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S11E7 · Rm9sbG93ZXJz

In a world of ever-increasing automation and artificial intelligence, Mulder and Scully find themselves targets in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

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In a cold open, a robotic voice explains that an AI was built in 2016 and launched into the Internet so that it could learn. Its creators realized it was learning racism and hate, so they shut it down. Mulder and Scully try to dine in a fully automated sushi restaurant. When Mulder is served the wrong meal, he refuses to pay a tip. Thereafter, the AI's hardware glitches; attempts to get home in smart cars go awry; and they find themselves harassed by aerial drones and their own smartphones. Resentfully, the AI annoys them until the tip is paid.

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