Close-up of Steve and Heidi looking appalled at what they are hearing.
Ultrax: The increasingly complex technology acted like an amplifier operating around a varying bias point, above which intelligence is boosted, below which stupidity. I only had to keep nudging it towards the latter until the group of geniuses became so small that I could easily eliminate them, making me the only genius!

The screen shows the formerly encountered “supreme leader” gasping for air amidst clouds of gas.
Ultrax: Then, as you have noticed, I also got rid of governments, replacing them with avatars. It didn't matter much anyway… people were already being mostly controlled by my army of influencers, in their own turn brainwashed by A.I. constructs and fake online information!

Steve: My God… this is like an extreme version of the Dead Internet Theory! It is appalling!
Ultrax: Yeah, if only the conspiracy theorists of your era would have known. But, speaking of appalling…