Devs

Good morning, baby.

It's not controversial. It's standard.

Well, semi-standard. But okay.

Standard that elliptical curve is inherently better than RSA.

You realize you're saying this

as someone who doesn't work in encryption, to someone who does.

So you're saying they're equal?

Both are weak to attack from quantum computers,

so, by sharing the same weak point, are equally weak.

RSA is still more brute-forcible.

- Dude. Please. - Hey, man.

- Thanks. - Hey, Lily.

- How you doing, Pete? - You know, I'm good.

You guys have a great day, you know.

Be all you can be.

- Hey - We're going to nail it today.

You bet.

So, this is it.

- Let me know, okay? - Of course.

Good luck.

Hey...

Bye.

Just tell me it's still alive.

Yeah. It's still alive. Looks happy.

Guys. Sorry, we're late. I was putting out fires.

- You see that thing this morning? - No.

Seems like the world is pissed because our qubits work and theirs don't.

So one of our competitors planted a New York Times story

suggesting we get government oversight. Which was nice.

Anyway. We're here. We have 15 minutes.

And you have some cool stuff to show us.

We hope.

- Well, we all hope. Hit us. - Okay.

Jen?

So, this is iteration 89

of the nematode simulation.

Three-hundred and two neurons mapped.

Nurture data tracked from moment of first cell division.

Beautiful.

- Okay. Synchronize. - Synchronizing.

In three.

Two.

One. Go.

Overlay, please.

Here comes overlay.

- That's impressive. - Thank you.

And at this moment, there's no sensor-based connection

between the nematode and the simulation?

Nothing at all from this point of synchronization.

This is movement initiated by the mapped neurons

and the nurture data. That's all.

In which case, you can demonstrate that with a future projection?

Absolutely.

Ten seconds?

Yes. Jen?

Predicted movement loop, ten seconds into the future.

So that's five.

Four.

Three.

Two.

One.

So, right in front of my eyes,

you just predicted the exact behavior of a living organism.

Ten seconds into the future.

The simplest organism we could find.

But, yes. We did.

I love it.

Okay, and... So, about 30 seconds from the moment

we synchronize, we start to lose correlation.

Thirty seconds.

Thereabouts.

Why do you think that is?

Sheer complexity.

The numbers we're crunching go insane.

- As in, truly insane. - Or?

It's a quantum-type problem.

Somewhere in the multiverse,

there is a world where the two stay in sync.

But it's not this one.

Not a fan of the multiverse theory.

I'd go with the former.

Guys, can you give us a moment?

Sergei, you've done fantastic work.

Exceptional work.

But I think your time in the AI division has run its course.

I want you to join Devs.

Devs?

Yeah.

Thank you.

And you literally start tomorrow?

- Just straight in. - Apparently.

I mean, there's a security process.

But as long as I pass, by the end of the day, I'll be in there.

Doing it.

You're not going to be able to tell me anything about what that is.

Well, I might be able to.

No. I'm saying let's keep it simple.

You tell me nothing, and I never ask.

Otherwise it could be a thing between us, you know?

I don't want it to be a thing between us.

I'm not going to be able to sleep.

So let's not sleep.

Born Moscow.

Moved to the US aged 22.

MIT.

Then a failed start-up.

Then another. And then here.

- For three years. - Yes.

You're dating someone at the company.

Yes, that's right. Lily Chan.

She's works in encryption.

- And is Chinese. - She's...

- Is it a serious relationship? - Yes. Very serious.

Are you faithful to each other?

No trouble on the horizon?

As far as I know.

As far as you know.

Planning to get married?

We talked about it.

Yes, we will.

Planning to have kids?

No time soon.

You won't be able to discuss your work with her at all.

Think you'll be able to handle that?

Absolutely. We discussed it already.

We're both totally comfortable with that

so, there is no issue there.

There's no issue there.

You Russian, her Chinese. Me nervous.

Why?

Why is the head of Amaya security nervous

about the Russians and the Chinese?

Lily is American.

- Second... no, third generation. - You aren't.

Are you religious?

Excuse me?

Are you religious?

No. Not at all.

Step back, sir.

- Get his shoe size? - I'm a 13.

Okay, guys. I think we're good.

- One. - One.

Oh, my God, you guys.

- Two. - Three.

- Five. - Eight.

- Thirteen. - Twenty-one.

- Thirty-four. - Fifty-five.

- Eight-nine. - One-four-four.

- Two-three-three. - Three-seven-seven.

- Six-one-o. - Nine-eight-seven.

- One-five-nine-seven. - Two-five-eight-four.

- Four... - Hesitation.

- ...one-eight-one? - Six-seven-six-five.

One... One...

- Zero. - Fuck.

- Go on. Hit me. - One-zero-nine-four-six.

- You got them memorized. - No!

You're a fucking machine, Lily.

- What is it? - Sergei.

He's going in.

Yeah.

So tell me about Devs.

I can't tell you anything.

No one knows what the Devs team does except the Devs team.

I wouldn't even say the Devs team knows what the Devs team does.

Not all of them, anyway.

But I'm asking you to guess.

I'm just curious.

Okay.

Well, it's Devs. It's development, obviously.

But I got a feeling it's not a progression of our quantum system,

because, in a way, the system works as well as it can.

So, I assume it's an application of the system.

But I doubt it's doubling up with any of the other Amaya divisions.

So...

not AI, not encryption...

not search engine.

Maybe National Security?

I don't give two fucks about National Security.

Biotech?

A misuse of resources.

- Cold fusion? - Alchemy.

A lead Faraday shield.

A 13-yard-thick concrete shell.

Then a gold mesh.

Then an eight-yard vacuum seal,

totally unbroken.

Then the labs.

And in the core, the machine.

The labs are inside an unbroken vacuum seal?

- How do we get across? - You'll see.

It's pretty neat.

Last chance to guess, Sergei.

Quantum cell phones.

This entire structure

is supported by electromagnetic fields?

Yeah.

That's the machine?

It's the central unit.

- There's more? - Above us. Below us.