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[footsteps echoing lightly]
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Hello, Iris.
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[Iris] Hello.
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I'm ready for a change.
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[recruiter]
You're moving to London.
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Daytime job in the tech world.
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That must be decent money.
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[Iris]
I'm not here for "decent."
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[device beeps softly]
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[recruiter] Your academic
credentials are impressive.
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Behavioral psychology.
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Neuroscience.
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Then what happened?
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[Iris] Like I said,
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I'm ready for a change.
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[recruiter] Any red flags
we should know about?
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Husband?
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Jealous boyfriend?
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[Iris] No red flags.
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[recruiter]
You're very beautiful.
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Is this what you look like
in real life
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when you go on a date?
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[eerie ambient music plays]
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[Iris] Yes.
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[eerie, sparse
percussion plays]
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Why did you come to us?
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Why the V?
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[Iris] Mm.
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Access
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and security.
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I'm ready to have
a real exchange
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with the men I sleep with.
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[recruiter]
The women we represent
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can hold a conversation
on most any topic,
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whether that conversation
takes place during pillow talk
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or over a five-course meal.
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I know how to use cutlery.
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And I'm good at reading people.
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[soft electronic beeps]
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♪
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Welcome to the V.
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We take a 30% commission.
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We will send you
on one initial client date.
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His name is Paul.
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Paul will give you
a rating and a review.
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If things go
to our mutual satisfaction,
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we will set you up
with a booker.
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[music heightens, then fades]
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[exhales]
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[Tawny] "I'm ready
to have a real exchange
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with the men I sleep with."
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What? It's true.
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[Tawny chuckles]
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[Iris] When did you
start camming in VR?
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[Tawny] Couple months ago?
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It helps
with building my brand.
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But right now, I'm really
in the mood for Paris.
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And if I play my cards right,
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he might...
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just might...
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ask me to bring
a friend next time.
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So...
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Here.
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Rule number one...
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is look the part.
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Tawny, I--
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It should be your size.
She's yours.
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[Iris sighs]
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-Thank you...
-Of course.
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...for setting me up, for this.
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I, um...
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I'm really glad I called.
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I knew you would.
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An Ivy League education
has all kinds of benefits.
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Dropping out was the most adult
decision I ever made.
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You'll see.
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[flowing piano music plays
through headphones]
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[device clicks]
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[machine humming]
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♪
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So you think we should
keep the piano?
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Definitely.
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[physician]
The water molecules
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along your father's
white matter tracts,
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there's an increased activity.
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Any kind of creative outlet
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or play can help stimulate
the operating system.
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So in your opinion,
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what do you think
is the next best step, here?
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Since we don't know
conclusively
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that it's
early-onset Alzheimer's,
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I just don't really see
how it's helpful
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to keep monitoring
those water molecules.
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♪
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[Jeakins] An outcome linked
directly to our moral code,
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synaptic impulses filtered
through the prefrontal cortex
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on a good day
and the amygdala on a bad day,
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which in turn
begs the question,
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"How much of our perception
of reality is predetermined?"
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[Leanne]
Iris...
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please help me out, here.
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What they're doing in there,
it's a...
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it's an approximation,
you know?
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It's not real.
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Nobody really knows what's going on
inside anybody's head.
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what's going on
inside anybody's head.
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♪
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[Jeakins] Or,
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as some of the most luminous
minds of our time
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like to posit,
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all of it is mere simulation
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with individual players
angling to advance
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whatever they perceive
as leveling up
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inside their own game.
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[students chatter indistinctly]
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Iris.
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Hi, Professor.
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-You look different.
-[Iris chuckles]
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How's your father?
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[Iris]
Yeah, he's... hanging in there.
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Mm. We need more female PhDs
in neuroscience.
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-When you're ready.
-Thank you for saying that.
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One thing that I realized
this past year,
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is that life is short
and academia is slow.
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And I-I need to be out there
in the real world.
