How come you two went your separate ways?
I'm a pain in the ass to work with.
Seriously.
I'm not a pain in the ass?
“Ghost in the Machine” · Season 1, Episode 6
In this episode: Fox Mulder (5), Dana Scully (4), Deep Throat (1)
Must be for the visually impaired.
How do you like that? A politically correct elevator.
Brad Wilczek? We're with the FBI.
BWBrad Wilczek
What took you guys so long? Oh, and do you mind taking off your shoes.
So the machine killed Drake out of self-defense?
Self-preservation. It's the primary instinct of all sentient beings.
Mulder, that level of artificial intelligence is decades away from being realized.
Then why was our government trying to usurp Wilczek's research?
You're afraid of the government but you're willing to accept the risk that your machine will kill again.
WWilczek
The lesser of two evils.
What about a third option? You created that machine. Now you tell me how to destroy it.
You won't find him.
They can't just take a man like Brad Wilczek without an explanation.
They can do anything they want.
Where is he?
In the middle of what we in the trade call "hard bargaining".
Wilczek won't deal. He'll never work for them.
Loss of freedom does funny things to a man.
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