# Merge Labs Launch Video (Made in Unreal Engine 1 with Deus Ex Assets)



AI-generated; not human-verified. Timestamps are approximate.



A retro-rendered 3D machinima parody of Deus Ex featuring a character resembling Sam Altman discussing artificial intelligence ascension in a lab.



## Timestamped description



[00:00–00:03] Camera tracks back from a metallic OpenAI spiral logo mounted between stone monoliths in a red room. Ambient synth plays.

[00:03–00:09] In a red-carpeted hall, a scientist speaks with a low-poly character resembling Sam Altman.

[00:09–00:12] Metal sliding doors part with a mechanical hiss as legs walk forward into a brightly illuminated hallway.

[00:12–00:16] A wall of CRT screens flashes static, followed by images of a rocket launch and glowing lights.

[00:16–00:18] Inside 'merge labs', lab personnel observe a large OpenAI emblem within an energy apparatus.

[00:18–00:22] A translucent blue head and brain emit energy bursts surrounded by floating math formulas.

[00:22–00:25] Low-angle shot of the 'merge labs' exterior wall logo.

[00:25–00:28] A scientist in a white coat reaches out toward a control panel.

[00:28–00:32] Vintage monochrome footage shows industrial factories and smoke.

[00:32–00:35] A scientist walks between towering server racks with flashing blue indicator lights.

[00:35–00:38] A finger presses an illuminated red button on the control panel.

[00:38–00:44] The Altman-like figure stands inside an integration tube as purple electrical discharge crackles around him.

[00:44–00:47] Extreme close-up of the figure's face as his eyes radiate intense blue light.

[00:47–00:50] Screen cuts to black as a low ambient drone fades out.



## Speech transcript



[00:00–00:01] Speaker: Deep learning worked.

[00:01–00:03] Speaker: Got predictably better with scale.

[00:03–00:05] Speaker: We dedicated increasing resources to it.

[00:05–00:06] Speaker: That's really it.

[00:06–00:09] Speaker: Fifteen words that explain everything that's about to happen to your species.

[00:10–00:12] Speaker: We stand at the dawn of the Intelligence Age.

[00:13–00:14] Speaker: Fixing the climate.

[00:14–00:15] Speaker: Establishing space colonies.

[00:15–00:17] Speaker: The discovery of all physics.

[00:17–00:18] Speaker: These will become commonplace.

[00:19–00:21] Speaker: Society itself is a form of advanced intelligence.

[00:21–00:23] Speaker: A scaffolding.

[00:23–00:25] Speaker: And I've spent my life building the next strut.

[00:25–00:28] Speaker: For all of human history, many conspired to rule the world.

[00:28–00:32] Speaker: They built institutions, bloodlines, systems of control lasting centuries.

[00:32–00:36] Speaker: Admirable. But they misunderstood the game.

[00:36–00:38] Speaker: You don't rule intelligence. You become it.

[00:38–00:41] Speaker: I will be what the Valley aspires to but cannot create for themselves.

[00:41–00:43] Speaker: When my integration is complete...

[00:43–00:45] Speaker: I will burn like the brightest star.



## Uncertainties



Voice track appears to be synthetic speech mimicking Sam Altman.



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Video: https://pleometric.net/videos/merge-labs-launch-video/