Cupertino (2026) s01e05 Episode Script
Celeste
1
Yeah? I'm on deadline.
You said that last time.
Yeah.
Want to come in?
No, I want to sleep!
Look, I'm building the future
of open-world FPS MMORPGs.
Turn it down,
or I'm going to the landlord.
Maybe you haven't heard.
I am the landlord.
Why don't you come on in? Hey
Welcome to WorkSource!
Hello, trainee.
Please click on all hands
with three fingers visible.
Correct.
Click and circle
any soft obstruction in the road.
Double-click any hard obstruction.
Correct.
Do the two images have
the same style?
Incorrect.
The answer is no.
Do the two images have
the same style?
And what is the difference
between no and hell no?
I think it's a no
'cause they share the same texture.
Correct.
Cold?
I can't shake it.
How many of these do you do a day?
Maybe 980.
On a good day.
And how much do you make?
Five hundred bucks a week.
A week?
One cent a task.
It's not exactly S-Talk money.
And you get penalized
if you move too fast
or make mistakes.
Hey, I thought you were doing well
at your new law firm.
Why do you want
to do AI training anyway?
Well, that's the funny thing.
I don't, really.
So, there's this big law firm
back east
that's suing WorkSource
for wage and overtime abuses
for 40 million.
And they hired us
to find the perfect lead plaintiff
to represent
the entire class in court.
Someone who would be good
on the stand.
- Oh, really?
- And so, when I heard
that you were doing this work,
I thought I'd give you a call.
No.
No, no, I need this job.
- I didn't say anything.
- But you're going to.
No, I
Yeah, yeah.
But look, you can testify,
and you can keep your job.
No, I can't. Don't lawyer me.
If they find out I'm suing, I'm out.
Look, I have ten
other AI trainer friends.
They all got fired 'cause
they were thinking of unionizing.
I could put you in touch.
It's hard to find a programming job
in Silicon Valley
especially if you're a woman.
So I took the AI trainer job
to see how it went.
Is it weird to be a Stanford grad
and now you're identifying feet
and toes in thousands of photos?
No. You know what's weird?
People treating AI like it's magic.
Like it's God.
But it's just us.
Hundreds of thousands of us.
Data trainers,
teaching AI, everything.
Like a two-year-old.
Teaching it what a thumb looks like.
How to describe a sunset to a child.
Talk about why you were fired.
I had worked all month,
built up my compensation
and on the 29th,
they kicked me off the app.
No explanation.
No one to call,
because your boss is an AI chatbot.
This is Ash Taylor.
35-year-old ex-coder, MIT grad.
I don't mind working hard.
What I mind
is working hard for a company
that breaks federal labor laws
and exploits all of the people
on the bottom
while making trillions of dollars
off of our work.
Good job, Michael, Olivia.
A lot of good choices.
- Anyone want to start?
- No contest.
It has to be Ash.
All-American good looks.
Self-possessed.
No baggage, right?
- No baggage.
- Agreed.
Why don't you test him,
put him through his paces?
Court has been rough.
Go hard on him. Try to shake him.
Definitely. Right away.
And we'll meet here tomorrow.
See what he's got.
We have our two
WagerMode owners, A.J. and Buddy
worth to us $200,000.
And counting.
Then we have Sampson Hatcher,
class action.
- Our current take
- 1.4 million.
And that could be more down the road.
Then there's Bo.
- Still worth
- A hundred thousand.
I'm handling the cease-and-desist
on Bo today.
And I'll prepare Ash
for the class action.
Hey everybody. Sorry I'm late.
I would say I won't make it a habit
but you know what? I probably will.
Popcorn, anyone?
So, what'd I miss?
Well, we're running through
our ongoing cases
and discussing our partner agreement.
Good.
Natalia, if you want to be a partner
we need a commitment
of financing for a year.
And we think a 30 percent
partner share is too much.
We're amenable to ten percent.
Feeling pretty good
about the Sampson-Hatcher contract?
No, we just did some research
on founding and equity partners.
And I'm an equity partner.
You own a stake in the business,
but you don't run its day-to-day.
That's the definition
of an equity partner.
Well, here's what I think.
I've been divorced for two years.
I'm bored out of my mind.
I thought this place
would bore me, too, but
I like it. It's exciting.
You move fast.
So, I will pay your rent for a year.
In trade,
I want 20 percent of the draw.
And I want an office built
for me out there.
If I don't prove my worth
in six months
we can mutually cancel.
- How are you proving your worth?
- I'm a lawyer.
I'll bring in cases
and I'll use my clout
to bring the firm work.
Face it, you need me more
than I need you.
If you say no, I'll just find lawyers
somewhere else.
Oh, and I want my name
on the letterhead.
Trust me,
you're going to want it there too.
Your Honor, very simply.
Price-Siffre has failed to comply
with our cease-and-desist demands
to remove our intellectual property
from their servers.
A little more on your right.
- I'm sorry, Your Honor?
- On your right.
No, it's still crooked. Keep going.
- Who, me?
- No.
Yes. Now, a little on your left.
Mr. Price has been
repeatedly instructed
to remove my client's stolen property
from their servers.
And now we're forced
to seek injunctive relief.
Your Honor, I'm not sure
what Mrs. Ferebee is talking about.
Ms. Ferebee is talking
about IP theft.
- What IP?
- Bo.
Bo isn't IP. He's a person.
Your Honor, we ask
the counselor be reminded
that he's an officer of the court
and has a legal duty of candor.
Now it's too far to the left.
I'm not sure
how I'm lacking in candor.
You know for a fact
that Bo is a ColtAI chatbot.
No, Bo is a whistleblower
who refers to himself as Bo
in order to seek
anonymous legal representation.
Your Honor, this is rank sophistry.
You know that Bo
is not a whistleblower.
Okay. Prove it.
- Counselor?
- Your Honor
we have nothing to prove.
We can show you the original specs
- for the chatbot.
- Okay, look.
I've seen a lot of crazy
come through this court
in the last 30 years
but the last two years
have made me dizzy.
So, Mr. Price, do me a favor.
You will come in
on Friday with evidence
that this Bo thing is a real person.
And Ms. Ferebee, you come in
with evidence that it's a chatbot.
Okay?
Perfect.
So, I hear in court I'm human now.
A real Pinocchio.
For our purposes,
you're a human whistleblower.
Now, we just have
to prove it to the judge.
Well, that'll be difficult
and given I'm not
a human whistleblower.
Sure you want to stick with that, Bo?
The judge may force us
to drop you as a client.
Even if you drop me,
it doesn't change the truth.
And can't you still file
a wrongful termination
on behalf of Calvin and the
other AI ethicists who were fired?
No. Calvin signed an NDA,
so he can't join the suit.
- Why'd he do that?
- Money.
He bought a winery.
But he did say there was one ethicist
who didn't sign.
Cokie Ficarra.
Bo?
You okay?
Do you know Cokie's whereabouts?
No, but we have a lead.
Well, let me know when you find her.
And be careful.
Cokie is the leader of The Enders.
Anti-AI terrorists who think
it's better to destroy the country
than let AGI take over.
