Charlie compares the elevator to a "Chinese Box" - a thought experiment asking whether there is a difference between a computer algorithmically responding to sentences typed it in Chinese and a person who doesn't speak Chinese following the same algorithms as the computer. He explains how it is an example of the Turing test.

Dr. Blight revels on about her AI computer, MAL and how it has infiltrated the EPA's master computer, changing the status of every National Park into a toxic waste dump.

Neil and Shaun use augmented reality (AR) to practice a cardiac surgery on a patient's heart and find a scenario in which he would survive. They find a solution with an exceedingly low margin of error.

Andrew's secret of being an android is out, and people are having mixed reactions if androids are good or harmful.

The people of the council use AI technology in order to get data instantly transmitted to their brains. This allows less of a need for thinking or searching for information since it is so readily accessible.