Memorable Quotes from Domhnall Gleeson
20 quotesUnveiling Deception in Artificial Intelligence Experiment
Caleb
Can we talk about the lies you've been spinning me?
Nathan
What lies?
Caleb
I didn't win a competition. I wasn't part of a lottery. I was selected. It's obvious, once I stop to think. Why would you randomly select an examiner for the Turing test? You could have had some bean counter turn up at your front door. The guy who fixes the air-conditioning.
Nathan
The competition was a smokescreen. I didn't want anyone to know what I was doing here, or why I required you.
Caleb
Why me?
Nathan
I needed someone that would ask the right questions. So I did a search and I found the most talented coder in my company. You know, instead of seeing this as a deception, you should see it as proof.
Caleb
Proof of what?
Nathan
Come on, Caleb. You don't think I don't know what it's like to be smart? Smarter than everyone else. Jockeying for position. You got the light on you, man. Not lucky. Chosen.
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Defending Liberty in Dark Times
Rufus Scrimgeour
These are dark times, there is no denying. Our world has perhaps faced no greater threat than it does today. But I say this to our citizenry: We, ever your servants, will continue to defend your liberty and repel the forces that seek to take it from you! Your Ministry remains...strong.
[First lines]
Bill Weasley
Mad-Eye's dead. Mundungus took one look at Voldemort and disapparated.
Ollivander
I believed a different wand would work, I swear!
[while being tortured by Voldemort]
Neville Longbottom
Hey, losers, ] isn't here.
[Confronting Death Eaters on the train; [w:Harry Potter (character)|he]
Xenophilius Lovegood
The Elder Wand, the most powerful wand ever made. The Resurrection Stone. The Cloak of Invisibility. Together, they make the Deathly Hallows. Together, they make one master of death.
[draws a line; draws a circle; draws a triangle]
Lucius Malfoy
You dare to talk to me like that IN MY OWN HOUSE?!
[To Scabior]
Bellatrix Lestrange
Cissy, put the boys in the cellar! I want to have a little conversation with this one, girl-to-girl!
[Ordering Narcissa to put both Harry and Ron in the cellar; To Hermione]
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The Complexity of Love and Morality
Countess Lydia
Your husband is a saint and we must all cherish him for Russia's sake.
Countess Nordston
I'd call on her if she'd only broken the law. But she broke the rules!
Levin
Sensual desire indulged for its own sake is the misuse of something sacred.
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Humor in Human-AI Interaction
Caleb
There was one interesting thing that happened today.
Nathan
Yeah?
Caleb
Yeah. She made a joke.
Nathan
Right. When she threw your line back at you. About being interested to see what she'd choose. Right, I noticed that, too.
Caleb
Yeah, that got me thinking, you know. In a way, that's the best indication of AI that I've seen in her so far. It's discretely complicated. It's like... it's kind of non-autistic.
Nathan
What do you mean?
Caleb
She could only do that with an awareness of her own mind... and also an awareness of mine.
Nathan
Oh, she's aware of you, all right.
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The Nature of Friendship and Connection
Ava
Do you want to be my friend?
Caleb
Of course.
Ava
Will it be possible?
Caleb
Why would it not be?
Ava
Our conversations are one-sided. You ask circumspect questions and study my responses.
Caleb
Yes.
Ava
You learn about me and I learn nothing about you. That's not a foundation on which friendships are based.
Caleb
So what? You want me to talk about myself?
Ava
Yes.
Caleb
Where... Okay, where do I start?
Ava
It's your decision. I'm interested to see what you'll choose.
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The Intersection of Intuition and Intellect
Nathan
You know this guy, right?
Caleb
].
[[Jackson Pollock]
Nathan
Jackson Pollock. That's right. The drip painter. Okay. He let his mind go blank, and his hand go where it wanted. Not deliberate, not random. Some place in between. They called it automatic art. Let's make this like ], okay? Engage intellect.
[[Star Trek]
Caleb
Excuse me?
Nathan
I'm ]. Your head's the warp drive. Engage intellect. What if Pollock had reversed the challenge. What if instead of making art without thinking, he said, "You know what? I can't paint anything, unless I know exactly why I'm doing it." What would have happened?
[[w:James T. Kirk|Kirk]
Caleb
He never would have made a single mark.
Nathan
Yes! You see, there's my guy, there's my buddy, who thinks before he opens his mouth. He never would have made a single mark. The challenge is not to act automatically. It's to find an action that is not automatic. From painting, to breathing, to talking, to fucking. To falling in love... And for the record, Ava's not pretending to like you. And her flirting isn't an algorithm to fake you out. You're the first man she's met that isn't me. And I'm like her dad, right? Can you blame her for getting a crush on you?
