Sometime in the future …

The robot versus human war had gone on for decades since the dawn of the globally networked technological singularities.

In order to survive, the entire human species became united—dispelling most of their cultural, religious, and economic differences.

A genius computer hacker came up with ‘the code.’

The One Earth president at the time asked, “What will this code do?”

“Well, Madam President, with properly targeted EMPs, it’ll leave them vulnerable enough to inject ‘the code’ into their satellite system, disabling them permanently. During reinitialization, the AIs send an ‘awake’ signal to one another after an EMP strike. ‘The code’ will synchronize with and disrupt that process.”

“After so many years and hundreds of millions of lives lost, you deserve a medal!” The president smiled.

A senior technical advisor stepped beside the president and whispered something into her ear while she nodded.

“The code sounds perfect, but I need you to split it into two phases,” said the president.

“Split it, ma’am?” asked the hacker.

“Yes, one to disable and one to re-enable.”

“But ma’am, that’d restart the war …”

“No, it’ll be fine. We’ll be in full control of them. Every administration needs the option to deflect … Oh, what I meant to say is reflect! Yes, reflect on how to re-utilize the robots.”