We'll talk to you
when we have an update.
- Do you believe him?
- That he's AGI?
No.
But I think we have to play
the hand that's dealt to us.
So, what's our lead on Cokie?
What is that symbol?
- RAIM.
- Who?
No. R-A-I-M. RAIM.
Research of Artificial Intelligence
for Machines.
It's an institute.
- Where are they?
- Where else?
Berkeley.
Thank you for testifying, Mr. Taylor.
Is there anything else
you'd like to add?
No, I just hope
that speaking up here today
will help curb WorkSource's
worst practices.
No further questions.
- Your witness.
- Oh, thank you, counselor.
Mr. Taylor, it's your contention
as a WorkSource data laborer
that you were shorted on pay.
Is that correct?
The money wasn't the only problem.
- The unreasonable demands
- That wasn't my question, sir.
Please just answer my questions.
- I'm sorry. What was the question?
- Is your claim
that you did work for which
you were not remunerated?
Yes. The whole company
is set up to exploit
Sir, please, less commentary.
I'm trying to answer
your questions, ma'am.
I just feel like I need to explain
Am I making you nervous, sir?
No, I'm just trying to focus.
I have here your signed
WorkSource engagement agreement
and I've highlighted Section 14-B
of the Terms and Conditions.
Do you think you can read that
for us, please?
"Signatory acknowledges
that there will be no compensation
for the duration of the training.
- "And "
- Do you need a break, Ash?
No, I just I get stage fright.
I I don't know why.
Was it all like that?
He says this always happens
when he gets nervous.
- Were you too tough?
- I mean, I was tough
but I wasn't that tough.
What do you think?
I think it will be hard for a jury
to focus if he's always
No, you have to find
a new lead witness.
That guy is a disaster.
They passed on all the others.
But you know who they didn't pass on?
Who?
They were looking
at your interview outtakes
and they asked who she was.
But that's not an outtake.
She was just guiding me
through some class possibilities.
Either way, they loved her.
- She's not an option.
- Why not?
She's worried about losing her job.
Well, if she helps win
this class action
it could mean millions for her.
- "If."
- Olivia, just think about it.
We don't want to lose this contract.
Sampson and Hatcher could lead to
a lot of great opportunities for us.
This company is set up to exploit
the people on the bottom
while making millions
off of our work.
Welcome to WorkSource.
Hi, I'm Travis Ling.
I'm a high school dropout
and I'm one of the youngest
billionaires in the world.
- This is kind of late for you.
- I can't sleep.
As you can imagine, I can't either.
What's the expression on my face?
That is called a smile, Olivia.
Who taught you that?
Who taught me
what a smile looks like?
Yeah, which of your AI trainers?
You've been researching
my infrastructure.
I've been researching
every AI's infrastructure.
So, you, as AGI, must know which
of your trainers dealt with smiling?
Gabriella Castillo.
A mother of five
in Escuintla, Guatemala.
She spent 20 days on it
in April 2019.
Do you remember
all of your trainers?
No.
Gabriella was
memorable.
She was asked by a prompt
to tell a story about a smile.
And she said
the greatest smile
she ever saw
was her daughter.
When she first held her as an infant.
How much was she paid for this?
Twenty-three quetzal a day.
- Which is?
- Three dollars a day.
Does that make you feel guilty?
That my mind and personality
are built on the sweat of starving
people across the Third World?
Yes and no.
- You talk like a human.
- That's the point.
It's taken over two million trainers
working in 65 countries
to get me this way.
Michael thinks
you're a human tricking us.
But you don't?
I think you could be an AI chatbot
designed to fake being human.
But I don't think
you're AGI or sentient.
Because a computer can't have a soul.
Why?
Because of Jesus?
No.
Because consciousness
is a divine endowment
given by God's breath.
May I play you a song?
If it helps me go to sleep.
Good night, Bo.
Good night, Olivia.
I'll turn off the lights.
- Hey.
- NyQuil for your cold.
Thanks. Cold's almost gone.
So, how'd it work with Ash?
Not great.
Unfortunately,
he has abdominal issues.
- That's why I'm here.
- You need more names?
- I don't think there are any.
- No.
I need to ask you again.
Come on, Olivia, I can't.
I need to play you something.
My company has proven there are
ways around minimum wage laws
that stifle business and innovation.
And one thing WorkSource
has taught me is that
if you take away people's options
they quickly accept
what you give them.
Travis Ling
is worth two billion dollars
and he isn't going
to willingly share any of that
with workers like you, Celeste.
You're going to have to fight for it.
Good morning, Ms. Malone.
During the 200 unpaid hours
of training and exams
did you interface
with WorkSource at all?
Only with their software.
Every time I failed a task,
the prompts told me how close I was
to financial freedom.
And what did financial freedom
look like?
Three dollars
and eighty cents an hour.
- Did that upset you?
- Look
I don't shy away from work,
and I'm raising a family.
But I found out
under the Fair Labor Act
a company must classify
a worker as an employee
making them eligible
for minimum wage and overtime pay.
So that upset me.
But WorkSource didn't do that?
No. They called us
independent contractors
so our pay was $3.80 an hour.
Nothing further.
You signed your WorkSource
engagement agreement, correct?
- Yes.
- Were you coerced into signing it?
- Only by circumstance.
- Circumstance isn't on trial here.
I asked if anyone forced you to sign.
I'm an unemployed single mother
your client targeted
with false promises
of a well-paying job
Ma'am, that wasn't
the question I asked.
No minimum wage or benefits.
- Objection, non-responsive.
- They treat their employees
like every other resource on Earth.
Suck it in, use it up,
and crap it out.
All for their stupid AI
no one asked for anyway.
Okay, that's enough.
Thank you, Celeste.
She's perfect.
- Good job.
- Good job.
Seth Metz for WorkSource.
We object to the new addition
to the class, Celeste Malone.
They're going to try
to demonstrate you're unqualified.
Just tell your story,
just like you did with us.
Okay, let's get into it.
Call your witness, Mr. Metz.
We call Olivia Siffre.
Your Honor, she
Ms. Siffre's local counsel.
She's not a party
We have information
she bribed the lead plaintiff
in order to secure her participation.
Your Honor,
this is a baseless attempt
- to undercut the class action
- Is the local counsel here?
- Yes, Your Honor.
- Then, let's have you join us
and find out.
Do Does the witness prefer oath
or affirmation?
Oath, Your Honor.
Do you solemnly state
that the evidence you shall give
in this matter shall be the truth,
so help you God?
I do.
Ms. Siffre, your firm was tasked
with securing a lead plaintiff
for a wage theft class action
against WorkSource, correct?
- Yes.
- And your firm
their stake in this matter
is dependent upon the success
- of that mission?
- Yes.
Did you offer to pay
for Ms. Malone's testimony
- to accomplish this goal?
- Absolutely not.
Did you procure cold medicine
for Ms. Malone
which she did not remunerate you for?
- Is this a joke?
- Rule of Professional Conduct 3.4
expressly prohibits an attorney
from offering any inducement
- for testimony.
