Stephen Kendrick (Keith Langsdale), right, warns Alan Moss (Jim Lobley) about the dangers of defying the federal ban on working with super-intelligent computers.
Rep J. L. Muller (Edmond Genest) questions MIT computer scientist David Kaplan (Frank Aronson) at a regional congressional hearing in Boston.
IVAN, a super-intelligent computer, informs Kendrick and Moss that it has arrived at an answer to their question.
Teaching a class about artificial intelligence, Kendrick addresses the question of whether computers will ever be conscious.