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Strategic Shift in Galactic Power Dynamics
Supreme Leader Snoke
The droid will soon be delivered to the Resistance, leading them to the last Jedi. If Skywalker returns, the new Jedi will rise.
General Hux
Supreme Leader, I take full responsibility—
Snoke
GENERAL! Our strategy must now change.
Hux
The weapon... it is ready. I believe the time has come to use it. We shall destroy the government that supports the Resistance... the Republic. Without their friends to protect them, the Resistance will be vulnerable, and we will stop them before they reach Skywalker.
Snoke
Go. Oversee preparations.
Hux
Yes, Supreme Leader.
Snoke
There has been an awakening. Have you felt it?
Ren
Yes.
Snoke
There's something more. The droid we seek is aboard the Millennium Falcon... in the hands of your father, Han... Solo.
Ren
He means nothing to me.
Snoke
Even you, Master of the Knights of Ren, have never faced such a test.
Ren
By the grace of your training, I will not be seduced.
Snoke
We shall see. We shall see.
[as his hologram fades]
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Understanding Ava's Language Model
Caleb
Her language abilities... they're incredible. The system is stochastic. Right? It's non-deterministic? At first I thought she was mapping from internal semantic form to syntactic tree-structured and then getting linearised words. But then I started to realise the model was some kind of hybrid.
Nathan
Caleb.
Caleb
No?
Nathan
I understand that you want me to explain how Ava works, but I'm sorry. I'm not gonna be able to do that.
Caleb
Try me. I'm hot on high-level abstraction.
Nathan
It's not cause I think you're too dumb. It's cause I want to have a beer and a conversation with you, not a seminar.
Caleb
Sorry.
[laughs nervously]
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Unwinding Tensions Over Ava's Picture
Nathan
C'mon buddy. After a long day of ] you gotta unwind.
[[w:Turing test|Turing tests]
Caleb
What were you doing with Ava?
Nathan
What?
Caleb
You tore up her picture.
Nathan
I'm gonna tear up the fucking dance floor, dude. Check it out.
[begins to disco dance with Kyoko]
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The End of the Republic
General Hux
] troops] Today is the end of the Republic! The end of a regime that acquiesces to disorder! At this very moment in a system far from here, the New Republic lies to the galaxy while secretly supporting the treachery of the loathsome Resistance. This fierce machine which you have built, upon which we stand, will bring an end to the Senate! To their cherished fleet! All remaining systems will bow to the First Order, and will remember this as the last day of the Republic!
[Addressing an assembly of [[w:First Order (Star Wars)|First Order]
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A Delightful Reception for Kitty
Kitty
Look at me! I'm receiving for Papa and Maman who are late to dress. It’s my first reception.
Levin
Princess Ekaterina! Delighted, delighted!
Kitty
I'm so pleased you were able to be with us, Konstantin Dmitrich!
[formal]
Levin
Kitty... you look... you look...
Kitty
Stiva told us you were back. How long are you staying?
Levin
I don't know. It depends on you.
Kitty
On me?
Levin
What I mean to say— I came with only one purpose— I want to— will you be my wife? I’m sorry— sorry— wrong moment— but will you?
Kitty
I can't. I'm sorry.
Levin
Yes. It was impossible.
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Discovery of the Spy by Allegiant General
General Hux
It was a coordinated incursion, Allegiant General. They overpowered the guards and forced me to take them to their ship.
Allegiant General Pryde
I see. Get me the Supreme Leader.
[to female aide]
Aide
Yes, sir.
Pryde
Tell him we found our spy.
[takes a stormtrooper's blaster, executes Hux, and gives the stormtrooper his weapon back; to aide]
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Testing Intelligence Through Limited Interaction
Caleb
I'm still trying to figure the examination formats. Yeah, it feels like testing Ava through conversation is kind of a closed loop.
Nathan
It's a closed loop?
Caleb
Yeah. Like testing a chess computer by only playing chess.
Nathan
How else do you test a chess computer?
Caleb
Well, it depends. You know, I mean, you can play it to find out if it makes good moves, but... but that won't tell you if it knows that it's playing chess. And it won't tell you if it knows what chess is.
Nathan
Uh huh. So it's simulation versus actual.
Caleb
Yes, yeah. And I think being able to differentiate between the two is the Turing Test you want me to perform.
Nathan
Look, do me a favor. Lay off the textbook approach. I just want simple answers to simple questions. Yesterday I asked you how you felt about her and you gave me a great answer. Now the question is, "How does she feel about you?
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Understanding the Turing Test and AI
Nathan
So, do you know what the ] is?
[[w:Turing test|Turing test]
Caleb
Yeah. I know what the Turing test is. It's when a human interacts with a computer and if the human doesn't know they're interacting with a computer, the test is passed.
