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ost_uid0]Morpheus:[/b

ost_uid0] We were at the height of our civilization until we created AI.
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ost_uid0]Neo:[/b

ost_uid0] You mean Artificial Intelligence?
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ost_uid0]Morpheus:[/b

ost_uid0] No, American Idol. That show singlehandedly reduced us to the state we're in now.
or building off of Standback's suggestion with a recent Enterprise episode,
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ost_uid0]Neo:[/b

ost_uid0] Are you saying we're inside a computer program?
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ost_uid0]Morpheus:[/b

ost_uid0] Is that really so hard to believe? Look at yourself - you're a two-dimensional character, the plot makes no sense, and you're mainly here to shoot people.
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ost_uid0]Neo:[/b

ost_uid0] Point. So how did this happen?
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ost_uid0]Morpheus:[/b

ost_uid0] Well, some scientists went to look for wreckage from a spherical ship in the Arctic Circle and....[/color

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