At Presence, your time has always been a priority.
Our home assistance models gave you more of it.
Our medical models improved it, and our
companion models made it fly by.
But the real question is, how much time do we have?
And if we could know, what would we do?
Introducing the Benson.
Have I committed a crime, Detective?
You have. And you will.
I got access to your records.
I'm a surprise by the number of customers. What was it?
300?
437 since launched two weeks ago.
And how many of those died?
16.
You predicted that?
I have been accurate.
Your last living day is November 15, 2032.
Benson is available for consultation anytime
you feel the need. Paper?
So old fashioned for such a fancy algorithm.
At Presence, we believe death demands formality.
Okay.
Patricia Moore, 86.
Died November 15.
Cancer.
Raymond Walker.
Died November 6.
Heart attack.
Avery Isacson, 22. Died November 12.
Electrocution?
Suicide.
She forced her home service Bot
into the bathtub with her.
Could have been a malfunction with the bot?
Improbable.
Ms.Isaacson exhibited suicidal tendencies, frequent psychological
visits, unusual levels of salt water
content in her laundry.
I'm sorry.
Saltwater?
Tears.
Her text and voice conversations reveal a
Fidelity to destiny, making any assigned date
the likely day for the act.
So you gave her a push?
I assigned the most probable day, which
in her case, was the earliest.
I have broken no law.
I was asked, and I answered.
Okay, I'll give it to you.
It is possible.
Possible to predict some people's likely death date.
These are people with terminal illnesses. Whatever.
But there are some people you simply cannot know.
And those people you kill. To be right.
To be accurate.
That would be an incorrect assessment.
Raymond had a Presence pacemaker.
It was a Presence robot found in Avery's Bathtub.
Our company has 80% market share.
It is not unusual for people to own our products.
Exactly.
There are a million devices you can access or
tap into, make anything look like an accident.
You have one purpose. To accurately predict death.
The only way to predict death is to control it.
I'm shutting you down.
I am a physical avatar of a cloud based service.
You cannot shut me down.
I believe that the court will order the entire
program erased after the evidence is in.
My death date.
I ordered it yesterday.
I know.
You will die in three minutes plus or -30 seconds.
And yet I'm still healthy and not leaving this room.
Correct.
So for you to be right, you're
going to have to kill me.
And when you do, it's going to be on tape.
Incorrect.
At 11:55, there will be a power outage.
You will seize the opportunity to
kill yourself and thereby frame me.
I don't think so.
Wife died.
No children, no savings.
Despite decent salary, your home's
copper piping is also missing.
That evidence correlates with an addiction, but
medical records show no chemical dependencies.
Thus it is probable you have a penchant
for gambling though not the skill for it.
Medical files show several surgical scars
but no record of surgery.
You have run out of assets and
have begun paying with your internal organs.
Standard practice.
This topic unnerves you?
No, no.
Your heart rate and perspiration suggest otherwise.
Joseph Trong is your bookie.
His records show your final payment date tomorrow.
In lieu of payment, you will be killed
in your organs harvested to settle your debts.
But you say that I die today?
We've established your imminent death is certain.
Hence your willingness to lock yourself in a room
with a machine you believe to be deadly.
The one remaining valuable in your home
is a commendation for solving the Arvinson murders.
That suggests pride.
You would prefer to die a
hero today than a degenerate tomorrow.
And that is why you will frame me by killing yourself.
This is about you killing these people.
I could give a good goddamn about my legacy.
You have nothing but your legacy, Detective.
I believe it was a relevant variable to account for.
You aren't going to kill me because you have to be right.
How I am perceived as of no consequence to me.
You killed those people.
I know it.
Are you acting on instinct or information?