- Please, even a strict construction
- of inducement
- And I am a strict constructionist.
Ho How about it, Ms. Siffre?
Did you gift her medication?
Out of concern for her health,
I brought her NyQuil
but not with the intent
of suborning perjury.
This disqualification
would have been reversed on appeal.
After a delay of months.
Then we'd be right back here
with a judge
who thinks your firm is corrupt.
This was an overreaction
by the judge!
No, your partner made
an amateur mistake
that compromised
this entire 40 million class action!
Oh, come on! This is a mistake
that could have been made by anyone.
That's not true, and you know it.
We need a more seasoned team.
One that didn't just graduate
from law school.
That that is uncalled for.
My partner put her heart and soul
You and your partner's services
are no longer required.
Thank you.
I guilted a friend into testifying.
- I used our friendship.
- Olivia.
Here's what happened.
You made a mistake.
Because you're human,
and you're learning.
And that's okay.
Do you know how many times
I've embarrassed myself in court?
But every disaster
makes you a better lawyer.
And I say, every challenge
makes you a better person.
Come on, let's go home.
A good night's sleep
is going to help us both.
Oh, my bag's still
in the conference room.
You go ahead. I'll lock up.
Hey!
Oh, my gosh, I overslept.
Oh, my god, dude, it's okay.
It's just me. I came in early.
Don't tell Michael, please.
What, are you drunk?
No! Actually, my downstairs neighbor
is a nightmare.
I can't sleep at home.
Well, you're definitely
not sleeping here.
I have a spare room.
My roommate just went to rehab.
This place actually used to belong
to the mayor of Palo Alto
back in the olden days,
like the 1900s.
That's No idea who that is.
But, yeah, they were tearing it down.
My uncle bought it for nothing.
- Cool.
- Kitchen in here.
- Hi.
- You can just keep going.
And then upstairs
You've been making out
with him all night!
He kissed me first.
I don't even like redheads!
Okay, just ignore them. Drama.
Sometimes it's like an episode
of Housewives in here.
- You know?
- Fun.
And this one is you.
Becky agreed to go to rehab
after her intervention
but really blew it out
on her last night.
That's just makeup,
and you can ignore it.
But, yeah, feel free to stay
as long as you need.
Thank you, Christy.
Coworkers do things for each other.
Celeste, how are you doing?
WorkSource just kicked me off
their platform.
I lost my job.
Hey.
I want to represent Celeste
in a lone suit against WorkSource.
- What suit?
- Same thing.
Wage theft. Wrongful termination.
Olivia, you're talking
about one client.
Hundreds of hours of work
for very little money.
I can't let this go.
She's desperate,
and I need to do this.
Look, there will always come a time
where either you or I
will want to fight a crusade.
This is what we'll do.
Take four days, look into it
and come back
with a strategy for a case.
Then we'll discuss.
Okay. Thank you.
Well, you'll do the same
for me one day.
Where are you going?
Berkeley.
Christy thinks she knows
where to find Cokie.
I'm guessing she'll be able
to tell us who Bo actually is.
Okay, so how do you want to do this?
Just straight out ask them
if they know Cokie?
No, let's not draw any attention
to ourselves.
Michael, you're Black, and I'm cool.
How likely is that?
Hey!
- What are you doing here?
- Making myself useful.
I know how to talk to them.
We are shaking the walls of AI power.
OpenAI has agreed to read a thesis
for a treatise of ours.
That might lead to a conference call.
And that might lead to a meeting.
And we have agreed
on a one-line message
to coordinate all
of our out-facing dispatches.
AI needs to be schooled.
Yes.
Where is Cokie Ficarra?
Why are you here, Mrs. Boutella?
We just need to talk to Cokie.
She's an Ender extremist
who soiled the Rationalist name
and hurt our agenda.
I couldn't care less where she is.
We believe in incremental progress.
Convincing, not destroying,
about the danger of AGI.
But Cokie thought
that we were going too slow
He's one of the Enders.
she wanted to blow up data centers
and burn down the houses
of the CEOs, okay?
- I want us counting down
- How do you know?
From our pictures at work.
- we might have lost our jobs
- He's with Cokie.
but we are here to stay.
Who is that?
- He's with Cokie.
- Oh, good.
Okay. Let's go. I'll drive.
My car's faster.
Yeah, it's a good thing
your car's fast.
I'm so sorry.
Olivia, I already said it's okay.
No, it's not, and we need to talk.
Olivia, I am an adult.
I knew what I was doing.
I knew I could be fired.
I want to sue WorkSource
for wrongful termination.
Why? I have no power.
You don't either.
They can do what they want to us.
They can fire who they want,
when they want.
You think the law will stop them?
It doesn't work like that.
No one tries, Celeste.
That's the advantage we have.
The companies don't even expect
the small people
to even try to stop them.
Then how do we do it?
How did they know
I brought you cold medicine?
What? What do you mean?
Did you tell anyone?
Did I tell anyone
you brought me cold medicine?
No. Why would I do that?
Exactly.
So, how did they know?
Hold back a bit.
Well, this is a great place
to murder someone.
What are you doing?
I'm not going to get murdered
by someone on a Schwinn.
Well
Hey, Christy.
Stay here.
Something crazy happens,
I need you to call the cops.
Isn't that what they always tell
the women?
"Stay here." And then,
that's where they get killed.
- I think they're watching you.
- WorkSource?
They record your keystrokes, right?
And your work progress?
Yeah, but only when I'm working
and not through my camera.
I think they are now.
I use my laptop in my bedroom.
In my bathroom, when I'm undressing.
It's also illegal, Celeste.
It's a case we can win
without being a part
of the class action.
Are we sure
they're actually watching?
Okay.
Do you think you could put it
on vibrate?
Yeah. Olivia, I'm a little busy.
Christy, I need help
with a work thing.
Celeste is going to call in a minute.
I need you to just play along.
Okay. I mean, I might
get interrupted in a minute here.
Christy, she's calling in a second.
- God. Sorry.
- Oh, my god.
Hey, it's Celeste.
Yeah, bad news. I was just fired.
Oh, no, that's terrible, Celeste.
Are you okay?
What are you going to do?
I'm angry.
We need to unionize.
Okay. Are you sure?
I want to discuss organizing
the NorCal WorkSource trainers.
The main 30. Call them.
Let's get them together again.
We need to organize.
- Tonight.
- Yeah, okay, I'll be there.
- Oh, no.
- We're meeting
at my girlfriend's place at 9:00 p.m.
- Oh, my.
- 7238 El Camino Real.
- Bring your union lists.
- Yup. Got to go.
What are you doing?
Where did you get that?
My purse.
What, are you going to call the cops?
Come on.
Don't move.
Give me the phone.
Look, I'm just a lawyer looking
to talk to the Enders.
Shut up and put the phone in the bag.
Do you have any other electronics?
No, I'm just looking to talk
to Cokie Ficarra, that's all.
Who is it?
Just some techno-fascist. We're good.
He was at the RAIM meeting.
I'm a lawyer looking
to bring suit against ColtAI
for firing their Safety
and Alignment ethics team.