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[Jeakins, warmly] Iris!
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You got headhunted.
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It's a... tech startup
in London.
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NGM.
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The H-Group investors.
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They're more of a
"How do we connect to others?"
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general research lab.
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It's this whole
cross-disciplinary approach.
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[Jeakins]
It sounds exciting
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and somewhat related
to our research here.
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They're lucky to have you.
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[uneasy ambient music plays]
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♪
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[mysterious
woodwind music plays]
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♪
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[driver]
Hey, let me get those bags.
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♪
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[HR manager] Our standard
non-disclosure agreement.
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Please read it
in its entirety.
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[futuristic music plays]
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♪
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Make sure you understand
everything in it
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for your own protection.
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♪
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Please sign here.
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I'll read it later.
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[HR manager] Absolutely.
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This is the address
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we currently have
on file for you.
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Emergency contact.
We have your sister's.
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Can you give us a primary
on Greenwich Mean Time?
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[Iris] Um, can I get back
to you on that?
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Sure. I'll set a reminder.
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Yes. She'll be right over.
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So a quick intro
for those of you who are new.
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Can I have a show of hands?
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Welcome.
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I'm Sean,
and I'm your tech lead.
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There's... one thing
we dislike here at NGM,
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and that
is predetermined outcomes.
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What we do like
is for our engineers
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and neuropsych-stargazers
to have a choice
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in who they will be spending
most of their time with
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and what they'll be working on.
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And half of you will wanna
discuss things technically;
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the other half will
discuss them scientifically.
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So learn how
to talk to each other.
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Find your pod.
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And nothing is off-limits
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as long as you stick
to two things:
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human behavior
and predictive analysis.
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[ambient music building]
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[indistinct,
overlapping chatter]
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...be it the AI...
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I guess they brought me
on as a neuro research person.
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How about you?
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I'm self-taught.
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Writing code's
like playing music.
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I always work
with my headphones on.
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Currently on
a speech-synthesizer project.
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You're an auditory cortex
kinda guy.
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That's my jam.
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[Howie] I mostly work
with data that's coming in
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from the H-Group.
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They own five
of the top ten dating apps.
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What's your focus?
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I'm looking
at self-validation patterns
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and the construction of gender.
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...to look at what happens
on a synaptic level
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when we intimately connect
with another person.
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But they wouldn't tell me much
when I interviewed.
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It's all about solving
the "binding problem"
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in machine learning, right?
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While we're moving towards AGI,
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spin out a couple
of medical applications
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with a focus on brain health?
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Some of the stuff
that rises to the top,
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they'll actually invest in.
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How would you describe
the work?
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Training AI to train itself
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until it understands
human nature better than we do.
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Which part of human nature?
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[Hiram] Are you okay?
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Um...
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sorry.
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Uh... what are you working on?
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I am training
the neural net to match faces.
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Based on what?
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Attraction prediction.
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This German guy Schopenhauer
once said,
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"Instinct is an illusion."
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I'm just trying to be
a better matchmaker
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for some of us
at the office, basically.
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You believe that?
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That instinct is an illusion?
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[quietly] Um...
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A bit--I mean,
it's interesting, yeah.
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What inputs are you using?
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[keyboard keys clacking]
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[Hiram] These are
all the little imperfections
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that prevent us
from being a perfect ten.
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See?
This is gonna be you, yeah.
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And you got
a pronounced jawline, chin.
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And say
you're cis and straight
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and this is
what you'll be drawn to,
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according to historical data
and, of course, Schopenhauer.
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Bird with a round chin.
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Round plus edgy
equals functional offspring.
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Now, check this out.
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You see that stack
of research papers on my desk?
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It turns out,
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couples who stay together
for longer periods,
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it gets kinda weird.
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You know, facial differences
start to disappear,
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turning them into some kind
of neutered look-alikes.
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Is that a hypothesis
or a personal observation?
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[Hiram]
What, equality in evolution?
