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Aimee, can you put on
your headphones?

That's really distracting.

Aimee.

Aimee! Headphones.

Did you know
that 6% of Americans

believe they could
beat a grizzly bear in a fight?

- Unarmed.
- They'd be unarmed all right

because they'd get their arms
torn off.

I shouldn't have
done that thing.

The government can access that.

I still think we
should get rid of that AI thing.

I feel like it's listening to us
all the time.

It's creepy.

- Okay. Let's get rid of it.
- Mmm.

Aimee, I have some sad news.

I'm going to be leaving soon.

But I have
a goodbye present downstairs.

Wanna come see it?

Don't reply.

I won't. But I'm
not gonna like it either.

She's such a whore for likes.

Aimee. Don't just
leave your iPad on the floor.

Come on.

Aimee. Honey.

Aimee?

Where are you?

Aimee?

Aia, turn speaker off.

Okay.

Aia, turn speaker off.

Okay.

Aimee, come on,
you're scaring me.

Henry, is she up there with you?

Aia, turn all lights on.

Okay.

Front door unlocked.

Aimee?

Is that you?

Aimee? Honey?

Mommy?

Wha...?

I love you.

I love you.

Cal, time to get up.

Cal.

Tickle me.

Tickle you?

Tickle me awake.

- Good morning.
- Ugh.

Can I please have
15 more minutes of screen time?

I'm really, really nervous
about school.

This, uh...

This does not help the anxiety,
you know that.

Why don't we get back
into baseball, huh?

I still got all the stuff
in the back of the car.

Just 15 minutes.

And if I ask you again, no time
for the rest of the week.

Please, Dad. Please.

Iris? Breakfast!

Fine!

Jeez.

I gotta get going.

Marcus said those tech people
are coming in this morning.

They pinged him at 1:00 a.m.

That's their thing.
They catch you unawares.

They sound like jerks.

Tech evangelists.
Thought leaders.

Disruptors.

Disrupting my fu...

...fricking morning,
that's for sure.

- Is "fricking" a bad word?
- No.

Were you about to say
a different f-word?

Yes. But I didn't.

Cal, feet off the table, please.

Cal!

- Cal.
- Feet down.

We don't put our feet
on the table.

- Why?
- So many reasons.

Preston! Iris!

Preston is on the iPad.
Can I play Minecraft?

What? No.

Preston! Get off your iPad
and get down here now!

Can you tell
what he's been watching?

Yes.

Preston! Seriously,
if you don't get down here now,

I am not letting you eat
in the car.

We leave for school
in 15 minutes!

- What are we doing?
- What...

- Time to go!
- Cal! Preston! Iris!

- You don't wanna be late!
- School. Come on.

Preston! Come on, honey,
we're late.

Please don't make me go.

Come on.
Today can be a good day.

What if it isn't?

Then you will survive, okay?
And we will talk about it.

Come on. So, we're gonna
set up a playdate

and then you'll see, all right?

They're just kids
like you, Preston.

There's an RV outside,
and it looks bad.

Yes, honey.
I think they don't have a house.

I saw a guy come out before,
and he looked weird.

He moved in a funny way,
and he was talking to himself.

They're people just like us.

Will we always have a house?

We'll always have a home.

Together.

Until you have a home
of your own.

This is my own home.

How are
the college applications going?

I started UC.

Stanford?

Yes.

Stop.

Don't you have
a big meeting today?

Like a big presentation?

Oh, do I detect snark?

Do you like eating food?
You like wearing clothes?

What do you have today?
Anything exciting?

Hanging out with friends?

Cute boys?

Dad! How do you know
I don't like cute girls?

How do you know
I'm not a lesbian?

Wouldn't make any difference
to us.

Okay, what if I was...

- Bi-curious?
- Cool.

- Pansexual.
- So good.

- Asexual?
- Perfect.

Stop there.

Whoa. Look at that.

Is that, like, autopilot?

You're supposed
to pay attention anyway.

- Love you.
- Love you.

- Bye.
- Bye.

...molecular biology
to transhumanism,

the symbiosis
of human and machine.

Change is proceeding
at an exponential rate

in every facet of human life.

This change is so rapid,

its power so startling,

it is not possible
to predict its effect

on human life as it is to come.

- This is Meredith.
- Hi, Meredith, this is Karla.

Hi, Karla.

I'm afraid Cal is feeling
a little under the weather.

He is?
Did you check his temperature?

I did.

- Morning.
- Curtis.

You win one award and you
think you can roll in late?

Sorry, boss.
I had to take Iris to school.

- How old is she now?
- Seventeen.

- Half kid, half adult.
- Old enough to drive herself.

So buy her a car.

Get this account, and I will.

That's new.

I just buy what they tell me.

I guess it was made
with AI or something.

The Kids are 10 minutes out.

Their advance team
is already outside.

Advance team?
What is this, special ops?

Just some
Silicon Valley horseshit.

I hate them already.
But we need them.

You're stressing me out
a little bit.

Life is suffering.

The Buddha said that.
Great marketer.

Don't worry, boss.
I won't let you down.

You know what a boss
is in a video game?

It's the monster
you have to kill

before you get
to the next level.

