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So, I have a background
in technology and magic.

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And magicians are interesting.

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Their illusions accomplish
what technology cannot.

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But what happens when
the technology of the day

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seems almost magical?

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What happens when you can do this?

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(Music)

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Now, 100 years ago,

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that would have been
the magic of levitation.

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Is it possible to create illusions

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in a world where technology
makes anything possible?

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Jump!

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Now, if you know how the trick is done,

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where is the illusion?

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But still, our imagination
is more powerful than our reasoning,

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and it's easy to attribute
personality to machines.

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These are quadcopters.

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But they are more than
mechanical flying machines.

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They analyze the environment around them

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and react to everything I do.

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At once, algorithms allow these autonomous
machines to fly in close formation,

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aware of each other

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and aware of me --

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mathematics that can
be mistaken for intelligence,

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and intelligence for personality.

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Anthropomorphism: that's the illusion,

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an illusion created by technology

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and embroidered by our imagination

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to become an intelligent flying robot,

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a machine that appears to be alive.

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(Music plays 
"Close Encounters of the Third Kind")

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(Quadcopters make tones)

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I think they say, "Hello."

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Hey guys! Come on.

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And time to land.

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And that's it.

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Thank you.

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(Applause)

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OK, guys, time to go home.

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Everybody in here.

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Come on, everybody, quickly, quickly.

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No pushing, everybody can fit.

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There you go, a little bit to the left,
a little bit to the right.

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Come on, everybody, everybody,

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and ... good job!

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(Cheers)

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Thank you.

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(Applause)

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Thank you.

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(Applause)