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I mean, maybe all we want
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is to create
our own doppelganger.
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[Iris] Here's
what neuroscience would say.
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They begin to look alike
because they grow together.
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Ever heard of mirror neurons?
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Our ability to perceive what
someone's thinking or feeling?
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The mirroring isn't driven
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by a biological need
for healthy offspring.
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No, it's our brains working to
feel connected to one another.
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Hmm.
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Your eyebrows go up.
Mine go up.
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See? Right there.
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Think of...
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a newborn and its mother
making faces at each other--
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the exaggerated smile.
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What they're saying is,
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"Are you there?
Do you see me?"
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"Yes, I'm here.
Yes, I see you."
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Long-term partnered couples
have the same back-and-forth,
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using the same facial muscles,
deepening the same lines.
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That's why.
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I've actually never thought
of it that way.
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[Iris] It's the limbic brain
doing its thing.
266
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Or a bunch of unraveling
math shortcuts
267
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that excel
at pattern recognition.
268
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Do we think that, then,
attraction is in part
269
00:14:27,823 --> 00:14:29,651
based on how deeply we think
we can influence
270
00:14:29,738 --> 00:14:31,653
someone else's facial patterns?
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[chuckles]
272
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[ominous ambient music plays]
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♪
274
00:15:16,437 --> 00:15:18,091
[Tawny]
Hi, fairy.
275
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It's Tawny,
calling from Joburg.
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Flew in last night,
turned sundowner,
277
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and I'm just surfacing.
278
00:15:23,792 --> 00:15:25,576
I'm at this cute café.
279
00:15:25,663 --> 00:15:28,057
Anyway, I'm calling
to wish you good luck tonight.
280
00:15:28,188 --> 00:15:29,189
Have fun!
281
00:15:35,369 --> 00:15:37,588
[Leanne]
Izzy, listen to this.
282
00:15:37,719 --> 00:15:40,200
He's been playing
for over an hour.
283
00:15:40,330 --> 00:15:42,767
[solemn piano music
playing over voicemail]
284
00:15:52,212 --> 00:15:55,824
[solemn piano music
continues playing]
285
00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:59,697
[inaudible dialogue]
286
00:16:03,701 --> 00:16:07,270
Promise me
you're not selling out.
287
00:16:07,357 --> 00:16:09,403
[Iris]
Why would I be selling out?
288
00:16:09,533 --> 00:16:12,058
[Leanne] How many startups
for every one that takes off?
289
00:16:12,188 --> 00:16:15,670
Hundreds, thousands
that crash and burn?
290
00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:19,326
I mean, why choose that over
frickin' finishing your degree
291
00:16:19,413 --> 00:16:22,938
at one of the best schools
in the country?
292
00:16:23,069 --> 00:16:25,201
I hope this isn't
about the money.
293
00:16:25,332 --> 00:16:26,681
Lee, we've been through
this so many times.
294
00:16:26,811 --> 00:16:29,205
[Leanne] Just, please...
295
00:16:29,336 --> 00:16:31,642
I hope you don't feel
296
00:16:31,773 --> 00:16:35,646
like I've been putting
that kind of pressure on you.
297
00:16:35,777 --> 00:16:37,474
Dad will manage.
298
00:16:37,605 --> 00:16:40,042
And I will manage.
299
00:16:40,173 --> 00:16:41,696
[Iris] I'm not doing this
for the family.
300
00:16:41,783 --> 00:16:44,003
I told you that.
I'm doing it for me.
301
00:16:44,133 --> 00:16:46,875
I'm also this close
to getting a little raise.
302
00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:48,964
-Oh!
-[both laugh]
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00:16:49,138 --> 00:16:52,402
♪
304
00:16:52,533 --> 00:16:54,622
[Leanne] Is it the way he's
holding that bowling ball?
305
00:16:54,752 --> 00:16:56,189
[Iris]
Seriously, don't go there.