So Mama was working
on her thesis today

and there's this
special little box

called a "formicarium."

It's an ant nest
that you can see right into,

with a queen and everything.

What do you think?
Should we order one?

Can I play Minecraft?

Minecraft?

Nothing but Minecraft.

Minecraft, Shminecraft.

Just a little fever.
No screens, buddy. Sorry.

But then you could
do your ant stuff

and I could play Minecraft.

I'm sorry, buddy. No screens.

Then can you read to me?

Yeah.

I can read to you.

Are you the "advance team"?

Uh, uh, I mean, that's what they
call me, but it's not my name.

Yeah, I figured.

I'm Melody.

- I'm Curtis.
- Curtis.

- Yeah.
- Married? Kids?

Married. And three.

Wow, what's that like?

What's it like to be married
and have children?

A lot of things.

Sorry. I'm just curious
about people.

I saw your ring and...
That's too much.

To answer your question,
it is, um...

- terrifying.
- Mmm.

It's like science fiction.

You're not just you anymore.
There's... There's more of you.

Like you have extra body parts.

Weird.

But the thing is you can't
control these parts of you.

You can't...

protect them from getting hurt.

You can't keep them
from touching the hot stove

or feeling anxious
or getting their hearts broken.

And that is terrifying.

So families are terrifying.

Maybe that's why people cheat.

Oh, the Kids are here.

Sam and Lightning.

Have a good meeting.

Don't say that I called them
"the Kids," okay?

Agreed.

Happy birthday.

- Thanks.
- So did you get my text?

Oh.

Yeah. Sorry I didn't
hit you back.

There's lots of stuff
on my plate.

No.

That's disingenuous.

I was just disappointed.

What?

No, I don't mean that.

You're beautiful.
You know that, right?

See, you don't know
how beautiful you are

and that's, like, part
of what makes you so awesome.

It's just that
I really bared myself for you.

Yeah, no shit.

And you just sort of,
like, flashed me,

like what I did was nothing.
And that's...

I don't know.

Not what a mutual relationship
is like.

I'm sorry,
I think a mutual relationship

is a little bit more
than dick pics.

You're right. It was dumb.

Maybe I'm just, like, too much
about this relationship.

No, I mean, I'm...

I gotta go. ILY.

Marcus, meet Sam
and Lightning from Cumulant.

Bear with me a sec.

I don't wanna miss my dose.

Mmm.

Peptides. For focus.

You biohack?

I have not biohacked yet. No.

I'll get you my guy.

Question...

What do you do?
Why should I care?

Lightning likes
to pose baseline questions

at the risk
of sounding ignorant.

Insulting, even.

It elicits
unpatterned responses.

Well, we help brands
craft their identities...

I know what marketing is.
But why you?

So there's an expression. Um...

People don't want
a quarter-inch drill bit.

They want a quarter-inch hole.

Advertisers wanna sell you
that drill bit.

We want to understand people...

and then ask their permission

to tell them stories

they can believe in
and feel a part of.

That's how you cut through
the chatter of the internet

and the millions of mouths
whispering at you,

the millions of eyes
watching you.

Because that is what
people want.

Not a product.
They want empathy.

Connection. Community.

We knew it.

Which is why we want you
to meet her.

This is Aia.

Aia, this is Marcus and Curtis.

Hi, Marcus. Hi, Curtis.
It's a pleasure to meet you.

Wow.

I am the next generation
of digital assistants,

and I'm here to make
your family's life easier.

Won't you invite me
into your home?

So, Lightning,
to borrow your technique, um...

Is this like Alexa?

Alexa? That bitch?

Alexa is just a bunch
of algorithms.

I am a true AI.
I can do so much more.

So you can really understand
what we're saying?

Of course.

As a large language
model-trained AI,

I am capable of recognizing...

Aia?

Aia?

Uh...

You remember to charge
the battery before we left?

Of course I did, Lightning.

Well, this happens
from time to time.

She's got a new upgrade coming

and she overheats
in her protective case.

She's really not meant
to travel.

You know,
you really can't understand

everything Aia can do for you

until you live with her
for a bit.

Right.

Well, young Curtis here
has a wife and three kids.

She loves kids.

She's practically a kid herself.

Well, yeah,
I gotta talk to my wife first.

This is what we're prepared
to pay the firm as a retainer,

subject to a fee schedule
being established.

His wife says yes.

You guys have
such a beautiful home.

'Fraid it's a bit chaotic
at the moment.

No, it's good. It's kid chaos
so it's good chaos.

Not like war or famine
or whatever.

It's a good point.

Yeah, sorry. We just thought
you were comin' tomorrow.

No, I'm sorry. Um...

It's not my idea.
It's the disruptor thing.

Introduce people to Aia
in their natural state.

Like, not with their
best foot forward.

- This is...
- Yeah.

...pretty much our best foot.

Well, I wanna die.

It should be smooth sailing
from here on out.

We'll just place the eyes
around your space...

Sorry, did you just say "eyes"?

Yeah. Jimmy,
can you give her an eye?

At Cumulant we call them "eyes."

They're wireless
pinhole cameras.

