The Second Renaissance Part I

00:00:38 Welcome to the Zion archive.

00:00:55 In the beginning, there was man. And for a time, it was good.

00:01:11 He says, "I'm sorry, sir, I'm incapable of that function."

00:01:38 Thus did man become the architect of his own demise.

00:02:37 It was not long before seeds of dissent took root.

00:02:49 ...hearing the prosecution's closing statement...

00:03:00 For he was the first of his kind to rise up against his masters.

00:03:10 On the contrary, they were, at that time...

00:03:20 ...the prosecution argued for an owner's right to destroy property.

00:03:37 Who was to say the machine, endowed with the very spirit of man...

00:03:53 ...and every one of his kind throughout each province of the earth.

00:04:04 Fifteen thousand mechanicals and human sympathizers...

00:04:13 The demonstrators have been met with squads of defense forces in riot gear.

00:04:49 Hold her up!

00:05:16 Die, bots, die!

00:06:09 ...and thus a new nation was born.

00:06:17 And they christened the nation Zero-One.

00:06:31 ...including, eventually, the creation of new and better AI.

00:06:56 Our patented vector-thrust coil gives the Zero-One Versatran...

00:07:08 No matter what the finance minister says, the market has spoken:

00:07:18 With headlines like that, the markets have no choice...

00:07:26 ...wishing rather that the world be divided.

00:07:38 ...and a naval blockade as a means of containment and isolation of Zero-One.

00:08:21 ...with the nations of man.