it²i²

It thinks, therefore it is... and we can't turn it off!

it²i² — Plot

Scientists have been working on creating Artificial Intelligence, knowing that there are approximately 50 billion synaptic connections between neurons in the average human brain. They have failed, and during the timespan, many millions of computers have linked up together over the internet. In March, the fifty billionth computer went online, which was Robert Llewellyn's new Macintosh computer. All the interlinked computers begin reaching the complexity of a human brain. Then, the monstrously obese computer programmer John Silverstine noticed the link up. He called it "it²i²", for, following as René Descartes stated, "I think, therefore, I am." So it²i² agrees, "It thinks, therefore, it is." Robert Llewellyn was making a documentary for the BBC about geek culture, when he became aware of this.

• Release date
• March 30, 2006
• Runtime
• 43 min
• Director
• Robert Llewellyn

it²i² — Cast

Robert Llewellyn Robert Llewellyn / John Silverstine

E

Ed Clarke The Mysterious Nerd Tony Hawks Head of Oftelcomnetcomwebnetwatch Maria McErlane Maria Leghorn

L

Lisa Rogers Kirsten Google

H

Helen Statman Nurse

T

Trevor Stuart Dr. Trevor Stuart Kevin Warwick Himself