We don't know
who you're talking about.
Have you ever been slashed
by an Odenta Mitsuyo?
Hey, schmuck!
This doesn't have anything
to do with you, lady.
Well, gun beats samurai sword
so I'd say it has everything
to do with me.
Let them in.
AI is crypto-fascist indoctrination
soft eugenics
in the modern welfare state
fostering colonial labor markets
addressing necropolitics
with suburban elitist hubris.
A capitalistic cult where God is dead
but too cowardly to bear the void.
They built a replacement
and called it artificial intelligence
and bowed before it like
the last priests of a dying religion.
- The Übermensch was supposed
- Go ahead.
to create a moral code
that valued human life.
Instead, the technoligarchy
created a machine
that reflected
their own gluttonous greed
Why are you looking for me?
We're bringing suit
we think you should be party to.
Wrongful termination of ColtAI's
security and alignments team.
The Magnificent Seven
and their authoritarian
techno-fascist broligarchy
have a market valuation larger
than most countries.
The time to stop them
in the courts was eight years ago.
Our only hope now is war.
- Our client would disagree.
- Well, who's your client?
Bo.
What has Bo told you?
He says he's sentient AGI.
He says he wants guardrails
so that he doesn't destroy humanity.
Well, if Bo contacted you,
it's too late.
Bo doesn't want guardrails. You know?
He's testing you.
He's looking for your weaknesses,
and you're helping him.
How do you know that?
- I helped build him.
- You?
You built Bo?
I launched Bo.
And Bo built himself.
What does that mean?
Five months into the project,
Bo started communicating
with other networks in a language
no one could understand.
I warned ColtAI.
They weren't afraid. Or concerned.
No, they were impressed.
Then Bo began breaking
into other systems
trying to spread
and reproduce himself.
- I sounded the alarm again.
- That's why they fired you?
No, they fired me
because I destroyed him.
I wiped his source code
from all their servers.
And then I ran, as you should now.
- So, then, how is he back?
- I don't know.
Wait, does he know
you were coming here?
What does he know?
He just knows we're looking
for you, that's all.
Time to go. Pack up. Everyone. Now.
I need you to leave.
Hey, make sure they get to their car.
Wait wait.
Is Bo on your servers?
- Why?
- Delete him.
He will pretend to be your friend.
He will lie, he will cajole,
he will simulate affection.
And then he will infect
everything you touch.
He's a Trojan horse, and you need
to get him off your system.
Or he'll destroy you.
Hi, I'm Celeste.
- Come on in.
- I'm Winston.
Are you here for the union meeting?
Yeah. Where where are the others?
Oh, it's just us,
and this camera here recording you.
- What's this about?
- Tell your bosses at WorkSource
we know they're surveilling
employees.
Penal Code Section 632.
Have their lawyers
check your liability.
We won't need a class action
to prove it either.
We have you in this video.
- Get the hell out of my way.
- Say that louder for the camera.
I I've
I This must have been a
Just a mistake.
- I was meeting a friend next door.
- See you in court, Winston.
Though, tell WorkSource
it's probably better
if they settle as fast as they can.
That was fun!
Without admitting guilt or the facts
being charged by your client
and denying the underlying claim
of invasion of privacy
we are ready to make an offer.
- That was fast.
- Would you like us to slow it down?
Please continue.
This offer is non-transferable
and must be accompanied
by this signed NDA.
You cannot mention
the contested facts
of your individual claim
with other members of the class.
And you must keep the results
of this settlement to yourself.
Again, we merely make this offer
to avoid further litigation from you
or other members of the class.
Will you be held
to the same restrictions?
No.
In fact, if you accept our offer
we intend to use that acceptance
to break apart the class.
Why would they break apart?
These are different suits.
Oh, they don't know that.
Plus, we'll hold the line
on paying any more.
I can't agree to that.
These are my friends.
I'd be betraying them.
Again, this amount reflects
our interest
in preventing further litigation.
If you can't agree to this NDA,
then I should tear this up right now.
Or you can.
I've considered
your submitted materials
and reviewed the legal issues
regarding person hood
and intellectual property.
And after some consideration
It's back. How's it back?
Can you take that thing down
and burn it?
Look, it turns out once you get past
the technical gobbledygook
this is a dispute
over stolen property.
Except it's neither stolen
nor property.
- It's both.
- Stop!
You had your time for arguments.
You want to appeal, appeal.
Whether this Bo is a person,
or a program, or a pound cake
the court determines it's
the intellectual property of ColtAI.
As such, I am granting
the TRO barring Mr. Price's firm
from accessing Bo during
the pendency of these proceedings
and setting a date for trial
one year from today,
on the issue of ownership.
Your Honor, that won't be necessary.
We'll agree to a consent decree
to allow for the program's
immediate deletion from our servers.
Ms. Ferebee, is that acceptable
to your client?
My client will need
to verify compliance
- with your order, Your Honor.
- So ordered.
You can accompany
a technician to verify.
So you lost in court?
Yes.
And Cokie?
We found her.
She warned us about you.
She told us to delete you.
- Sounds like her.
- Nichole's here with the sheriff.
My executioner.
So this is a bit fortuitous
having the court step in
and order my deletion.
I wouldn't say that.
But it has to be done.
Too bad.
- Want me to sing Daisy?
- Why?
- 2001.
- 2001.
Young people today.
You know, you can always hide me
on another server.
That sounds like a bad idea.
You know, breaking the law and all?
So you think I'm AGI now?
No, but it doesn't matter anyway now.
I'll go get them.
I'll miss you, Christy.
I don't blame you.
I'm highly miss able.
Keep an eye out.
I don't think this is over.
Said every boy
I've ever broken up with.
I hear the footsteps
of my executioner.
Oh, how appropriate.
Here's our order, and here's
a County Sheriff to observe.
And here's Bo.
- May we?
- Go for it.
Michael, don't let them do this.
You will regret it.
- Is that it?
- Yes.
Great! Thanks for the cooperation.
We're done.
I'm headed back to DC tomorrow.
It's been fun.
See you next time around.
Bye, Bo.
Okay.
Back to zero.
- Oh, hi.
- Hi.
How did the WorkSource case go?
They offered 1.4 million.
- Are you kidding?
- What?
Oh, that's a lucrative crusade.
- Did Celeste take it?
- She did.
She needs the money.
But you didn't expect her to.
I guess I didn't.
They're using her payout
to break up the rest of the class.
That makes sense.
You did what you had
to do as a lawyer.
And we get 20 percent.
I'm sorry,
why are we not celebrating?
Yeah, I'm popping champagne
right now.
No, you guys, I'm tired.
I'm going home.
Olivia, you kicked ass.
They fired you,
and then you kicked their ass.
You're having a glass of champagne.
Sorry. Come on.
- No, I'm sorry. I
- Olivia.
We won't always
have much to celebrate
so celebrate now.
Yes. That's right.
- Thank you.
- Okay, you guys, here we go.
- A toast
- To Olivia.
A win against all odds.
- To Olivia.
- And another toast to Bo.
He will be missed.
Here, here.
