something.

What is your ambition for this

technology, Murray?

Mr. Mari, this is Miss Wilson from the

Attorney General's Office.

>> The pleasure.

>> And Mr. Mlan,

>> Department of Corrections.

>> Amazing technology, Mr. Mari. Truly

remarkable.

>> They have enough to go to trial.

Realistically, we're looking at 10 to

15. And while I'm sure I could plea

down, this this is an offer of deferred

prosecution.

If you're compliant with the terms, the

state has agreed not to press charges.

>> Charges?

>> Unauthorized human testing, drug fraud,

malpractice,

>> and all you have to do is agree to be a

test subject in the virtual confinement

program of one year.

>> Sam, what have you done?

>> The best I could to save my lead

programmer.

>> No, no, no. Um, no. I'm not I'm not

compliant.

>> Ren, these people can keep it out of the

press. They've agreed to inject enough

capital to get us over the finish line.

Other life can live.

>> How long have you been planning this

behind my back?

>> A year in virtual confinement is a

minute of your life.

A minute to save everything.

>> No.

No,

>> Ren.

You gave Danny an untested sample and he

died.

Consider the alternative.

The confinement program is the longest

simulation we've run at 365 days. It far

exceeds our 24-hour limit. The subject

will be in a limited environment which

includes food, hygiene facilities, and a

daily reset to give the brain a sense of

continuity. There really isn't much more

you need for solitary confinement.

Are you ready?

>> One year

on the dot

>> and you ran the exit routine.

Sometimes you code these circular module

dependencies.

You have had to use one of those.

>> No.

>> Base of the skull

>> straight into the lip.

Don't it up.

>> Is there a problem?

How are you?

Oh

Heat.

Heat.

Separation

of spaces.

View to an exterior

window.

any

kind of human interaction.

No one can read this.

You stay here forever.

It's another idea that I watch this

Um,

Do you want to go again?

I'm not giving up on you.

You're my little brother. I can show you

a way out. Frederick Martin, 2008. Work

by music after 3 years in a coma. It's

possible that during long-term exposure

to the brain and just small changes, the

simulation becomes

>> Alice Thompson 2012, a random change in

her medication resulted in full recovery

after 2 years. simple

matter of invigorating subconscious.

>> Jeremy Wallace four years described the

process of rewiring his brain from the

inside to wake recovery from brain.

Death the lip is connected to memory.

Memory is a chemical. Therefore, life

can be restored through biological

programming.

Life can be restored. You know he's

gone.

>> His eye moved. Oculus reflex. Mm- No,

he's in there.

>> He's gone. Everyone knows he's gone

except you. There's nothing you can do.

So,

>> your function

>> with snowboarding.

>> I needed funding.

>> And look where that got you.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Pirate

god.

The machine.

The army.

That's impossible.

Fighted.

She

smell like a

Heat.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Long-term care, ward 10. You have a

patient there, Jared Amari. I need you

to tell me if

Here

it is.

Missing person filed last year. Filed

but never acted. According to

immigration, you've had residency in

Italy for nearly a year.

>> No. No. I've I've been in a box. I've

been in a box in the middle of

nowhere. Take it easy. Tell us about

this government program.

>> No, it's not. Okay. It's not a

government program. It's other life.

>> So, you work for them?

>> No, it's

it's my company.

>> Uhhuh.

>> Mi,

there's no charges against you on record

and there's no indication of any

deferred prosecution.

Will you at least take a look at the

cell?

>> Go home. More.

>> I'm sorry. There's been a tenant in your

apartment almost a year. What about

storage? All of my research.

>> I can't let you in.

>> Cup of tea.

>>

Bren,

thank God you're okay. I came as soon as

I heard. I know you're confused, but I

can help you figure things out. I

promise.

>> Let's get you somewhere safe. Okay.

>> I'm not safe.

Hey. Hey. Can you open this, please?

>> You're okay. Just go.

>> Thank you.

Go. Go. Go around. Cut her off.

>> Red. Where am I?

>> Listen, look, there was nothing I can

do. You're not making this any easier

for yourself.

>>

Go that way. Go.

Hello,

>> Cass.

Cass's Ren.

>>

>> Oh my god.

You have no idea how good this tastes.

>> You didn't think it was strange that I

stopped showing up for work?

>> Everyone said you cashed out

>> without saying goodbye.

