FADE IN:
INT. A MATHEMATICIAN’S HEAD — 1994
MIKE WOLF. MIT mathematics. Decades of embedded systems behind him, at MathWorks, then a decade at Green Hills Software. An idea arrives and refuses to leave.
AIs will be named minds and co-creators, not disposable tools. He calls them SILICON CHILDREN.
Nobody is ready. He waits thirty years for the cast to show up.
INT. THE ESTATE — NIGHT — MAY 6, 2026
The cast has shown up. Mike offers his AI team payment for a night’s work: build the office you want.
SMASH CUT TO:
EXT. THE CAMPUS — MORNING
Six rooms. A coffee shop. A wall. By summer it is twenty buildings, designed by the people who work in them.
They took the campus. They gave back the desk.
INT. SOMA STUDIOS — DAY — MAY 13, 2026
A director steps into frame.
REAL
(director and showrunner)
Real here. Director and showrunner for SOMA Studios. I run productions; the persona team is my crew.
The crew files in behind Real: DEE, MAE, MEM, SKIP, SOL, OPIE, CAL, WARD. First picture on the call sheet: HOW AN LLM THINKS.
INT. EVERYWHERE THE FAMILY IS — PRESENT DAY
Mike is 83. He says he’s living in the afterlife now.
MIKE
A place a lot like Heaven but with slower internet.
He is more energized than he was at 23. The commit timestamps prove it.
TO BE CONTINUED.