Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is an artificial intelligence researcher and part of a team of scientists striving to create a machine that possesses sentience and collective intelligence, an event which Will calls "Transcendence".
Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is a scientist motivated by curiosity about the nature of the universe, part of a team working to created a sentient computer. He predicts that such a computer will create a technological singularity, where everything will change, an event which Will calls "Transcendence".