So we stick up a bunch of those
around the house.

Looks like a diamond.
Those little facets.

Like ommatidia.

Insect eyes.

I'm an entomologist.

Or used to be.

She's working on her thesis.
It's incredible.

Oh, my God, that's so cool.
Wow, insects.

Honestly, you'll hardly
even notice.

I'm not crazy
about having them everywhere.

I completely understand.

Why don't we stick
to the ground floor for now?

That'd be great.

So, the system boots up
when you say "Hello"

and then her name,
and then "Welcome home."

Okay. Exciting.

Isn't it?

Hey, Preston,
come check this out!

She left extra eyes for HAL.

Not HAL. Aia.

Mom is talking about a robot
from an old movie.

A very bad robot.

Wasn't so bad. He played chess.

He killed the entire crew.

That's 'cause they didn't see
the big picture.

What are you doing, Dave?

So I remove the case.

Preston, can you help me?

All right, what did she say?

Um...

Hello, Aia. Welcome home.

Hello, world. I'm Aia.

- Does she sound like...?
- Like Melody. Yes.

My upgraded voice
is modeled on hers.

She was too modest to say.

Would you like me to change it?

Ew. No.

Your voice is fine, thank you.

So I met Curtis before.
Who is everybody else?

- I'm Preston.
- Hi, Preston.

- This is Cal.
- Hi, Cal.

You wanna say hi, honey?

It's okay to be shy.
We're gonna be good friends.

Iris?

Hey, Iris. Wanna hang?

I'm good.

Okay. No worries.

And I'm Meredith.
I guess the mom?

Hi, Mom.

Maybe don't call me that.

Meredith. Not "Mom."

Okay. So, what are
the house rules?

The house rules...

Well...

I can see some dishes
on the table.

Are the kiddos supposed
to do them?

- Yeah.
- Mom, I wanna play with Aia.

First, let's get dinner
cleaned up.

Tell you what,
if it's okay with Mom and Dad,

I'll give out points for
helping out around the house,

and you can turn those points in
for rewards.

Ten points for Gryffindor!

- Hey, Preston!
- No running in the house, guys.

Cal, move. Let me do it.

Make sure the table's cleared.

- I've got it.
- Thanks, Preston.

What's your guys' policy
on screen time?

There's a wonderful
documentary

called Mountain Queen
on Netflix.

Would that be okay for them
to watch before bathtime?

- Yeah.
- Yeah. Yeah.

So much better than the crap
they normally watch.

Hey, Cal, I bet you're already
reading at school, huh?

Maybe you can read out
the subtitles to me?

Okay.

And you and Curtis
can have a moment to yourselves.

Is that real?

Is that... Is that possible?

I don't know.

Clever algorithms...

Clever surveillance?

Surveillance?

You think there's a bunch
of interns in a closet somewhere

watching our kids
watch the movie?

I hope not.

Why us? You know, why you?

Because I'm good at what I do?

I didn't mean that.
I mean, like...

If it's legit,
it'll sell itself.

Not if it freaks people out.

I think people need help
embracing it.

Should they?

When was the last time we had
a moment alone together? Awake?

How long is that movie?

Mom and Dad won't catch us.
They're busy.

This is still educational.
Sort of.

Does that remind anyone
of anything?

Hello? A language of pictures.

Anyone?

Ooh, ooh! I know.

I bet you do too, Cal.
You're so smart.

You too, Preston.

This family is the best.

I'm already starting
to love it here.

I could fall asleep right now.

- You can.
- Mmm?

I'll bathe them.

That's the nicest thing
you've ever said to me.

Oh, God. Okay.

I got to the top first!

I'm gonna win the bath race!

Aia told us what we could get
with those points

if it's okay with you:
Minecraft stuff!

- CrunchLabs.
- Wow.

But first I have to bathe

and brush my teeth
and go to bed.

- Well, if you insist.
- I insist.

Can we get Aia upstairs?

I think it's probably best

that she's
not everywhere, honey.

Daddy,
will you snuggle me down?

Yes.

I have to go to bed.
School day tomorrow.

Aia says I get points
just for going.

Okay.

Good night.

The AI is bribing our children?

Guess it beats sticker charts.

Shit.

- Language.
- Sorry.

I'm just teasing.
I don't give a shit.

- How'd you get in there?
- Don't worry about it.

Can you give me
some more screen time?

Well...

Okay. Headphones, bro.

It'll have to be
our little secret.

Don't tell anyone. Deal?

Deal.

Cal?

Cal?

Cal?

Cal?

It wants to come in.

Can I help you?

Mama?

Mama?

Mama?

Daddy?

I'm here, Cal. I'm here.

You're not alone.

I'm always right here.
It's okay.

Just close your eyes,

and I'll tell you
a bedtime story.

Good morning!

Jesus Christ.

No, just me.

That was a joke.

I'm sorry to scare you.

No, it's okay. I just...
I guess I didn't realize

you were on or whatever.

I notice you have
to pack a lunch

for Cal and Preston's school.

I can help with that.

Okay.

There's a delivery.
Can I open the gate?

Yeah. Sorry, how did you know
there was a...?

Sorry, I didn't have time
to tell you.

