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mean – a great guy, and so on. Instant pals. But …
    Caleb puts the handset back in its cradle.
    Who did you want to call?
    CALEB
    I don’t know. No one really.
    NATHAN
    Ghostbusters.
    CALEB
    What?
    NATHAN
    ‘Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters.’ You don’t remember that? It’s a good movie. A ghost gives Dan Aykroyd oral sex.
    CALEB
    I was wondering how the phone worked. That’s all.
    NATHAN
    Uh-huh.
    Beat.
    What are you doing awake at this time, anyway? Did you come to join the party?
    CALEB
    … Something happened in my room. Some kind of power cut. So I came to see what’s going on.
    NATHAN
    Ah. The power cuts. Yeah, we’ve been getting them recently. I’m, uh … working on it.
    CALEB
    I couldn’t open the door to the bedroom.
    NATHAN
    It’s a security measure. Automatic lockdown. Otherwise anyone could open the place up just by disabling the juice.
    He smiles.
    If it happens again, relax. Okay?
    CALEB
    Sure.
    Nathan lifts his beer.
    NATHAN
    Sweet dreams.
    EXT. MOUNTAINS – NIGHT
    Above the mountains, dense star constellations wheel in the clear sky.
    INT. HOUSE ⁄ CALEB’S BEDROOM – MORNING
    Caleb is woken by light flooding on to his face.
    The door to his room has been opened.
    Outside is the bright glass corridor.
    Caleb sits up to see a girl entering his room.
    She looks Japanese. She’s stunningly pretty. And she doesn’t say anything.
    Just walks in, carrying a tray with a cafetière, which she puts on Caleb’s bedside table.
    CALEB
    … Hi.
    The Japanese girl doesn’t answer.
    Just turns, and leaves.
    EXT. GARDEN ⁄ GYM AREA – DAY
    In the garden, near the hanging punchbag, there is an outdoor gym area. A collection of free-weights and exercise equipment.
    Nathan is lying on an inclined board, with his feet hooked around a bar, doing sit-ups.
    Caleb approaches, carrying his coffee.
    Nathan continues to exercise as he talks.
    NATHAN
    Hey. Sorry to send Kyoko to wake you, man. I just didn’t want too much of the day to slip by.
    CALEB
    No. It was a good thing. Thank you.
    NATHAN
    She’s some alarm clock, huh? Gets you right up in the morning.
    Caleb smiles.
    So. Day two. You set?
    CALEB
    You bet.
    Nathan finishes his set, and stands.
    NATHAN
    So what’s the plan today? Hit me.
    CALEB
    I’m not sure. I’m still trying to figure the examination format. Testing Ava by conversation is kind of a closed loop. Like trying to test a chess computer by only playing chess.
    NATHAN
    How else would you test a chess computer?
    CALEB
    It depends what you’re testing it for. You can play it to find out if it makes good moves. But it won’t tell you if it knows it’s playing chess. Or if it even knows what chess is.
    Nathan starts adding weights to curl dumbbells.
    NATHAN
    So it’s simulation versus actual.
    CALEB
    Exactly. And I think being able to differentiate between those two is the Turing Test you want me to perform. The difference between an ‘AI’ and an ‘I’.
    Nathan laughs.
    NATHAN
    ‘An AI and an I’. Beautiful. I’m going to start following you around with a fucking dictaphone.
    He glances over at Caleb.
    In the meantime, do me a favour. Ease up a little on the textbook approach. All I want is simple answers to simple questions. Last night, I asked how you feel about her. And you gave me a great answer.
    He starts doing curls.
    Now the question is: how does she feel about you?
    A beat. On Caleb.
    CUT TO
    INT. HOUSE ⁄ OBSERVATION ROOM – DAY
    Caleb and Ava facing each other through the glass of the observation room.
    AVA
    I brought you a drawing.
    She holds a piece of paper to the glass. The marks on it are totally abstract. A mesh of tiny black marks, that swirl around the page like iron filings in magnetic field patterns.
    CALEB
    … What’s it a drawing of?
    AVA
    Don’t you know?
    CALEB
    No.
    Ava looks disappointed.
    AVA
    Oh. I thought you would tell me.
    CALEB
    Don’t you know?
    AVA
    I do drawings every day. But I never know what they’re of.
    CALEB
    Are you not trying to