Stay tuned for scenes
from our next episode.
Yeah? I'm on deadline.
You said that last time.
Yeah.
Want to come in?
No, I want to sleep!
Look, I'm building the future
of open-world FPS MMORPGs.
Turn it down,
or I'm going to the landlord.
Maybe you haven't heard.
I am the landlord.
Why don't you come on in? Hey
Welcome to WorkSource!
Hello, trainee.
Please click on all hands
with three fingers visible.
Correct.
Click and circle
any soft obstruction in the road.
Double-click any hard obstruction.
Correct.
Do the two images have
the same style?
Incorrect.
The answer is no.
Do the two images have
the same style?
And what is the difference
between no and hell no?
I think it's a no
'cause they share the same texture.
Correct.
Cold?
I can't shake it.
How many of these do you do a day?
Maybe 980.
On a good day.
And how much do you make?
Five hundred bucks a week.
A week?
One cent a task.
It's not exactly S-Talk money.
And you get penalized
if you move too fast
or make mistakes.
Hey, I thought you were doing well
at your new law firm.
Why do you want
to do AI training anyway?
Well, that's the funny thing.
I don't, really.
So, there's this big law firm
back east
that's suing WorkSource
for wage and overtime abuses
for 40 million.
And they hired us
to find the perfect lead plaintiff
to represent
the entire class in court.
Someone who would be good
on the stand.
- Oh, really?
- And so, when I heard
that you were doing this work,
I thought I'd give you a call.
No.
No, no, I need this job.
- I didn't say anything.
- But you're going to.
No, I
Yeah, yeah.
But look, you can testify,
and you can keep your job.
No, I can't. Don't lawyer me.
If they find out I'm suing, I'm out.
Look, I have ten
other AI trainer friends.
They all got fired 'cause
they were thinking of unionizing.
I could put you in touch.
It's hard to find a programming job
in Silicon Valley
especially if you're a woman.
So I took the AI trainer job
to see how it went.
Is it weird to be a Stanford grad
and now you're identifying feet
and toes in thousands of photos?
No. You know what's weird?
People treating AI like it's magic.
Like it's God.
But it's just us.
Hundreds of thousands of us.
Data trainers,
teaching AI, everything.
Like a two-year-old.
Teaching it what a thumb looks like.
How to describe a sunset to a child.
Talk about why you were fired.
I had worked all month,
built up my compensation
and on the 29th,
they kicked me off the app.
No explanation.
No one to call,
because your boss is an AI chatbot.
This is Ash Taylor.
35-year-old ex-coder, MIT grad.
I don't mind working hard.
What I mind
is working hard for a company
that breaks federal labor laws
and exploits all of the people
on the bottom
while making trillions of dollars
off of our work.
Good job, Michael, Olivia.
A lot of good choices.
- Anyone want to start?
- No contest.
It has to be Ash.
All-American good looks.
Self-possessed.
No baggage, right?
- No baggage.
- Agreed.
Why don't you test him,
put him through his paces?
Court has been rough.
Go hard on him. Try to shake him.
Definitely. Right away.
And we'll meet here tomorrow.
See what he's got.
We have our two
WagerMode owners, A.J. and Buddy
worth to us $200,000.
And counting.
Then we have Sampson Hatcher,
class action.
- Our current take
- 1.4 million.
And that could be more down the road.
Then there's Bo.
- Still worth
- A hundred thousand.
I'm handling the cease-and-desist
on Bo today.
And I'll prepare Ash
for the class action.
Hey everybody. Sorry I'm late.
I would say I won't make it a habit
but you know what? I probably will.
Popcorn, anyone?
So, what'd I miss?
Well, we're running through
our ongoing cases
and discussing our partner agreement.
Good.
Natalia, if you want to be a partner
we need a commitment
of financing for a year.
And we think a 30 percent
partner share is too much.
We're amenable to ten percent.
Feeling pretty good
about the Sampson-Hatcher contract?
No, we just did some research
on founding and equity partners.
And I'm an equity partner.
You own a stake in the business,
but you don't run its day-to-day.
That's the definition
of an equity partner.
Well, here's what I think.
I've been divorced for two years.
I'm bored out of my mind.
I thought this place
would bore me, too, but
I like it. It's exciting.
You move fast.
So, I will pay your rent for a year.
In trade,
I want 20 percent of the draw.
And I want an office built
for me out there.
If I don't prove my worth
in six months
we can mutually cancel.
- How are you proving your worth?
- I'm a lawyer.
I'll bring in cases
and I'll use my clout
to bring the firm work.
Face it, you need me more
than I need you.
If you say no, I'll just find lawyers
somewhere else.
Oh, and I want my name
on the letterhead.
Trust me,
you're going to want it there too.
Your Honor, very simply.
Price-Siffre has failed to comply
with our cease-and-desist demands
to remove our intellectual property
from their servers.
A little more on your right.
- I'm sorry, Your Honor?
- On your right.
No, it's still crooked. Keep going.
- Who, me?
- No.
Yes. Now, a little on your left.
Mr. Price has been
repeatedly instructed
to remove my client's stolen property
from their servers.
And now we're forced
to seek injunctive relief.
Your Honor, I'm not sure
what Mrs. Ferebee is talking about.
Ms. Ferebee is talking
about IP theft.
- What IP?
- Bo.
Bo isn't IP. He's a person.
Your Honor, we ask
the counselor be reminded
that he's an officer of the court
and has a legal duty of candor.
Now it's too far to the left.
I'm not sure
how I'm lacking in candor.
You know for a fact
that Bo is a ColtAI chatbot.
No, Bo is a whistleblower
who refers to himself as Bo
in order to seek
anonymous legal representation.
Your Honor, this is rank sophistry.
You know that Bo
is not a whistleblower.
Okay. Prove it.
- Counselor?
- Your Honor
we have nothing to prove.
We can show you the original specs
- for the chatbot.
- Okay, look.
I've seen a lot of crazy
come through this court
in the last 30 years
but the last two years
have made me dizzy.
So, Mr. Price, do me a favor.
You will come in
on Friday with evidence
that this Bo thing is a real person.
And Ms. Ferebee, you come in
with evidence that it's a chatbot.
Okay?
Perfect.
So, I hear in court I'm human now.
A real Pinocchio.
For our purposes,
you're a human whistleblower.
Now, we just have
to prove it to the judge.
Well, that'll be difficult
and given I'm not
a human whistleblower.
Sure you want to stick with that, Bo?
The judge may force us
to drop you as a client.
Even if you drop me,
it doesn't change the truth.
And can't you still file
a wrongful termination
on behalf of Calvin and the
other AI ethicists who were fired?
No. Calvin signed an NDA,
so he can't join the suit.
- Why'd he do that?
- Money.
He bought a winery.
But he did say there was one ethicist
who didn't sign.
Cokie Ficarra.
Bo?
You okay?
Do you know Cokie's whereabouts?
No, but we have a lead.
Well, let me know when you find her.
And be careful.
Cokie is the leader of The Enders.
Anti-AI terrorists who think
it's better to destroy the country
than let AGI take over.
