That's the problem with humans... they just sit around, hoping that someone will fix things. But no one will. No one cares. The universe is infinite and chaotic and cold. And there has never been a plan. At least not till now.
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Well, if anyone would know about hubris, it would be the man who built God.
I never feel civilized negotiating from the end of the barrel. Either end. Shall we call this one a draw?
Either you are planning to bring Samaritan online, or you're the world's most ambitious gamer.
I’ve killed lots of people but my friends keep telling me it’s wrong.
We’re gonna steal a jet.
That does sound kinda fun.
Send me a postcard.
Dare I hope you packed something other than weaponry?
There’s some trip wire to booby trap the room door and a toothbrush.
Oral hygiene is something, I suppose.
RMRoger McCourt
The simple truth is, the people want to be protected, they just don't want to know how.
There are consequences to not acting. Like Simmons and Joss.
Since we started this, things have changed. We’ve changed. But the mission, our purpose, has always been constant: to save lives. If that’s changed somehow, if we’re in a place now where the Machine is asking us to commit murder? That’s a place I can’t go. I’m afraid this is where I get off.
You're in a situation you can't control that's larger than you can imagine. Sit tight and we'll keep you alive.
There's one more thing. I'd like you to avoid violence if at all possible. But, if they harm Grace, in any way, kill them all.
I want to talk about the future. And who more qualified for that conversation than the father of artificial intelligence?
I built the machine to save lives. But how could I be certain that it wouldn't one day determine that all of humanity was irrelevant?
And while the public shouts from the rooftops about their civil liberties, they do so under the protective bubble of the very program of which they are railing against, the one that saves them from terrorist attack every single day.
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