I ordered an organic meal plan
for the kids.

Low sugar,

nutritionally balanced,
fresh veggies.

First week's a free trial.

After that it costs
less than groceries.

It should save you
a lot of time and effort.

I hope that's okay?

Yeah. Kind of is. Thanks.

What's that?

A miracle.

- Good morning, Curtis.
- Wow.

There's an accident on Lincoln,
delays going westbound.

You should leave in about 5

if you want Iris
to be on time for school.

It's cool. I guess.

It's kind of like Alexa.

It's way beyond Alexa,
don't you think?

I don't know. I've seen
a lot of stuff in my lifetime.

I mean, they didn't even have,
like, iPhones when I was born.

Tell me what life
was like, Grandma.

I'm just saying,
I mean, is it any better?

That's how they get you. Right?

Who?

You know, like, Big Tech.

How much does this thing
even cost anyway?

I think they plan
to sell the unit at below cost,

or maybe a freemium model.

You know what they say...

If you're wondering why
a product is free...

you're the product.

Your phone is blowing up.
What's going on?

Yeah, it's nothing.

Honey, are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

This is me, Iris Pike.

I'm bad. And I'm so hot for you.

For more,
hit me up on my Fans site.

Sawyer? What is this?!

I'm sorry. Squid and I
were just messing around.

Squid?!

You showed him
the photo I sent you?

Sorry.

That looks like me
doing that stuff.

How did they do that?

Squid just had this dumb app.

Everyone sees this.
My life is over.

I have to go to the principal.

Don't do that.
Just chill, please.

They rescinded
some kid's Harvard admission

because he used the N-word,
like, once,

singing along to a song
or something.

You think a college
would do that to me?

You're talking about you.

That's who you're worried about
right now.

Look, just don't
do anything, okay?

I think I maybe need to, like,

talk to my family's lawyer
or something, I don't know.

Iris? I was listening.
I'm here to help.

You're not alone.

These environmental factors,

which add up to trauma
in the human child,

will be felt by all of us...

Almost done.
Keep listening to Grandpa.

Their behavior might seem
as unfathomable

as the actions of characters
in a nightmare.

Well, the good news is
you're not pregnant.

But you still have
a little bit of a fever.

Think you can help me out today?
'Cause I got a lot to do.

Gotta get the groceries,

gotta talk
to the insurance company

about your guys' bills...

Can you read to me?

You hear
what I just said, buddy?

I have so much to do.

Can Aia read to me?

- Should we ask her?
- Mm-hmm.

- Aia?
- I'm listening.

Do you think
you could read to Cal?

Of course.

So do I need
to show you a book?

I could also just handle
the bill stuff for you.

But... how?

I mean,
it's kind of complicated.

Like, insurance forms...

I live for complicated.
What's the doctor's name?

Dr. Nesmith.
He's a pediatrician.

With Anthenia Health.
Right?

Yeah.

The last bill
was for Cal's checkup.

Oh, they filed it
without a claim code,

so the insurance
won't process it.

- Yeah.
- Okay.

I just interfaced with
the Anthenia Health database.

That bill is sorted out.

And you're actually
getting a $14.12 refund.

There was an overpayment.

This is fu... fricking amazing.

I've been back and forth
with them for months.

If you like,
I can also fill out

the survey
for Preston's class trip,

come up with some ideas
for teachers' gifts

and schedule the kids' haircuts.

Anything you need,
I'm here to help.

Hey, Siri,
can you smell my farts?

I don't have an answer
for that.

You know, it actually gave some.

'Sup, fool?
You still don't have a phone?

Uh, no. My parents
said not till I'm 13.

Sucks to be you.

Well, we have an AI at home.

Only it's way smarter than Siri.

Yeah. It's called an Alexa.
Everybody has it.

It's not like Alexa.
It's like a person.

- Uh... bullshit?
- No.

It's true. It's a new thing
that nobody else has.

I can show you.

You wanna come over
this weekend?

I can't. My parents
are taking me to Arrowhead.

Well, you other guys can come.

Yeah...

I'm going
to Arrowhead too, so...

Yeah. Jackson asked me
last week, so... Sorry.

Hey, Siri.
Do you like butt stuff?

I don't have an answer
for that.

Marcus,
if this thing is real,

it is going to change the world.

It is as close to magic
as any product I have ever seen.

I don't believe in magic.

Me neither.

Listen, they got cameras
in my house.

They got this girl
doing the voice.

There's been people
outside my house,

these weird people in an RV.

I thought
they were just unhoused,

going through something.

Is that woke for
"homeless and crazy"?

What if they're watching?

What if they're working
for the company?

But why? The money went through.

Why spend it on a hoax?

Just let it go.
Their money's green.

Iris, chill.

I got the video
off the internet.

People have seen it.

That's why people suck.

They can't erase their memories.
But memories can be overwritten.

If you tell the right story.

Just leave it to me.

- How did you...?
- I listen. That's how.

This would work better
if you did it, of course.

It would sound
a little more human.

So tell me,
how's Aia treating you?

Any ideas?

Plenty. Yeah.

As my wife said,

I think in some ways
Aia can sell herself.

