Which means that the series is in some ways accurate to contemporary American tech companies. But in terms of quantum computers, of which there are an undetermined number in existence, “Devs” hovers in a fictional space.

What theory is Devs based on?

The issue at the heart of Devs is that of the conflict between determinism and the many-worlds theory. Forrest is a staunch believer in determinism, which states that everything, including all human behaviour, is predetermined – in other words we have no free will or control over our actions.

Does Devs predict the future?

Together with a team of handpicked developers, Forest secretly constructs a quantum computer so powerful that, by the end of the penultimate episode, it can perfectly predict the future and reverse-project the past, allowing the denizens of Devs to tune in to any bygone event in lifelike clarity.