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S1 E6

The X-Files · Season 1, Episode 6

Scully and Mulder in “Ghost in the Machine”

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?

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