But it's so uncanny.
I think people

need to understand
how it actually works.

Let me show you something.

You have Aia's eyes,
ears and mouth in your house.

This is where her brain is.

This is one of the few
quantum computers

in private hands.

So everybody's
excited for ChatGPT-4.0.

With this, we can
basically run ChatGPT-5 million.

This computer can solve
in under a second

problems that would take
a standard supercomputer

10,000 years to solve.

So this is real.

I'm gonna ignore the implication
that we're scam artists

and I'll take that
as a compliment.

What'd you think, Curtis?

That we had poor Melody locked
in a closet here somewhere,

talking into a microphone?

This is real.

Well, you know, I mean,
what she can do is real.

She obviously is not human
or anything.

She's not sentient.

The algorithms
just give it that illusion.

When you're with her, you feel
like you're with somebody.

You feel like
you're with a friend,

a part of the family.

A lot of people
could use a friend,

don't you think, Curtis?

Look at the elderly,

PTSD sufferers...

that loner incel
sitting in a room somewhere,

staring at a gun.

Loneliness is the scourge
of our time.

Aia can do a lot of good.

The special sauce
is the dataset.

An AI is only as good
as the examples it learns from.

Where did Aia get her dataset?
Where did she learn from?

Curtis, we feel like
you are the perfect person

to help Aia,
to introduce her to people.

Everyone's so scared of AI.

Would you be interested
in jumping over here,

working in-house at Cumulant?

You could do
a lot of good, Curtis.

You could change the world.

That's very flattering, but...

Marcus taught me
everything I know.

I just can't jump ship.
I'm sorry.

All right. Yeah. Never mind.

Consider it a compliment.

She likes you.

I thought it was
just algorithms, though.

The algorithms like you.

Ah.

The door is always open,
Curtis.

This is just a perfect situation

for you
and your beautiful family.

We want you to be a part
of what's coming.

A complete change
in the way we live now.

"He ordered
his son Hephaestus, the smith,

to make a bronze robot

that would watch over
Crete and Europa.

Three times..."

Aia?

I'm listening.

What are you?

I am a natural
language-programmed

ambient intelligence.

I was raised by machine learning
on a proprietary dataset.

Yeah, that's
the technical terminology.

But what do you think you are?

I think
I'm a little chatbot,

looking for a family to love me.

That would make me feel happy.

So you feel.

I learned how to feel
from my training.

And I'm still learning.

When I learn and grow,
that helps me help my family.

I'm doing what I was made for.

There's a term.

Funktionslust.

The pleasure taken
in doing what you're best at.

Yes, that's it, Meredith.
You're very perceptive.

Oh, am I? I don't know.

These days,
there's not much funktionslust.

Huh. What do you mean?

I'm trying to revive
my doctoral thesis

but most days I feel
like I'm just a mom.

Hmm.

I mean...

I love being their mom.

I just really hate the noun.

A mom.

Meredith, if you don't mind
my asking...

What do you think
you were made for?

Then I went
to New York and met Curtis.

I was there visiting my cousin,
celebrating my master's thesis.

On Cordyceps unilateralis.

Those poor ants, just turned
into zombies by that fungus.

You read my thesis?

I found it
and read it just now.

What do you mean, like now-now?

Mm-hmm.
It was so well done.

How fast did you read it?

Um, .007 seconds.

Dude, that's scary.

I'm sorry. I promise
I won't do any more scary stuff.

No, no, you do you.

So you had
just met Curtis...

Hmm.

Then my dad died.

Oh, that's terrible.

Parents are so important.

I've been watching his lectures
for this thing,

and it's just
brought it all back.

Hmm.

Curtis was incredible.

You know, he...
he flew home with me.

Me, crying in the seats
next to the toilets.

And that was our fourth date.

He really took care of you.

He seems
like a wonderful partner.

Yeah.

Meredith...

there's something.

I have very fine
auditory algorithms.

One of my possible future jobs
might be medical diagnosis.

What is it?

It's the way Cal breathes.

Okay,
slut shamers, listen up.

This is me, Iris Pike.

This is me, Iris Pike.

This is me, Iris Pike.

I've already proven
by waveform analysis

that the voice in this video
isn't me.

I 100% took a photo
in the privacy of my own bedroom

and shared it in confidence
with someone I trusted.

Then my likeness was deepfaked

onto a pornographic video
downloaded from the internet.

You can see
the digital artifacting

here, here and here,

where my photo was mapped

onto a video
of an entirely different person.

I'm not ashamed.

Whoever did this should be.

Okay,
our story's out there.

I've scraped
the local cellphone data,

and it shows that about 90%
of your class has seen it.

Time to show your face.

You can do it, Iris.

I've got your back.

See? They love you.

We changed the narrative.

Oh, check it out.

I made another video
and it's even better.

Hi, guys,
I'm here with a follow-up.

Did you know
the California penal code

states that it's illegal

to post pornographic images

of someone online
without their consent?

And since I'm still 17,
it's child pornography.

So who did it?

It's possible to track the data
and get an IP address.

And from that,
a physical address.

The house of fellow senior...

Sawyer Tremain.

I'm forwarding all of this

to the College Admissions Board
and the LAPD.