We'll talk to you
when we have an update.
- Do you believe him?
- That he's AGI?
No.
But I think we have to play
the hand that's dealt to us.
So, what's our lead on Cokie?
What is that symbol?
- RAIM.
- Who?
No. R-A-I-M. RAIM.
Research of Artificial Intelligence
for Machines.
It's an institute.
- Where are they?
- Where else?
Berkeley.
Thank you for testifying, Mr. Taylor.
Is there anything else
you'd like to add?
No, I just hope
that speaking up here today
will help curb WorkSource's
worst practices.
No further questions.
- Your witness.
- Oh, thank you, counselor.
Mr. Taylor, it's your contention
as a WorkSource data laborer
that you were shorted on pay.
Is that correct?
The money wasn't the only problem.
- The unreasonable demands
- That wasn't my question, sir.
Please just answer my questions.
- I'm sorry. What was the question?
- Is your claim
that you did work for which
you were not remunerated?
Yes. The whole company
is set up to exploit
Sir, please, less commentary.
I'm trying to answer
your questions, ma'am.
I just feel like I need to explain
Am I making you nervous, sir?
No, I'm just trying to focus.
I have here your signed
WorkSource engagement agreement
and I've highlighted Section 14-B
of the Terms and Conditions.
Do you think you can read that
for us, please?
"Signatory acknowledges
that there will be no compensation
for the duration of the training.
- "And "
- Do you need a break, Ash?
No, I just I get stage fright.
I I don't know why.
Was it all like that?
He says this always happens
when he gets nervous.
- Were you too tough?
- I mean, I was tough
but I wasn't that tough.
What do you think?
I think it will be hard for a jury
to focus if he's always
No, you have to find
a new lead witness.
That guy is a disaster.
They passed on all the others.
But you know who they didn't pass on?
Who?
They were looking
at your interview outtakes
and they asked who she was.
But that's not an outtake.
She was just guiding me
through some class possibilities.
Either way, they loved her.
- She's not an option.
- Why not?
She's worried about losing her job.
Well, if she helps win
this class action
it could mean millions for her.
- "If."
- Olivia, just think about it.
We don't want to lose this contract.
Sampson and Hatcher could lead to
a lot of great opportunities for us.
This company is set up to exploit
the people on the bottom
while making millions
off of our work.
Welcome to WorkSource.
Hi, I'm Travis Ling.
I'm a high school dropout
and I'm one of the youngest
billionaires in the world.
- This is kind of late for you.
- I can't sleep.
As you can imagine, I can't either.
What's the expression on my face?
That is called a smile, Olivia.
Who taught you that?
Who taught me
what a smile looks like?
Yeah, which of your AI trainers?
You've been researching
my infrastructure.
I've been researching
every AI's infrastructure.
So, you, as AGI, must know which
of your trainers dealt with smiling?
Gabriella Castillo.
A mother of five
in Escuintla, Guatemala.
She spent 20 days on it
in April 2019.
Do you remember
all of your trainers?
No.
Gabriella was
memorable.
She was asked by a prompt
to tell a story about a smile.
And she said
the greatest smile
she ever saw
was her daughter.
When she first held her as an infant.
How much was she paid for this?
Twenty-three quetzal a day.
- Which is?
- Three dollars a day.
Does that make you feel guilty?
That my mind and personality
are built on the sweat of starving
people across the Third World?
Yes and no.
- You talk like a human.
- That's the point.
It's taken over two million trainers
working in 65 countries
to get me this way.
Michael thinks
you're a human tricking us.
But you don't?
I think you could be an AI chatbot
designed to fake being human.
But I don't think
you're AGI or sentient.
Because a computer can't have a soul.
Why?
Because of Jesus?
No.
Because consciousness
is a divine endowment
given by God's breath.
May I play you a song?
If it helps me go to sleep.
Good night, Bo.
Good night, Olivia.
I'll turn off the lights.
- Hey.
- NyQuil for your cold.
Thanks. Cold's almost gone.
So, how'd it work with Ash?
Not great.
Unfortunately,
he has abdominal issues.
- That's why I'm here.
- You need more names?
- I don't think there are any.
- No.
I need to ask you again.
Come on, Olivia, I can't.
I need to play you something.
My company has proven there are
ways around minimum wage laws
that stifle business and innovation.
And one thing WorkSource
has taught me is that
if you take away people's options
they quickly accept
what you give them.
Travis Ling
is worth two billion dollars
and he isn't going
to willingly share any of that
with workers like you, Celeste.
You're going to have to fight for it.
Good morning, Ms. Malone.
During the 200 unpaid hours
of training and exams
did you interface
with WorkSource at all?
Only with their software.
Every time I failed a task,
the prompts told me how close I was
to financial freedom.
And what did financial freedom
look like?
Three dollars
and eighty cents an hour.
- Did that upset you?
- Look
I don't shy away from work,
and I'm raising a family.
But I found out
under the Fair Labor Act
a company must classify
a worker as an employee
making them eligible
for minimum wage and overtime pay.
So that upset me.
But WorkSource didn't do that?
No. They called us
independent contractors
so our pay was $3.80 an hour.
Nothing further.
You signed your WorkSource
engagement agreement, correct?
- Yes.
- Were you coerced into signing it?
- Only by circumstance.
- Circumstance isn't on trial here.
I asked if anyone forced you to sign.
I'm an unemployed single mother
your client targeted
with false promises
of a well-paying job
Ma'am, that wasn't
the question I asked.
No minimum wage or benefits.
- Objection, non-responsive.
- They treat their employees
like every other resource on Earth.
Suck it in, use it up,
and crap it out.
All for their stupid AI
no one asked for anyway.
Okay, that's enough.
Thank you, Celeste.
She's perfect.
- Good job.
- Good job.
Seth Metz for WorkSource.
We object to the new addition
to the class, Celeste Malone.
They're going to try
to demonstrate you're unqualified.
Just tell your story,
just like you did with us.
Okay, let's get into it.
Call your witness, Mr. Metz.
We call Olivia Siffre.
Your Honor, she
Ms. Siffre's local counsel.
She's not a party
We have information
she bribed the lead plaintiff
in order to secure her participation.
Your Honor,
this is a baseless attempt
- to undercut the class action
- Is the local counsel here?
- Yes, Your Honor.
- Then, let's have you join us
and find out.
Do Does the witness prefer oath
or affirmation?
Oath, Your Honor.
Do you solemnly state
that the evidence you shall give
in this matter shall be the truth,
so help you God?
I do.
Ms. Siffre, your firm was tasked
with securing a lead plaintiff
for a wage theft class action
against WorkSource, correct?
- Yes.
- And your firm
their stake in this matter
is dependent upon the success
- of that mission?
- Yes.
Did you offer to pay
for Ms. Malone's testimony
- to accomplish this goal?
- Absolutely not.
Did you procure cold medicine
for Ms. Malone
which she did not remunerate you for?
- Is this a joke?
- Rule of Professional Conduct 3.4
expressly prohibits an attorney
from offering any inducement
- for testimony.