>> Yeah, I deleted you from my phone.

We all assumed you were off drinking

veno on the balcony of your villa.

>> Do I look like I've been in Italy?

>> No. You look like

>> So, where have you been?

>> You sound crazy.

>> Well, it's all been pretty normal so

far.

Okay.

After Danny died, they offered me a plea

to test the confinement.

>> Stop. What?

>> The sample that I gave Danny must have

had bad something that I missed.

>> What?

All I remember was drowning.

I'd almost get out and then I'd be under

again. Over and over. I woke up in

hospital. I did test for a week, but I

was fine. Sent you a million messages.

Figured you just want to be left alone.

Anyway, 5 days later, we launched.

>> I mean, it was wild.

>> First run sold out in 3 hours.

Everyone's options went through the

roof. Heaps in development, education,

military training, huge budgets,

>> and porn, of course.

>> What about confinement?

>> It's the backbone of the company.

>> They're legislating consecutive programs

stretching it to 10, 20 years serving

another life.

>> There's a senator in the US who's

pushing for multiple life sentences.

We're talking centuries.

>> That's not what it's for.

I need to see what they've done to my

software.

>> Look,

no one is happier to see you than me.

Really?

But you're free.

Walk away. We'll help you do it. Money,

whatever you need. I mean, if Sam's gone

this far, who knows what else he's

capable of.

>> None of it matters. I'll come with you

if you like.

>> I need to see that code.

>> And then what?

>> I just I need to see it.

>> You need to regroup. Go somewhere safe.

Take your time. And then when you're

ready, we'll we'll do everything you

need.

>> We'll get a lawyer. Talk to the media.

Expose how they stole your company.

>> I don't give a about a company.

I could never understand why my father

wouldn't just fix him and bring him

back.

And what's the point of being a genius

if you don't do anything with it? And we

needed money for research and he kept

turning down offers.

So I registered the patent, my dad's

patent, and I started other life.

I was going to do what he couldn't. I

was going to bring my brother back and

we would be a family again. So I don't

care about a company.

That is not what they stole.

Remember

how you asked me to unlink all your

research once you were gone? Sam put me

to work sorting through it all. He was

convinced there were other applications

for other life you must have been

withholding. It's all kept on a secure

server. Level 20.

>> What about Byron?

>> He's on 19.

>> Get to his office and find an open

terminal. I should be able to walk you

through hacking his account. His

passwords are super obvious.

>> Okay.

>> Okay. Okay. Okay.

>> Who's that?

>> Is that Byron?

>> Ren, what's going on?

>> It's okay. It's okay. We're in.

>> No. No. Don't mess.

>> No.

No. No.

It's not here. What have you done with

it?

Okay. Okay. Okay.

>> Yay.

>> Hooray. You found it.

>> This is why you lock me up.

>> Where's your location?

>> What's this?

>> Just stay there. We're going to Got to

go.

Cass, we're in trouble.

Uh,

take the car.

>> hands off me.

>> Wait.

We got to go.

>> Is that it? Is that everything we need?

>> I hope so.

>> We need a printer.

>> The only printers in the city are in

that building.

I know where we can find one.

Hello

Hello.

What's all

a lifetime.

Wow,

this is beautiful.

I don't quite know

what to say to you.

Neither of us ever did.

>> I'm so sorry.

I know.

Danny Lo, this is my father, Dr. Robert

Amari.

>> Hi, Dr. Omari. Read all your work.

>> The chemist.

>> Yes. Good to finally meet you.

>> Sam Murphy called my office. He was

exceedingly charming, so I knew

something was a miss.

What did you steal?

It's my work. He stole it first.

>> I know how that goes.

>> You filed the missing person's report.

Jesus, I was scared.

What did they do to you?

>> It all started with Jared's diving

simulation. A perfect recreation of that

day at the beach.

You took it and you drowned.

The software wasn't faulty. It did

exactly what it was supposed to do. It

gave you the experience of being

underwater and then your brain filled in

the rest. The result was a seizure.

>> Right. But I I I didn't want to drown.

>> But you didn't know that you have a

choice. The point is the simulation

wasn't linear. You're able to choose a

path and subconsciously you chose a bad

one.

That's what I was trying to offer Jared.

Choice.

I was hoping that he would remember the

accident differently and wake up.

What I created was a version of other

life that lets you rewrite your

memories.

That's dangerous. That's a drug.