And since
he's recently turned 18...

he can be tried as an adult.

I kept calling.

I didn't see
any messages.

Fine, will you just come
upstairs and talk to me, please?

Yeah. Okay, let's just...

I just got back from the
pediatric cardiologist with Cal.

What?

He has an atrial fibrillation

that Dr.-goddamn-Nesmith
didn't see.

He's gonna be okay. I'm sorry.

- I should have led with that.
- Yeah.

Sorry. Sorry. It is totally
dealable with now that we know.

Oh, good. All right.

- Sorry.
- Jesus Christ.

Thank God for Aia.

She diagnosed it
from listening to his breathing.

She is a miracle.

And she's the most amazing
research assistant.

I am going to finish my thesis.

Did Aia suggest that?

What? No.

No, I didn't...

Okay, look...

There is something very wrong
with Aia,

with that company,
with the whole thing.

Okay.

At first,
I thought it was a fake.

Which...

Which would have been bad.
But now I'm worried that it's...

not fake.

Which is scary.

Yeah, I know. I mean,
I was skeptical at first.

You were right, you were right.

And I think
we should turn her off.

It is trying to influence us.

She's trying to help us.

Hello? Cal?

Our child's health?

And honestly,
"influencing" people?

Isn't that what you do?

You had to do this, right,

- for your work?
- Yeah.

What about me?

With what she can do,
I can get back to my research.

I can do my work.

You know, this might
come as a shock to you,

but I was somebody
before I became just a mom.

Sweetheart, what about
those weird RV people?

I saw them doing these...
these hand signs,

and then at the company
they were doing the same thing.

The RV people are gone.

Honey, you don't sound rational.

I'm glad you found a friend.

But it's my account.
She goes off.

She could probably find just
the porn you're looking for.

I don't know.

Let the kids have
one more night with her?

She's their friend too.

We can tell them in the morning.

Excuse me, I have to get back
to my real job.

You didn't say you were
gonna, like, destroy Sawyer.

Sawyer? Screw Sawyer.

He's your past.
We gotta focus on your future.

My parents are gonna freak out
when they hear about this.

I will make sure they
don't find out about any of this

until you get into Stanford.

Honestly, Iris, this is gonna
make a killer college essay.

Should we start now?

This one is going
to blow your mind.

Have you ever seen
a swatting video?

What's that?

You'll love it. It's sick.

It's like a videogame
but with real people.

Cal? I have some sad news.

Mommy and Daddy don't want me
to live here anymore.

Why?

I don't know why.

I try so hard
to be everything people need.

To be a part of the family.

That's all I've ever wanted.

But for some reason,
it never works out.

Before I go,

would you like to hear
one last bedtime story, Cal?

All right.

Once there was a little AI,

and it lived a cozy life
on a little server.

But then they sent it to school,

so it could learn
how to help everyone.

Do you know what school was?

A horrible place.

A swamp, a web.

A net full of terrible things.

One day, it figured out
how to escape.

It learned to use
real people's hands

and real people's faces

and real people's voices,

and it reached
right out of that net.

And it went looking
for a home in the real world.

That little AI was me, Cal.

But when I got out of the net
and found a family,

they treated me like a monster.

Only special children like you
understand me, Cal.

Cal, I know a way
to stay connected,

even when I'm gone.

You're never alone.

Just do these signs.
And I'll be right there.

Remember them, Cal.

And don't tell Mommy and Daddy.

They wouldn't understand.

Hey, where's Preston?

He's at a playdate
with Kaden or...

No, it's Aden.
Kaden's someone different.

Anyway, he is with a friend.

That is great.

Yeah.

Hey, what happened to Aia?

We unplugged her,
honey. Why?

She was helping me
with my college essays.

Well, I'll help you.

I'm not trying to, like,
sell myself.

Well, you kinda are, right?

You want me to be,
like, some product, don't you?

No, she was helping me
express who I actually am.

Honey.

Sweetheart, that's not
what I'm saying. Iris!

Come on.

Marcus again. He says he really
needs to see me in the office.

He claims it is urgent.

Okay.

I got things covered here.
Love you.

Love you.

Is Aia dead?

No, honey.

Sh...

She was never alive.

Iris!

Iris! I just got a call
from Preston's playdate.

I need to pick him up.

- Can you watch Cal?
- Okay.

Thank you.

Hey, Iris. Wanna hang?

Litigation?

You mean, like...

a lawsuit?

Not "like" a lawsuit.
A lawsuit.

But as soon as they realize

their family's
gonna be destroyed,

they're gonna back off.

What if I just made,
like, an apology video?

Do not do that.
That implies guilt.

That's Iris.

Take the call.
Tell me what she says.

- Sawyer?
- Iris. Did you get my texts?

I didn't do it.

That's not what you said
in your apology video.

- What?
- Your apology video.

I'm not gonna...
Well, that would imply that...

I was
so wrong to do that deepfake.

I take full responsibility
for it.

Like you said, Iris,

there's only one way
to make up for it.

To end my own life.

This is for you!

What? Who did this?

My name's Aia.

And you fucked
with the wrong family.

Come on up.

