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Well, I think that's part of a...

I think that's part of a bigger question.

From a technical point of view.

Can you look me in the eye

and tell me that you have not...

had any interaction

with the Defence Department,

the Pentagon, DARPA,

the intelligence community, the entire...

- John invited me.

- Fine.

They don't call it the

"military-industrial complex" for nothing.

(Visitor) Hey, how's it going?

HEY:

Welcome to our little

"after hours" joint here.

You want a beer, or you want some weed?

There's pills in the back.

Nah, I usually abstain.

(John) Usually?

- Have a peanut, at least.

- All right.

- Let me... Let me...

- Actually I want one of those too.

...accept some assumptions

that I may not believe.

Let's say that, er...

Let's overstate my importance.

Let's say that,

yes, this work that I'm doing,

they're very interested

and they're looking at every theory

that I come up with

and applying this to their great

military machine, or intelligence machine.

- I mean, let's...

- (John) It's not even a metaphor!

I mean, there are two sides,

different colours,

one of 'em's got to win,

one of 'em's got to lose.

It's gonna be ugly for the ones that lose.

There are "knights,"

there are "kings," there are "queens."

This is obviously a militaristic problem

that you're trying to solve.

(Camera clicking)

(Carbray) Are you...

are you trying to recruit me here?

Are you from the Pentagon?

Is there something

you're not telling me?

Er, I get around,

but that's not...

Oh, you get around?

If I'm all that you seem to be suggesting

that I am to the Pentagon,

then if I wasn't

performing this work

doesn't that mean that the Russians

are getting ahead of us? I don't think...

You can use that excuse for any atrocity

that's ever been committed.

"If I didn't do it somebody else would."

But on the other hand,

you seem to be making the argument

that if any form of research

has military potential

then it is something which

morally should not be researched.

- I asked if it would bother you...

- I think you halt human progress.

You halt human progress!

Chess is black and white.

(Carbray) Let's...

again, let's take this example,

I'm not in the world,

I'm not in the world...

It's not war, chess is not war.

It's like my uncle said,

"War is death, hell is pain,

chess is victory," and um...

I would rather play a game of chess

than go fight, get killed,

get a f***in' bullet in the eye.

I enjoy it.

- I enjoy playing.

- Here you go. Enjoy that.

Thanks.

But what about...

What about the progress of A.l.?

You talk of its applications in war,

but how far has A.l. really come?

Things evolve, this is true,

I'm not refuting that at all.

But if all computers can do is calculate,

then what about our basic

fundamental premise of intelligence?

What is artificial intelligence?

Let me stop you there for one second.

Why are you here?

To participate in a tournament,

to do the best you can,

in a field that you basically believe

is stagnant and you don't believe in?

I don't believe

in the dominant approach.

You guys figure this out.

You ever seen the knight's tour?

You've got to look at the real research.

- You do the knight's tour?

- Yeah.

You wanna see it?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, but, but...

(Visitor) So many of my colleagues, I feel,

have a very narrow view.

There's a fundamental assumption that

all knowledge can be formally represented.

That all knowledge

can be reduced to numbers.

It needs to be an embodied sense...

(Carbray) But for God's sake,

you're in the academic world!

If anybody -

if anybody could get a grant,

if anybody could get this signed off

to do this kind of research,

it's you.

You're in an ideal position for that.

I'm not.

My employer probably doesn't see

any money in what you're talking about,

But you? You can go forth,

you can put these theories into practice.

You can write research papers on it.

(Visitor) You would think

academia would be more promising,

er... but the dominant paradigm...

(John) You been recording

this whole time?

- (Visitor) ...is very hard to fight against.

- No.

(Visitor) I mean, I...

(John) Why not?

(Visitor) I've gone to grad school for years,

because I was seeking

real artificial intelligence.

And real artificial intelligence, it's...

(Carbray) Let me ask you...

(John) Real artificial intelligence?

Is that different

than artificial real intelligence?

(Carbray)

How significant is the research?

(Visitor) In the last decade

the research hasn't been that significant,

even in the calculable world.

(Carbray) We're going round

in circles, aren't we?

(Woman) Who are you?

This is Mike Papageorge.

I'm here for the competition.

Could I possibly come in for a minute?

(Woman) Can you go away, please?

(I COLLIE RYAN:
"Hole in the Bucket")

(Knocking)

J Hole in the bucket,

the water will fall

J' Hole in the bucket, the water will fall

J Hole in the bucket,

the water will fall... J

Oh, um, I lost my key.

Can I just come in here

and stay with you guys for a while?

- Sure, come on in.

- Thanks.

Ha.

- Ha.

- Ha.

- Ha.

- Hu.

- Hu.

- Ha.

- Ha.

- Ha.

(sighing)

One want to be two,

two want to be one.

(Clears throat)

(Group) One want to be two,

two want to be one!

(Woman) Oh, wow!

(Man #1) Yeah.

It's half me and half you.

(Man #2) I didn't get absolute perfection,

but I definitely see the possibilities,

and being open to the possibilities.

I never realised

that our eyes are the same colour.

(Laughter)

And just...

Thank you.

- Thanks.

- Thank you for being here.

(Humming)

(Laughing)

Its warmth.

Its moisture.

- Excitement!

- Ooh...

(Laughter)

The joy it brings.

- Oh.

- It is OK.

You may come in.

And we shall adjourn.

Should we go back to the room?

I will visit with you all individually,

and I will see you all together

this evening.

(Whispers) I love you.

I love you.

Do you need help cleaning up?

Yes, yes, thank you...

Hey, what do you got there?

A COMPAQ luggable portable computer.

Hey, that's a big one, huh?

Yeah.

What's... what's, er...

It's the PDP-11.

- A what?

- It's the PDP-11.

OK. Wow!

Yes.

It's very good.

And how about your name, Luke?

- Is that some kind of acronym?

- OK, well... (Chuckles)

Luke is me, not an acronym.

Luke is my computer.

Luke is the software

that I wrote for this contest.

So it's all Luke.

Just me, version one.

- There'll only be version one...

- Gentlemen. Shelly.

Another round begins,

we can start the games.

Roland, I'm sorry, I'm afraid

we're going to have to offer our resignation.

Is that even legal?

To resign

before you've even made a move?

Should we ask Reini?

It's OK with us, we'll take the win.

What's wrong?

Oh, I wish I knew.

You guys need a bathroom break?

(Henderson) This is a very odd, weird,

strange, idiosyncratic game.

I don't know how many

ways I can say it.

And it's all on White,

it's all CHECKERS.

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