That's what they were finding.

>> Holy

>> They're not there yet. Byron's good, but

he's not that good.

>> We got time to solve them.

>> I'll call the TDA in the morning and

raise a safety challenge. That'll tie

Sam up in review while we figure out our

next step.

How long do you think it'll be before

they finish this thing?

Ren,

you've already finished it, haven't you?

>> It's going to work.

Jared.

Hi.

Char

Watch.

I wonder what he saw.

nothing.

He hit his head on a rock and he drowned

in 20 cm of water.

That's the last thing he remembered.

>> Well, I saw a brain dead patient make an

active choice.

>> You saw

>> a drug like this.

Who needs to face reality?

>> What is it?

>>

>> You told me no risk.

>> Oh

It is

>> please. This is not me on my head. I'm

telling you now.

>> wake up.

Wake up.

Jesus.

Long hair.

Oh Jesus. God Man, you scared the

crap out of Oh,

No, no, no.

For

She's so scared.

I'm so

What did they do to you?

What is your ambition for this

technology, Mizari?

>> To give people a chance at a life they

might never know.

Thank you,

partner.

Sorry about the nose.

>> It's okay.

>> Maybe I pushed a little hard on this

virtual confinement thing.

>> Yeah, about that.

I'm going to withdraw.

>> What?

Wait, what are you saying?

>> I will take my time. Wrap up R&D. The

company is yours, but the patent stays

with me.

What use is that?

>> Daddy died.

>> Look.

And what happened to you in there?

Dr. Amari,

>> it's me.

>> A colleague told me what Sam did.

>> You get to say I told you, sir.

>> So long as you're okay.

>> I'm fine. It's over. Good confinement.

Unbelievable.

>> Dad,

>> let's go to the hospital.

>> Are you sure?

>> I am.

>> I'll make the arrangements.

>> Thank you.

Sam,

>> you need to see something.

>> I I told you.

>> 5 minutes in person.

Good luck.

I don't think you realize she is.

>> Hey, come come in. Come in. Come here.

How you doing? Come in. Sit down and uh

take a look at something

to our resident genius.

Oh, not me. You dumbass.

Okay. What's going on?

>> You feeling good? Let's talk about that.

>> Look at the limbic.

>> I was scared.

>> Yeah. Here you're scared.

>> Here you like it.

Tell me what was so good about being in

that cell.

I knew

>> SHE BROKE OUT. OH, SCREW THE

PRISON. Make me a drug that gives people

fully interactive experiences.

>> No, no. We We have done this. What?

>> It doesn't matter.

>> This This is a major breakthrough. This

is going to save our company. There's

enough data here to reverse engineer the

code, right?

>> It's rough. Another trial with a

conscious interruption would be useful.

>> Okay, whatever. A few tweaks, of course.

But being you two do that thing you do

so well.

>> I'm not going back.

>> You're the only one who can. It's not

going to be anyone.

>> YOU OWE ME.

REMEMBER? Just remember when we started

this.

Yeah. I was working in app development.

You were writing that the someone could

understand. And now look at us.

We're about to change the world.

I'm sorry.

>> Will you sit?

Please. Please.

broadening minds.

That's what you said to me.

That's what we're supposed to be doing.

If you'd share this discovery, we could

make that possible.

But if I can't change your mind, then

what about this?

>> What the

>> Can I get up?

>> You son of a

It's

>> It's just a minute. Relax. Relax. Relax.

It's okay.

>> It's just a minute.

>> Hook it up,

Byron. You want to be rich? Do it.

>> No.

The sooner we get the data, the

sooner we can get her out.

>> Are we good?

>> Are we good?

>> It's online.

>> It's working. It's It's online.

>> Yes.

It's just good. It's just good.

You've done this before. You can do it

again.

You've done this before. You can do it

again.

You've done this before.

>> You can do it again.

What's that?

What's that? That

>> Shut up. I don't know.

>> Fix it, Byron.

>> wait.

Get his feet.

Grab his feet.

That's six months.

>> Ren,

>> do you think you'll break out?

>> What are we waiting for?

Red, what are we waiting for?

>> How long is it?

>> Bring him back now. He's going to die.

>> Induced arythmia.

>> Summer call an ambulance now.

Thank you.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

How are you feeling?

Heat. Heat. N.

I don't want

Hey,

hey,

hey.

Heat.

Heat.