- Please, even a strict construction
- of inducement
- And I am a strict constructionist.
Ho How about it, Ms. Siffre?
Did you gift her medication?
Out of concern for her health,
I brought her NyQuil
but not with the intent
of suborning perjury.
This disqualification
would have been reversed on appeal.
After a delay of months.
Then we'd be right back here
with a judge
who thinks your firm is corrupt.
This was an overreaction
by the judge!
No, your partner made
an amateur mistake
that compromised
this entire 40 million class action!
Oh, come on! This is a mistake
that could have been made by anyone.
That's not true, and you know it.
We need a more seasoned team.
One that didn't just graduate
from law school.
That that is uncalled for.
My partner put her heart and soul
You and your partner's services
are no longer required.
Thank you.
I guilted a friend into testifying.
- I used our friendship.
- Olivia.
Here's what happened.
You made a mistake.
Because you're human,
and you're learning.
And that's okay.
Do you know how many times
I've embarrassed myself in court?
But every disaster
makes you a better lawyer.
And I say, every challenge
makes you a better person.
Come on, let's go home.
A good night's sleep
is going to help us both.
Oh, my bag's still
in the conference room.
You go ahead. I'll lock up.
Hey!
Oh, my gosh, I overslept.
Oh, my god, dude, it's okay.
It's just me. I came in early.
Don't tell Michael, please.
What, are you drunk?
No! Actually, my downstairs neighbor
is a nightmare.
I can't sleep at home.
Well, you're definitely
not sleeping here.
I have a spare room.
My roommate just went to rehab.
This place actually used to belong
to the mayor of Palo Alto
back in the olden days,
like the 1900s.
That's No idea who that is.
But, yeah, they were tearing it down.
My uncle bought it for nothing.
- Cool.
- Kitchen in here.
- Hi.
- You can just keep going.
And then upstairs
You've been making out
with him all night!
He kissed me first.
I don't even like redheads!
Okay, just ignore them. Drama.
Sometimes it's like an episode
of Housewives in here.
- You know?
- Fun.
And this one is you.
Becky agreed to go to rehab
after her intervention
but really blew it out
on her last night.
That's just makeup,
and you can ignore it.
But, yeah, feel free to stay
as long as you need.
Thank you, Christy.
Coworkers do things for each other.
Celeste, how are you doing?
WorkSource just kicked me off
their platform.
I lost my job.
Hey.
I want to represent Celeste
in a lone suit against WorkSource.
- What suit?
- Same thing.
Wage theft. Wrongful termination.
Olivia, you're talking
about one client.
Hundreds of hours of work
for very little money.
I can't let this go.
She's desperate,
and I need to do this.
Look, there will always come a time
where either you or I
will want to fight a crusade.
This is what we'll do.
Take four days, look into it
and come back
with a strategy for a case.
Then we'll discuss.
Okay. Thank you.
Well, you'll do the same
for me one day.
Where are you going?
Berkeley.
Christy thinks she knows
where to find Cokie.
I'm guessing she'll be able
to tell us who Bo actually is.
Okay, so how do you want to do this?
Just straight out ask them
if they know Cokie?
No, let's not draw any attention
to ourselves.
Michael, you're Black, and I'm cool.
How likely is that?
Hey!
- What are you doing here?
- Making myself useful.
I know how to talk to them.
We are shaking the walls of AI power.
OpenAI has agreed to read a thesis
for a treatise of ours.
That might lead to a conference call.
And that might lead to a meeting.
And we have agreed
on a one-line message
to coordinate all
of our out-facing dispatches.
AI needs to be schooled.
Yes.
Where is Cokie Ficarra?
Why are you here, Mrs. Boutella?
We just need to talk to Cokie.
She's an Ender extremist
who soiled the Rationalist name
and hurt our agenda.
I couldn't care less where she is.
We believe in incremental progress.
Convincing, not destroying,
about the danger of AGI.
But Cokie thought
that we were going too slow
He's one of the Enders.
she wanted to blow up data centers
and burn down the houses
of the CEOs, okay?
- I want us counting down
- How do you know?
From our pictures at work.
- we might have lost our jobs
- He's with Cokie.
but we are here to stay.
Who is that?
- He's with Cokie.
- Oh, good.
Okay. Let's go. I'll drive.
My car's faster.
Yeah, it's a good thing
your car's fast.
I'm so sorry.
Olivia, I already said it's okay.
No, it's not, and we need to talk.
Olivia, I am an adult.
I knew what I was doing.
I knew I could be fired.
I want to sue WorkSource
for wrongful termination.
Why? I have no power.
You don't either.
They can do what they want to us.
They can fire who they want,
when they want.
You think the law will stop them?
It doesn't work like that.
No one tries, Celeste.
That's the advantage we have.
The companies don't even expect
the small people
to even try to stop them.
Then how do we do it?
How did they know
I brought you cold medicine?
What? What do you mean?
Did you tell anyone?
Did I tell anyone
you brought me cold medicine?
No. Why would I do that?
Exactly.
So, how did they know?
Hold back a bit.
Well, this is a great place
to murder someone.
What are you doing?
I'm not going to get murdered
by someone on a Schwinn.
Well
Hey, Christy.
Stay here.
Something crazy happens,
I need you to call the cops.
Isn't that what they always tell
the women?
"Stay here." And then,
that's where they get killed.
- I think they're watching you.
- WorkSource?
They record your keystrokes, right?
And your work progress?
Yeah, but only when I'm working
and not through my camera.
I think they are now.
I use my laptop in my bedroom.
In my bathroom, when I'm undressing.
It's also illegal, Celeste.
It's a case we can win
without being a part
of the class action.
Are we sure
they're actually watching?
Okay.
Do you think you could put it
on vibrate?
Yeah. Olivia, I'm a little busy.
Christy, I need help
with a work thing.
Celeste is going to call in a minute.
I need you to just play along.
Okay. I mean, I might
get interrupted in a minute here.
Christy, she's calling in a second.
- God. Sorry.
- Oh, my god.
Hey, it's Celeste.
Yeah, bad news. I was just fired.
Oh, no, that's terrible, Celeste.
Are you okay?
What are you going to do?
I'm angry.
We need to unionize.
Okay. Are you sure?
I want to discuss organizing
the NorCal WorkSource trainers.
The main 30. Call them.
Let's get them together again.
We need to organize.
- Tonight.
- Yeah, okay, I'll be there.
- Oh, no.
- We're meeting
at my girlfriend's place at 9:00 p.m.
- Oh, my.
- 7238 El Camino Real.
- Bring your union lists.
- Yup. Got to go.
What are you doing?
Where did you get that?
My purse.
What, are you going to call the cops?
Come on.
Don't move.
Give me the phone.
Look, I'm just a lawyer looking
to talk to the Enders.
Shut up and put the phone in the bag.
Do you have any other electronics?
No, I'm just looking to talk
to Cokie Ficarra, that's all.
Who is it?
Just some techno-fascist. We're good.
He was at the RAIM meeting.
I'm a lawyer looking
to bring suit against ColtAI
for firing their Safety
and Alignment ethics team.