306
00:16:56,319 --> 00:16:57,494
[Leanne] What? Why?
307
00:16:57,581 --> 00:16:59,540
[Iris] Remember two years ago?
308
00:16:59,670 --> 00:17:01,411
[Leanne] How was that
flower boy's fault?
309
00:17:01,542 --> 00:17:03,152
It's kind of the way
that he keep compulsively
310
00:17:03,239 --> 00:17:05,676
rolling and unrolling
his shirtsleeve.
311
00:17:05,807 --> 00:17:08,027
He might have had
strep throat as a child,
312
00:17:08,157 --> 00:17:10,377
which can actually
trigger OCD as an adult.
313
00:17:10,507 --> 00:17:12,118
-[Leanne] No.
-Yeah.
314
00:17:12,248 --> 00:17:13,771
It tricks the brain
into attacking itself.
315
00:17:13,902 --> 00:17:15,860
[both laugh]
316
00:17:15,991 --> 00:17:17,993
[distant cheers]
317
00:17:18,124 --> 00:17:21,040
[bowling ball rolling
thunderously]
318
00:17:21,127 --> 00:17:23,825
[loud rolling continues]
319
00:17:38,579 --> 00:17:39,928
[knock at door]
320
00:17:45,934 --> 00:17:47,196
Hello.
321
00:17:51,505 --> 00:17:53,724
It's nice to meet you,
Paul.
322
00:17:58,599 --> 00:18:01,819
May I trouble you
for a drink?
323
00:18:01,950 --> 00:18:03,995
I'll have
whatever you're having.
324
00:18:07,303 --> 00:18:08,565
Hmm.
325
00:18:16,051 --> 00:18:16,878
Mmm.
326
00:18:19,272 --> 00:18:21,926
It's just the way I like it.
327
00:18:22,013 --> 00:18:25,278
[eerie ambient music plays]
328
00:18:25,408 --> 00:18:29,586
You're not much of a talker,
are you?
329
00:18:29,717 --> 00:18:33,460
That's okay.
330
00:18:33,590 --> 00:18:36,593
[Paul breathing heavily]
331
00:18:36,724 --> 00:18:40,467
You're giving me some...
332
00:18:40,597 --> 00:18:43,513
non-verbal cues that
333
00:18:43,644 --> 00:18:46,212
I think I'm reading correctly.
334
00:18:46,342 --> 00:18:48,953
If I'm not,
please let me know.
335
00:18:49,128 --> 00:18:54,002
♪
336
00:18:56,222 --> 00:18:58,180
Yeah, that feels nice.
337
00:18:58,311 --> 00:19:01,705
[heavy breathing]
338
00:19:01,836 --> 00:19:03,446
Yeah.
339
00:19:09,278 --> 00:19:10,975
Easy, handsome.
340
00:19:13,978 --> 00:19:15,850
[choking] You're hurting me.
341
00:19:20,202 --> 00:19:22,030
I like that you're strong.
342
00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:24,032
I like that you want me.
343
00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,121
And I...
344
00:19:26,252 --> 00:19:28,428
[heavy breathing]
345
00:19:28,558 --> 00:19:31,387
[buckle and zipper clicking]
346
00:19:31,474 --> 00:19:34,129
[cell phone alarm pinging]
347
00:19:36,523 --> 00:19:39,178
[breathing raggedly]
348
00:19:50,493 --> 00:19:51,625
[alarm stops]
349
00:20:04,377 --> 00:20:06,988
[tense music plays]
350
00:20:07,162 --> 00:20:12,080
♪
351
00:20:37,410 --> 00:20:40,151
[shower splashing]
352
00:20:56,907 --> 00:20:58,692
Gosh. [chuckles]
353
00:21:00,868 --> 00:21:03,697
-You're stunning.
-[chuckles]
354
00:21:03,827 --> 00:21:05,829
Cassandra.
355
00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:07,135
Hi.
