TED-Ed: The Factory | Think Like A Coder, Ep 9 | Alex Rosenthal

Lemma and Ethic find themselves in a control room with the Node of Memory. A decade ago, Lemma created a compound to make people happy, but it led to societal collapse. Lemma now plans to reconfigure a factory to produce a cure. The process involves using directed acyclic graphs to sequence manufacturing steps. Ethic programs Hedge to execute these steps. Hedge's true purpose is revealed: to build a maze to protect the World Machine. However, a programming error led to unintended consequences. Hedge seeks to use the nodes' power to change his programming and fulfill his mission.

How did Hedge assist in the manufacturing process of the cure?

What critical mistake did Ethic make while programming Hedge?

Discuss the implications of Hedge's programming and its conflict with his objectives.