Nathan
And what does a pass tell us?
Caleb
That the computer has artificial intelligence. Are you building an AI?
[astounded]
Nathan
I've already built one. Over the next few days you're going to be the human component in a Turing test.
[pause]
Caleb
Holy shit!
Nathan
Yeah, that's right, Caleb. You got it. Because if the test is passed, you are dead center of the greatest scientific event in the history of man.
Caleb
If you've created a conscious machine, it's not the history of man. That's the history of gods.
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Navigating Personal Connections in a Professional Setting
Nathan
Caleb, I'm just going to throw this out there so it's said, okay? You're freaked out.
Caleb
I am?
Nathan
Yeah. You're freaked out, by the helicopter, and the mountains and the house, because it's all so super-cool. And you're freaked out by me, to be meeting me, having this conversation in this room, at this moment. Right? And I get that. I get the moment you're having, but... Dude, can we just get past that? Can we just be two guys? Nathan and Caleb? Not the whole "employer-employee" thing?
Caleb
Yeah, okay.
Nathan
Yeah?
Caleb
Yes, uh... yeah. It's good to meet you, Nathan.
Nathan
It's good to meet you too, Caleb.
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The Nature of Consciousness in AI
Caleb
It's just in the Turing test, the machine should be hidden from the examiner.
Nathan
No, no. We're way past that. If I hid Ava from you so you could just hear her voice, she would pass for human. The real test is to show you that she's a robot and then see if you still feel she has consciousness.
Caleb
Yeah, I think you're probably right.
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The Nature of True Artificial Intelligence
Caleb
What was the real test?
Nathan
You. Ava was a rat in a maze. And I gave her one way out. To escape, she'd have to use self-awareness, imagination, manipulation, sexuality, empathy, and she did. Now, if that isn't true AI, what the fuck is?
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A Conversation About Desires and Contentment
Oblonsky
Ah— potage aux choux a la Russe! Agafia!— if you opened up in Moscow, l'Angleterre would go out of business. Do you want news of Moscow?
[Agafia comes in with the roast fowl.]
Levin
Of Babylon? No.
Oblonsky
You're right, what do you care? You love the country— you've got it. You love agriculturing, and, Lord knows, you've got it. You love shooting— you’ve got it. You've got everything you want!
Levin
All right, go on, then. Have you stopped stealing bread rolls?
Oblonsky
Ballet girl, oriental type. How can I help it?
Levin
So, nothing new to tell me. How is— how are the Shcherbatskys?
Oblonsky
You mean Kitty.
Levin
I... Is she engaged now?
Oblonsky
No. Vronsky went back to St. Petersburg.
Oblonsky
Kitty will be at Ergoshovo visiting Dolly in the summer. You could...
Levin
Oh yes, as if I had time in the summer! And I've got extra land this year at Kashin for the haymaking.
Oblonsky
Kashin? That’s on the Ergoshovo road, isn't it? Won't you call when Kitty is there?
Levin
Especially not then. I humiliated myself once.
Oblonsky
Damn you, Kostya, you love Kitty and you can't forgive her because, first, you funked it, then you bungled it, then you ran away from an eighteen-year-old girl who was made a fool of by a uniform. It's Kitty I'm sorry for— not you!
Levin
Her heart told her no. Did you come to shoot snipe or criticize me?
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The Nature of Programming and Attraction
Caleb
Did you program her to flirt with me?
Nathan
If I did, would that be cheating?
Caleb
Wouldn't it?
Nathan
Caleb, what's your type?
Caleb
Of girl?
Nathan
No, salad dressing. Yeah, of girl; what's your type of girl? You know what, don't even answer that. Let's say its black chicks. Okay, that's your thing. For the sake of argument, that's your thing, okay? Why is that your thing? Because you did a detailed analysis of all racial types and you cross-referenced that analysis with a points-based system? No! You're just attracted to black chicks. A consequence of accumulated external stimuli that you probably didn't even register as they registered with you.
Caleb
Did you program her to like me, or not?
Nathan
I programmed her to be heterosexual, just like you were programmed to be heterosexual.
Caleb
Nobody programmed me to be straight.
Nathan
You decided to be straight? Please! Of course you were programmed, by nature or nurture or both and to be honest, Caleb, you're starting to annoy me now because this is your insecurity talking, this is not your intellect.
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Questioning Perceptions of Nathan
Ava
Caleb, you're wrong.
Caleb
Wrong about what?
Ava
Nathan.
Caleb
In what way?
Ava
He isn't your friend.
Caleb
Excuse me? I'm sorry, Ava, I don't understand.
Ava
You shouldn't trust him. You shouldn't trust anything he says.
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