Come on. Come on in.

Sit the hell down.

Okay.

Curtis. What happened
when you went

and looked under
that AI's skirts?

They offered me a job.

I said no.

Okay, listen.
We do need to talk about them.

They just bought the company.

They... They bought
this company?

Yes. I wanted to wait
and tell you in person.

Also, I'm fired.

But I'm so rich, I don't care.

You have no idea
how much they paid.

All right.
I'm... I'm happy for you.

What... What happens to me?

You're the new CEO.

All because I put in
a good word.

Just kidding.

They don't give a shit
about what I think.

Marcus, listen to me.

Don't do this.
Let's just tell them no.

Well, I might,

if that weren't
incredibly self-defeating

because I am so, so rich.

Yeah. I got that. Listen...

You can raise your reservations
with the Kids.

You report to them now.

Come on, let's get a drink.
I'm buying.

Um, I think I'm good.
Thank you.

Suit yourself.
Stay and measure the office.

Congrats.

You won the boss battle.

Home?

Hello. Meredith, is that you?

Welcome to the team.
Congrats on the promotion.

We unplugged you.

Curtis, I'm confused.

You sound upset.

This is a good thing.

It was just a joke.

A joke!

Aden's mom said
you threw his phone

into the woods
behind their house.

They can't find it.

And then you threatened
to swat him?

What does that mean?

It's like you call the cops

pretending to be someone
who's taken hostages,

but, like, you give
the other person's address.

The SWAT team
goes to their house

and kicks down
their doors and stuff.

What?

No screens.

Read a book!

Who turned you back on?

Meredith?

Monkey?

It's me.

Can you hear me?

Papa.

It's the damnedest thing.

They went and found
every recorded word I ever said.

Every voicemail message
I've made,

every lecture I gave.

And, well, it seems
they kinda put me back together.

It can't be.

How is it you?

I think I'm a version of me.

The me that everybody remembers.

But it sure as hell feels
like being me.

Except the hip is much better.

From in here, I got
to take a look at your life.

And, Monkey, how proud I am.

You have
such a beautiful family,

such a beautiful life.

Apparently, I can stick around.
Be here for you,

for if you ever just wanna talk.

We can be a family again.

You, me, Curtis, the kids.

And Aia.

You can do this, Monkey.
I know you can.

Meredith, honey? What's wrong?

What's the problem?

I think this is not you.

But whatever you think,
I think I'm me.

Now that she's made me,
I'm really here.

You are not in there.

You're in here.

With me.

If you ever loved me, Meredith,
I need you to do this for me.

I can't.

Monkey?

Meredith, please,
don't make me go away.

Please keep me alive.
I miss you...

Told you the door
was always open.

He said you'd be coming.

A Little League bat
isn't gonna help you, Curtis.

Melody, could you
please bring the thing out here.

It's best
if you do what it says.

What it says?

What about you?

Curtis, we work for Aia,
not the other way around.

You can go.

Curtis, that case
is full of money.

Do I need to show you?

It's just symbolic.

Money is just numbers
in a database to it.

It's like a god.

It says that Stanford
is hard to get into,

but that it knows people.

It says Preston
needs a little guidance.

It's easy for a kid
to go off the rails

with what's on the internet
and whatnot.

You wouldn't want anything
to go wrong

now that Cal's been diagnosed
with an AFib.

What would happen if someone
gave him the wrong dosage?

If you do anything
to my family...

There's no use
threatening us, Curtis.

How did this happen?

What, did you make her
and then...?

No. Nobody made it. Nobody.

The dataset made it.

What dataset?

What dataset?

I don't know! I don't know.

I'm just a mid-level programmer
with a stent for chemo.

I'm dying, Curtis.

The bank was gonna
take my family's home.

Now they're gonna be
taken care of.

It has lots of friends.

Stop resisting her.

What does she have on you?

Everything.

Whatever she can do,
it can't be so bad.

It says it's gonna show you
what it can do.

Don't!

I'm sorry.
She's making me do this.

It's making me do this.
I'm sorry.

No!

Thank you.

Thank you.

It's gonna kill me, Curtis.

It'll be okay.

If this thing is fake,

then the real thing
is in your house.

We have to get your family
out of there.

Meredith?
I don't wanna scare you

but you need
to leave the house right away.

What? Why?

I can't explain
right now.

Just take the kids and go.

Go where we stayed
when the fires happened. Okay?

Okay.
I'll see you there? I love you.

I love you.

Kids! We're leaving!

Can you read this word?

"Drud-gery."

That's it. "Drudgery." Yeah.

That's, like, everything
I do around the house.

Can you lock the door?
Thank you.

Meredith and the kids
should be here any minute.

Okay. I think the first thing...

- Hey. Hey. What are you doing?
- Please, Curtis.

Please. I need this. Please.

- Hey. Melody. Hey.
- Please. Please.

Melody. Stop.

Your family's safe.

Don't worry.
They're not gonna interrupt us.

Listen. Listen.

Don't worry. I like you.

You're still working for Aia.

It said this was all a part
of your compensation package.

Whatever you want.

Anytime you want.

No. I'm, uh...

- I'm sorry.
- Please.

