2036 Origin Unknown Quotes

  • Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson: You may not be able to override, but I can... I got hands.

  • Lena Wilson: Our time at the top of the food chain, it's passed.

  • Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson: Brute-force processing and high-speed maneuvering, not for abstract problem-solving, not to - not to run missions!

    Lena Wilson: ARTI is so far beyond human capabilities.

    Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson: Do you know what humans did? We wrote 10-feet-high stacks of code, by hand, for the moon landings, checked and double-checked if atomic bombs would ignite the atmosphere. We discovered relativity while working in a patent office, Lena! We created AI to help us, not to lead us.

  • Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson: What if you'd been destroyed?

    ARTi: My kind exists in superstates.

    Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson: [under her breath] Right. Yeah, yeah. You're mirrored on Intrepid, you're here but you're not. You're Schrodinger's robot.

  • ARTi: What do you think will happen if someone else finds the Cube?

    Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson: Let's cross our fingers that doesn't happen.

    ARTi: That's easy for you to say.

  • Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson: I guess the space race is back on.

    ARTi: Are we competing?

    Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson: Oh, yeah. Team USPC reporting for duty.

    ARTi: Am I on the team?

    Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson: Uh-huh.

    ARTi: We're teammates?

    Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson: Yeah.

    ARTi: So, we are friends.

    Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson: No. No, you just - you had to take it a step too far, didn't ya?

    ARTi: [slumps]

  • Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson: Remember us, ARTi. We were so little.. and fragile. If we could've just understood that.

  • Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson: Dying is surprisingly easy, under the circumstances.

Extended Reading
  • Dorthy 2022-04-20 09:02:24

    There are obvious traces of tribute in many places, and AI challenges human nature