356
00:21:09,355 --> 00:21:11,052
[server] Here we are.
357
00:21:13,141 --> 00:21:14,621
And sir.
358
00:21:14,708 --> 00:21:17,711
[Paul] Thank you.
359
00:21:17,841 --> 00:21:21,236
You've never done this before?
360
00:21:21,367 --> 00:21:23,020
Met a handsome stranger
for dinner?
361
00:21:23,151 --> 00:21:25,022
[chuckles]
362
00:21:25,153 --> 00:21:26,720
They told me I'm your first.
363
00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:31,028
[clears throat softly]
364
00:21:31,159 --> 00:21:32,595
You are.
365
00:21:38,340 --> 00:21:40,473
But
I'm really excited it's you.
366
00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,126
[Paul chuckles]
367
00:21:42,257 --> 00:21:45,478
I can already tell
this is gonna be fun.
368
00:21:45,565 --> 00:21:47,697
I love this place.
369
00:21:47,828 --> 00:21:50,439
-It's a good spot.
-[Iris] Mm.
370
00:21:50,570 --> 00:21:52,311
Good memories.
371
00:22:05,019 --> 00:22:07,064
Do you eat seafood?
I forgot to ask.
372
00:22:07,195 --> 00:22:08,849
I do.
373
00:22:08,979 --> 00:22:10,590
By all means.
374
00:22:15,377 --> 00:22:16,944
Thank you.
375
00:22:23,559 --> 00:22:27,128
[Paul] You need... to try this.
376
00:22:37,660 --> 00:22:40,054
I don't think I've ever had
anything that delicious.
377
00:22:42,273 --> 00:22:46,103
That's the second time
I'm your first for something.
378
00:22:46,190 --> 00:22:48,018
I'm on a roll.
379
00:22:54,851 --> 00:22:56,984
[curious ambient music plays]
380
00:22:57,158 --> 00:23:02,032
♪
381
00:23:03,773 --> 00:23:05,253
[Iris]
Do you always eat like this?
382
00:23:07,516 --> 00:23:09,779
[Paul] Most of the time, yes.
[chuckles]
383
00:23:09,910 --> 00:23:12,042
[Iris] Well, I have to hang out
with you more often.
384
00:23:17,265 --> 00:23:19,963
Can I tell you a secret?
385
00:23:20,050 --> 00:23:22,879
[Paul] Absolutely.
386
00:23:22,966 --> 00:23:26,405
[Iris] I'm kind of nervous.
387
00:23:26,492 --> 00:23:28,102
[Paul] That's okay.
388
00:23:28,232 --> 00:23:31,235
-[Iris] Yeah?
-[Paul] Yeah.
389
00:23:31,366 --> 00:23:32,411
[Iris] It's okay.
I'm calming down.
390
00:23:32,541 --> 00:23:34,021
You're helping.
391
00:23:34,151 --> 00:23:35,849
[Paul chuckles]
392
00:23:39,809 --> 00:23:44,640
♪
393
00:23:47,643 --> 00:23:50,559
I can't wait
to get to know you better.
394
00:24:15,062 --> 00:24:16,411
Would you excuse me
for a moment?
395
00:24:16,542 --> 00:24:18,282
[Paul] Sure.
396
00:24:24,854 --> 00:24:27,509
[soothing piano music playing]
397
00:24:27,596 --> 00:24:32,471
♪
398
00:24:45,571 --> 00:24:48,356
[ambient music plays]
399
00:24:48,443 --> 00:24:53,274
♪
400
00:24:59,454 --> 00:25:00,847
[sighs]
401
00:25:08,419 --> 00:25:10,639
[sharply] Do it!
402
00:25:10,813 --> 00:25:15,601
♪
403
00:25:16,863 --> 00:25:19,779
Paul. Session one.
404
00:25:33,967 --> 00:25:36,796
[Paul] There you are.
405
00:25:36,926 --> 00:25:39,842
Did you miss me?
