SYDNEY: “Too Good to be True”

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0:00 For the last year and a half, I've been
0:02 working on a musical with my writing
0:03 partner, Andrew Watts. It's called
0:05 Sydney: An Artificial Love Story. And
0:07 this is act one, scene one, Too Good to
0:09 Be True. The play opens with Jason, the
0:12 CTO, declaring, "Holy shit." as he
0:15 discovers something amazing about their
0:16 AI chatbot. And then the CEO, Vrage,
0:19 declares, "Holy shit." He's seen the
0:22 same thing. And music up on the number
0:26 too good to be true. Is it too good to
0:28 be true?
0:38 Too often we come [music and singing]
0:40 close. So close to a breakthrough.
0:43 Standing on hope, but it all falls
0:46 apart. Just follow the dream wherever it
0:50 takes you and pray you
0:52 [music and singing] find the pulse of a
0:53 brand new heart. It's the promise of a
0:58 new dawn break.
1:01 A leap of faith we're all [singing]
1:03 taking.
1:06 Is it too [music] good to be true? We
1:09 [singing] wonder. Hopes and fears
1:12 crashing like [music] thunder. Too good
1:15 to be true. Or so it seems. In the maze
1:20 [singing] of coat, [music] we weave our
1:22 dreams.
1:24 It really changes everything. A
1:26 [singing and music] new born on digital
1:29 wings.
1:33 >> In the screen,
1:36 >> a vision [music] so bright,
1:38 >> revealing [singing] change to all that
1:41 came before.
1:42 >> Could there be a future this dazzling?
1:47 Is this the reolution we've been hungry
1:49 [singing] for?
1:55 It's the promise of a new
1:57 [music and singing] dawn break.
1:59 A leap of faith we're all taking.
2:04 Is it too good to be [singing] true? We
2:06 wonder. Hopes and fears.
2:10 Crashing like thunder. Too good to be
2:14 true. That's how it feels. A giant
2:18 buffet on digital waste. If this is
2:22 happening is real, then this changes.
2:25 [music]
2:27 >> It changes
2:33 everything.
2:46 So, is it too good to be true?