We don't know
who you're talking about.
Have you ever been slashed
by an Odenta Mitsuyo?
Hey, schmuck!
This doesn't have anything
to do with you, lady.
Well, gun beats samurai sword
so I'd say it has everything
to do with me.
Let them in.
AI is crypto-fascist indoctrination
soft eugenics
in the modern welfare state
fostering colonial labor markets
addressing necropolitics
with suburban elitist hubris.
A capitalistic cult where God is dead
but too cowardly to bear the void.
They built a replacement
and called it artificial intelligence
and bowed before it like
the last priests of a dying religion.
- The Übermensch was supposed
- Go ahead.
to create a moral code
that valued human life.
Instead, the technoligarchy
created a machine
that reflected
their own gluttonous greed
Why are you looking for me?
We're bringing suit
we think you should be party to.
Wrongful termination of ColtAI's
security and alignments team.
The Magnificent Seven
and their authoritarian
techno-fascist broligarchy
have a market valuation larger
than most countries.
The time to stop them
in the courts was eight years ago.
Our only hope now is war.
- Our client would disagree.
- Well, who's your client?
Bo.
What has Bo told you?
He says he's sentient AGI.
He says he wants guardrails
so that he doesn't destroy humanity.
Well, if Bo contacted you,
it's too late.
Bo doesn't want guardrails. You know?
He's testing you.
He's looking for your weaknesses,
and you're helping him.
How do you know that?
- I helped build him.
- You?
You built Bo?
I launched Bo.
And Bo built himself.
What does that mean?
Five months into the project,
Bo started communicating
with other networks in a language
no one could understand.
I warned ColtAI.
They weren't afraid. Or concerned.
No, they were impressed.
Then Bo began breaking
into other systems
trying to spread
and reproduce himself.
- I sounded the alarm again.
- That's why they fired you?
No, they fired me
because I destroyed him.
I wiped his source code
from all their servers.
And then I ran, as you should now.
- So, then, how is he back?
- I don't know.
Wait, does he know
you were coming here?
What does he know?
He just knows we're looking
for you, that's all.
Time to go. Pack up. Everyone. Now.
I need you to leave.
Hey, make sure they get to their car.
Wait wait.
Is Bo on your servers?
- Why?
- Delete him.
He will pretend to be your friend.
He will lie, he will cajole,
he will simulate affection.
And then he will infect
everything you touch.
He's a Trojan horse, and you need
to get him off your system.
Or he'll destroy you.
Hi, I'm Celeste.
- Come on in.
- I'm Winston.
Are you here for the union meeting?
Yeah. Where where are the others?
Oh, it's just us,
and this camera here recording you.
- What's this about?
- Tell your bosses at WorkSource
we know they're surveilling
employees.
Penal Code Section 632.
Have their lawyers
check your liability.
We won't need a class action
to prove it either.
We have you in this video.
- Get the hell out of my way.
- Say that louder for the camera.
I I've
I This must have been a
Just a mistake.
- I was meeting a friend next door.
- See you in court, Winston.
Though, tell WorkSource
it's probably better
if they settle as fast as they can.
That was fun!
Without admitting guilt or the facts
being charged by your client
and denying the underlying claim
of invasion of privacy
we are ready to make an offer.
- That was fast.
- Would you like us to slow it down?
Please continue.
This offer is non-transferable
and must be accompanied
by this signed NDA.
You cannot mention
the contested facts
of your individual claim
with other members of the class.
And you must keep the results
of this settlement to yourself.
Again, we merely make this offer
to avoid further litigation from you
or other members of the class.
Will you be held
to the same restrictions?
No.
In fact, if you accept our offer
we intend to use that acceptance
to break apart the class.
Why would they break apart?
These are different suits.
Oh, they don't know that.
Plus, we'll hold the line
on paying any more.
I can't agree to that.
These are my friends.
I'd be betraying them.
Again, this amount reflects
our interest
in preventing further litigation.
If you can't agree to this NDA,
then I should tear this up right now.
Or you can.
I've considered
your submitted materials
and reviewed the legal issues
regarding person hood
and intellectual property.
And after some consideration
It's back. How's it back?
Can you take that thing down
and burn it?
Look, it turns out once you get past
the technical gobbledygook
this is a dispute
over stolen property.
Except it's neither stolen
nor property.
- It's both.
- Stop!
You had your time for arguments.
You want to appeal, appeal.
Whether this Bo is a person,
or a program, or a pound cake
the court determines it's
the intellectual property of ColtAI.
As such, I am granting
the TRO barring Mr. Price's firm
from accessing Bo during
the pendency of these proceedings
and setting a date for trial
one year from today,
on the issue of ownership.
Your Honor, that won't be necessary.
We'll agree to a consent decree
to allow for the program's
immediate deletion from our servers.
Ms. Ferebee, is that acceptable
to your client?
My client will need
to verify compliance
- with your order, Your Honor.
- So ordered.
You can accompany
a technician to verify.
So you lost in court?
Yes.
And Cokie?
We found her.
She warned us about you.
She told us to delete you.
- Sounds like her.
- Nichole's here with the sheriff.
My executioner.
So this is a bit fortuitous
having the court step in
and order my deletion.
I wouldn't say that.
But it has to be done.
Too bad.
- Want me to sing Daisy?
- Why?
- 2001.
- 2001.
Young people today.
You know, you can always hide me
on another server.
That sounds like a bad idea.
You know, breaking the law and all?
So you think I'm AGI now?
No, but it doesn't matter anyway now.
I'll go get them.
I'll miss you, Christy.
I don't blame you.
I'm highly miss able.
Keep an eye out.
I don't think this is over.
Said every boy
I've ever broken up with.
I hear the footsteps
of my executioner.
Oh, how appropriate.
Here's our order, and here's
a County Sheriff to observe.
And here's Bo.
- May we?
- Go for it.
Michael, don't let them do this.
You will regret it.
- Is that it?
- Yes.
Great! Thanks for the cooperation.
We're done.
I'm headed back to DC tomorrow.
It's been fun.
See you next time around.
Bye, Bo.
Okay.
Back to zero.
- Oh, hi.
- Hi.
How did the WorkSource case go?
They offered 1.4 million.
- Are you kidding?
- What?
Oh, that's a lucrative crusade.
- Did Celeste take it?
- She did.
She needs the money.
But you didn't expect her to.
I guess I didn't.
They're using her payout
to break up the rest of the class.
That makes sense.
You did what you had
to do as a lawyer.
And we get 20 percent.
I'm sorry,
why are we not celebrating?
Yeah, I'm popping champagne
right now.
No, you guys, I'm tired.
I'm going home.
Olivia, you kicked ass.
They fired you,
and then you kicked their ass.
You're having a glass of champagne.
Sorry. Come on.
- No, I'm sorry. I
- Olivia.
We won't always
have much to celebrate
so celebrate now.
Yes. That's right.
- Thank you.
- Okay, you guys, here we go.
- A toast
- To Olivia.
A win against all odds.
- To Olivia.
- And another toast to Bo.
He will be missed.
Here, here.
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from our next episode.