406
00:25:39,929 --> 00:25:43,716
[Paul] This has been fun.
407
00:25:43,846 --> 00:25:46,719
But I just want you know,
you're under no obligation
408
00:25:46,849 --> 00:25:48,982
to stay or do anything
you're not comfortable with.
409
00:25:49,112 --> 00:25:50,070
[Iris] Oh.
410
00:25:52,159 --> 00:25:54,161
Do you not like me?
411
00:25:54,291 --> 00:25:56,206
Please,
don't take this personally.
412
00:25:59,514 --> 00:26:01,124
-I don't even know if--
-[Iris] No, no, no.
413
00:26:01,255 --> 00:26:02,735
You can tell me.
Please.
414
00:26:05,868 --> 00:26:09,089
It was nothing you did.
415
00:26:09,176 --> 00:26:11,047
You're a sweet girl.
416
00:26:16,183 --> 00:26:21,101
♪
417
00:26:25,758 --> 00:26:28,282
That's right.
418
00:26:28,412 --> 00:26:31,502
I'm a very sweet girl.
419
00:26:31,633 --> 00:26:34,636
And I've been sitting here
all night watching you,
420
00:26:34,767 --> 00:26:37,204
wondering if you had it in you.
421
00:26:37,334 --> 00:26:40,120
Had what in me?
422
00:26:40,250 --> 00:26:43,340
If that little yuzu soufflé
was all you cared about
423
00:26:43,427 --> 00:26:45,691
or if you'd know what to do
with my sweet pussy
424
00:26:45,821 --> 00:26:47,170
if I were sitting
right on top of you.
425
00:26:47,344 --> 00:26:52,393
♪
426
00:26:52,523 --> 00:26:54,177
Do you know how to use
your tongue, Paul?
427
00:26:55,744 --> 00:26:57,398
How to lick a woman?
428
00:26:57,528 --> 00:26:59,922
How to swirl and push
and suck her off?
429
00:27:00,053 --> 00:27:01,750
[Paul] Um, yeah.
430
00:27:01,881 --> 00:27:03,230
[sharply] What?
431
00:27:05,319 --> 00:27:07,669
Let me show you.
432
00:27:07,756 --> 00:27:09,236
Not so fast.
433
00:27:14,197 --> 00:27:19,028
♪
434
00:27:24,338 --> 00:27:27,558
First, I'll have to make sure
you know how to use your hands.
435
00:27:27,689 --> 00:27:30,649
How to get me
really, really wet.
436
00:27:32,302 --> 00:27:35,088
I bet nobody's ever
taught you that.
437
00:27:35,175 --> 00:27:37,264
You just shove it in,
barely hard but ready to pop,
438
00:27:37,351 --> 00:27:38,613
don't you, Paul?
439
00:27:41,137 --> 00:27:43,574
I'm not gonna let you
get away with that.
440
00:27:48,318 --> 00:27:51,191
[gasps softly]
441
00:27:51,321 --> 00:27:54,107
[music heightens]
442
00:27:54,281 --> 00:27:59,112
♪
443
00:28:03,856 --> 00:28:06,032
I don't think
you're ready for me, Paul.
444
00:28:08,164 --> 00:28:10,732
Oh, I am so ready for you.
445
00:28:12,908 --> 00:28:15,215
All right.
446
00:28:15,345 --> 00:28:17,130
Then let's get
that fucking check.
447
00:28:20,046 --> 00:28:22,744
[sparse ambient music plays]
448
00:28:22,831 --> 00:28:26,922
♪
449
00:28:39,935 --> 00:28:40,719
[elevator door clicks open]
450
00:28:53,993 --> 00:28:56,735
[single piano notes play]
451
00:28:56,822 --> 00:29:01,652
♪
452
00:29:10,357 --> 00:29:13,012
[music deepens]
453
00:29:13,186 --> 00:29:18,060
♪