The Tipping Point (The Outer Limits)
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"The Tipping Point" is an episode of The Outer Limits
television show. It first aired on September 15, 2001, during the seventh season.
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Clues start showing up, including glasses that can see some sort of electrical humanoid enemies (who have been the ones killing programmers). The protagonist realizes that a "Merlin" is supplying him with clues about a program called "Prometheus", a sentient AI which will try to take over the world once programmers finish building interfaces to every electronic device in the world.
The protagonist (Zach) is given a virus that will destroy the program. He tries to destroy Prometheus but is stopped at the last minute and is almost killed.
In the end, it is revealed that his girlfriend was actually "Merlin". The protagonist turns to the dark side to expose her instead of trying to stop the Prometheus program.
as part of the story line. This website leads directly to The Outer Limits website on MGM.com.
The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)
The Outer Limits is an American television series that originally aired on Showtime,the Sci Fi Channel and in syndication between 1995 and 2002...
television show. It first aired on September 15, 2001, during the seventh season.
Introduction
A computer programmer must destroy a deadly artificial intelligence and avert a Technological singularityTechnological singularity
Technological singularity refers to the hypothetical future emergence of greater-than-human intelligence through technological means. Since the capabilities of such an intelligence would be difficult for an unaided human mind to comprehend, the occurrence of a technological singularity is seen as...
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Opening narration
Plot
A woman, Megan, brings her hacker boyfriend, Zach (who had formerly hacked into the Pentagon), into a high-tech company. Programmers there begin dying off as he, only able to see his own small part of the puzzle, tries to figure out what exactly he's programming.Clues start showing up, including glasses that can see some sort of electrical humanoid enemies (who have been the ones killing programmers). The protagonist realizes that a "Merlin" is supplying him with clues about a program called "Prometheus", a sentient AI which will try to take over the world once programmers finish building interfaces to every electronic device in the world.
The protagonist (Zach) is given a virus that will destroy the program. He tries to destroy Prometheus but is stopped at the last minute and is almost killed.
In the end, it is revealed that his girlfriend was actually "Merlin". The protagonist turns to the dark side to expose her instead of trying to stop the Prometheus program.
Closing narration
Trivia
This episode mentioned the website http://www.fidelisveres.netas part of the story line. This website leads directly to The Outer Limits website on MGM.com.
External links
- "The Tipping Point (The Outer Limits)" at Sci FiSci Fi Channel (United States)Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...