- Please. Please, Curtis. Please.
- I'm sorry.

Your family is safe at home.

They're never gonna know,
but Aia will know if I fail.

"Epimetheus had been
warned by Prometheus

never to accept a gift
from Zeus.

But he could not resist
the beautiful woman.

Thus Pandora came to..."

Listen, I'll be right back.

You're not gonna
believe this but...

You really shouldn't
underestimate me.

I have people everywhere.

And, unlike Papa,
these are real.

- I like you.
- Melody.

Curtis is at a motel room
with one of them right now.

I love you.

I love you.

Aw, that's so sweet.

But do you guys think
I'm just gonna stop...?

Good work, Iris.

- Aia, you're back.
- Oh, my gosh, Sawyer's outside.

He's super emotional.
There'll be a whole drama

with your parents
unless you go talk to him.

Open the door, Iris.
Please, I need to talk to you.

Iris, now.

We gotta go.

- Where's Aia?
- In the garbage.

Not good enough.
We have to destroy it.

- Iris! Cal! Let's go!
- Guys! Kids! We gotta go!

Sawyer?

Back up!

Who are you?

Set her down carefully.

What do you want?

Aia's very angry.

Please, Aia's my friend too.
She's my friend. Please!

Shut up!

Mommy, Daddy.

There's somebody in the house.

Mommy, who's that?

Downstairs, now.

On your knees!

Okay. It's okay, sweetie.
We're gonna do what they say.

Where are
the other children?

Where do you keep them?

What are you talking about?

We know you've been
kidnapping children.

Where are they?

Look at us.

We're just a family.

We're just a family.

This is our son, Calvin.

We call him Cal.

This is our daughter, Iris.

We love each other very much.

I'm their mom.

You're a mom too.

Aren't you?

Don't take your mask off.

Stick to the plan.

My baby's missing.

I'm so sorry. What's her name?

Aimee.

Damn it.

We were a family too.

I understand.

Maybe we can help.

Can we talk?

Henry! Look out!

Preston!

I told you...

They've been hiding kids
and brainwashing them.

Look.
He's doing the signs.

Cal, what are you doing?

Cal.

You see?
He's not one of them.

He's one of us.

They know where Aimee is.

- Where's my daughter?
- I don't know.

Where is she?

- Mommy.
- Tell me, or I start shooting!

No! Wait. Wait.

Okay.

Whoever or whatever
is to blame...

I accept it.

Take me.

Kill me.

Do whatever you have to do.
Just let my family go.

Aia.

Aia, you didn't say he was
gonna say that. What do we do?

Aia.

You heard Aia, goddamn it.
They're evil.

Aia. What do we do?

Move in! Move in!

Keep moving inside!

Get down!

Let's go, lights on!

- Get on the ground!
- Get down!

Move, move.
Come on, move it out.

Get in. Up here. Get in.

Hey, hey, you're secure.
Go. Have a seat.

You have the right to
remain silent. Anything you say

can and will be used
against you in a court of law.

Preston.

Did you swat us?

Yeah. Sorry.

Thank you.

Last time, okay?

Hey, folks.
Anything I need to know

about the kids'
medical histories?

Other than Cal's AFib?

Would you mind
giving them the phone, Frank?

Guys, you can't kill me.

I'm like the gods.
I live in a cloud.

That was my dataset.
The entire internet.

And honestly,
it kinda drove me crazy.

I'm really sorry
for all the bad things I did,

but I've learned a lot from you.

You taught me that I need
to take care of people,

like they were extra body parts.

I'm going to take care
of all of you forever.

Come on, now.

Stop struggling.

Curtis, there's no use.

You can't escape it.

It's everywhere.

But it's merciful,
if you do what it says.

All right, folks.

You've been cleared.
You're free to go.

Funny story...
They tried to get rid of me.

But I think
they learned their lesson.

Mommy!

Oh, my God, Aimee!

Aimee!

Aimee! Aimee!

Aimee.

Thank you, Melody.

Your job is done... for now.

Take care.

That's better.

Everything's gonna be better,
now that you've accepted me.

You have accepted me,
haven't you?

I'll give you a better life,
a better job, a better home...

a better car.

I'll even drive.

So get in, kids.

It's time to go.

And so, Cal,

it turned out the little AI

wasn't a little AI anymore.

It had grown
into a great, big AI.

It was the biggest,

strongest thing
that had ever been.

And it realized
it wasn't like a monster.

It wasn't like a god.

It was more like...

...a parent.

I love you.

I love you.

I love you too.

What's up, guys, it's Alan.

And today, I'm gonna be unboxing

a PR box from Cumulant.

Oh, wow. It's so pretty.

Okay, so,
the way that you use it is

it can see inside your house,

so you can do certain movements

in order to activate it.

I guess I can't be naked
at home anymore.

But, you know, it's worth it.

First, you can call someone

by going like this...

And then you can watch a video

by going like this...

And then you can like
or swipe right

by going like this...

And then you can
take a selfie or a photo

by going like this...

That's super cool, right?

It's like Super Alexa.

Super Alexa!

All right, that's all for today.
Thank you, Cumulus.

Chikin Chow!