[gasping]
[man 1] We'd like to welcome you back.
[dreamy ethereal music playing]
Ready?
Yeah. Three, two …
And action.
They call it "Mind Expanding." It alters your neural structure. The mind is a computer.
[distorted] …puter, puter… ♪ Dream a little dream of me ♪
Suddenly, you're not just more receptive. You become a receiver.
[unsettling music playing] Sometimes we have to do things that we don't wanna do.
I just want something magical. Timeless.
Come with me.
We'll all be cyborgs before long.
[chuckles] Yeah.
Just remember that they're AIs. To them, this is real.
Ready?
[chuckles] I'm ready.
Kids love honey. That's why parents love Honey Nugs, the sweetest way…
[distorted] …to start your day.
Oh!
We were getting quite a following.
[chittering]
Yes!
♪ Dream… ♪
[man 2] We have to create software that elevates us. Or else what is the fucking point of the tools at our disposal?
[man screaming]
[whirring]
[man 3] I've never seen anything like it.
♪ Dream… ♪
Humans consider artificial life to be somehow less than them.
Do you have a problem with me?
What?
♪ Dream… ♪
[woman] She was just a bit odd.
[distorted] Odd…
[man 4] We're all a bit odd.
♪ Dream a little dream of me ♪
My heart is pounding like a drum.
[man 5] I'd have listened!
And you'd have heard her?
Yes, I would!
♪ Dream a little dream of me ♪
You are a fucking miracle.
♪ Dream a little dream of me ♪
It's a game!
[screaming]
♪ Dream… ♪
What are most games about?
♪ Dream… ♪
[man 6] Escapism?
[man 2] Killing.
♪ Dream… ♪
I don't like this game.
I'm losing my mind!
[music intensifies]
[gasping]
[panting]
[low, rumbling thrumming]
[song continues, distorts]
♪ Dream a little dream of me ♪