Given that Vi is counting seconds from encountering soldiers to their collapse, AND that there are three dots between this scene and the scene where Miriam says “I’ve been there since Z-Day.” (which technically is an inequality in the opposite direction than I need, but Miriam’s choosing this particular wording looks suggestive to me) I’d venture a guess, that the Z-Day virus was released by Vi in the facility, and Miriam is trying to blame the rouge AI for this. I read this story as Vi and Miriam already crossing a line of “the end justifies the means” and simply infect and kill the “innocent” soldiers protecting the headquarter of their commander who is an em/AI, which Vi and Miriam perceive as a threat that needs to be eliminated at all cost.
[p.s.: I’ve wrote above comment before I’ve realized that I somehow missed to read 8th episode, and now, after ridding 8th episode, I think Vi and Miriam are cleaning up the mess they’ve created themselves—the rouge AI they fight in 9th episode is the one they’ve released, it just took over the command of the army by pretending to be their real commander]
I read it as: unleash the z-day AI which we already know how to counter, but which will attract the attention of the new AI, allowing us to the the neutrino beacon to locate the new AI.
Given that Vi is counting seconds from encountering soldiers to their collapse, AND that there are three dots between this scene and the scene where Miriam says “I’ve been there since Z-Day.” (which technically is an inequality in the opposite direction than I need, but Miriam’s choosing this particular wording looks suggestive to me) I’d venture a guess, that the Z-Day virus was released by Vi in the facility, and Miriam is trying to blame the rouge AI for this. I read this story as Vi and Miriam already crossing a line of “the end justifies the means” and simply infect and kill the “innocent” soldiers protecting the headquarter of their commander who is an em/AI, which Vi and Miriam perceive as a threat that needs to be eliminated at all cost.
[p.s.: I’ve wrote above comment before I’ve realized that I somehow missed to read 8th episode, and now, after ridding 8th episode, I think Vi and Miriam are cleaning up the mess they’ve created themselves—the rouge AI they fight in 9th episode is the one they’ve released, it just took over the command of the army by pretending to be their real commander]
I read it as: unleash the z-day AI which we already know how to counter, but which will attract the attention of the new AI, allowing us to the the neutrino beacon to locate the new AI.