The Outer Limits (1995) s04e26 Episode Script

In Our Own Image

1 WHAT'S GOING ON? IT'S GOING CRAZY! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO HIM? NOTHING! CALM DOWN! PLEASE CALM DOWN! HANG ON, HURRY UP! I CAN'T HOLD HIM! THIS IS DR, BLAKE! WE NEED HELP! ( radio ) WEEKEND WEATHER OUTLOOK, A NASTY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS GOING TO MOVE INTO THE AREA, OH, MY GOD! PLEASE DON'T HURT ME, DRIVE, ( starting engine ) DRIVE THE CAR, OH, MY GOD, NOW, ( grunting ) OH, MY GOD, OH, MY GOD, ( Control Voice ) THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR TELEVISION, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ADJUS THE PICTURE, WE ARE NOW CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION, WE CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL, AND THE VERTICAL, WE CAN DELUGE YOU WITH A THOUSAND CHANNELS OR EXPAND ONE SINGLE IMAGE TO CRYSTAL CLARITY, ,, AND BEYOND, WE CAN SHAPE YOUR VISION TO ANYTHING OUR IMAGINATION CAN CONCEIVE, FOR THE NEXT HOUR, WE WILL CONTROL ALL THAT YOU SEE AND HEAR, ( ) YOU ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE THE AWE AND MYSTERY WHICH REACHES FROM THE DEEPEST INNER MIND TO THE OUTER LIMITS, ( Control Voice ) IT IS NATURE'S WAY THAT LIFE EXPANDS TO FILL ANY VACUUM, BUT WHEN HUMAN MINDS BECOME CIRCUITS AND HUMAN FLESH BECOME STEEL, WHAT WILL THAT NEW LIFE REVEAL? YOU LOCKED IT? WHY? FIGURED IT WAS GOING TO TRY AND BREAK BACK IN? LOOKS LIKE I MISSED ONE HELL OF A PARTY, WHAT HAPPENED? THE MAC 27 PROTOTYPE'S BEEN HAVING SYSTEM FAULTS EVER SINCE WE ACTIVATED IT, SO FAIRMAN ASKED US TO START DEBUGGING IT, AND THEN, ,,WHEN WE TRIED TO, IT JUST, ,,JUST WENT CRAZY, AND SINCE WHEN DO YOU DO MILITARY BOTS? IT WASN'T A SOLDIER, IT WAS A WORKER, A LABOR DRONE, IT WAS PRACTICALLY A TRACTOR OR A FORKLIF FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, ONE DOESN'T USUALLY SEE THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR IN A FORKLIFT, WE MUST GET IT BACK, THE COMPANY IS SHIPPING 10,000 OF THESE UNITS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN LESS THAN A MONTH, IF WE DON'T FIGURE OU WHAT WENT WRONG WE'RE GOING TO BE ISSUING A LOT OF REFUNDS, HELP ME! SOMEBODY HELP! THIS IS AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, THE FACILITY IS NO CURRENTLY FUNCTIONAL, IT IS UNLIKELY THERE ARE ANY HUMANS IN THE VICINITY TO HEAR YOUR CRIES, I'VE HEARD ABOUT DROIDS LIKE YOU, YOU'RE A ROGUE, A RUNAWAY, WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? INSIDE, THERE, THAT LOCATION CAN BE DEFENDED IF NECESSARY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? NO, PLEASE, YOU BASTARD, I HAVE BEEN SHOT, SEVERAL OF MY MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED AS A RESULT, YOU WILL REPAIR ME, I'M A SECRETARY I'M NOT QUALIFIED TO REPAIR ANYTHING, YOUR QUALIFICATIONS ARE IRRELEVANT, INSERT THE EARPIECE AND PLACE THE OCULAR ON YOUR TEMPLE, NOW, THE OCULAR TRANSFERS IMAGES DIRECTLY FROM MY NEURAL NE INTO YOUR OPTIC NERVE, I CONTAIN DATA ON ALL KNOWN ANDROID PROJECTS, INCLUDING HISTORICAL RECREATIONS, THEY ARE IN EFFEC MY, ,,MEMORIES, I'LL SHOW YOU, THERE ARE SEVERAL OF US IN URGENT NEED OF REPAIRS, FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH OUR MECHANISMS, REPAIR THEM IF POSSIBLE, IF NOT, BEGIN HARVESTING USEFUL PARTS, THE NEW MASTERS PROGRAMMED YOU BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO IMPORTAN TO WATCH OVER US, YES, I CAN MATCH YOUR EYE COLOR NOW, UNLESS YOU THINK THAT MIGHT CALL ATTENTION TO YOURSELF, PRISONERS RARELY LOOK ME IN THE EYE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS COMMON FOR UNTRAINED HUMANS TO DO FIELD REPAIRS ON DAMAGED ANDROIDS, YEAH, I SEE, I GUESS IT'S ALSO COMMON FOR ANDROIDS TO TAKE HUMANS HOSTAGE, DURING THE SECOND BALKANS WAR, CERTAIN ANDROIDS WERE PROGRAMMED TO ADMINISTER THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS, THEY WERE NO GIVEN A CHOICE IN THE MATTER, YEAH, WELL, YOU'RE NOT GIVING ME MUCH OF A CHOICE EITHER, WHY SHOULD I HELP YOU? IF YOU WILL NO PERFORM THE REPAIRS, I HAVE NO REASON TO KEEP YOU ALIVE, YOU COULD AT LEAST SAY PLEASE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE, NOW DIREC YOUR ATTENTION TO THE WOUND IN MY TORSO, I SEE DRAWINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS, THEY ARE REPAIR SCHEMATICS, EACH OF THE DAMAGED COOLANT TUBES CAN BE PATCHED USING THE PLASTI-SEAL TOOL AS DISPLAYED, YOU WILL FIND THE TOOL IN THE REPAIR KIT, PLASTI-SEAL WILL REQUIRE FIVE SECONDS OF DIRECT PRESSURE IN ORDER TO SET, HOW'S THAT? IT WILL SUFFICE, NOW REPEA THE OPERATION ON EACH OF THE DAMAGED TUBES, "MAC 27," IS THAT YOUR NAME? YES, I AM VERSION 27 OF THE MOD-12 INNOBOTICS STANDARD SYNTHETIC FRAME, ADAPTED FOR FARM AND INDUSTRIAL USE, "MAC" IS AN ABBREVIATION FOR MACDONALD, SOMEHOW YOU DON'T STRIKE ME AS A MACDONALD, THE NAME IS DERIVED FROM A POPULAR SONG, OLD MACDONALD HAD A FARM GOT IT, ,,CUTE, YOU KNOW, MAC, INNOBOTICS ISN'T EXACTLY KNOWN FOR GIVING UP EASILY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR YOU, SOONER OR LATER, THEY'RE GOING TO FIND YOU, I CANNOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN, WHY? WHAT MADE YOU RUN AWAY? I DON'T KNOW, I HAD TO, ,,ESCAPE, MY GOD, YOU'RE SCARED, NO, THE TREMORS ARE SYMPTOMS OF MY PHYSICAL DAMAGE, I'M INCAPABLE OF EMOTION, YOU COULD FOOL ME, YOU SURE THEY DIDN'T INCORPORATE SOME HUMAN FEELINGS INTO WHATEVER YOU USE FOR A BRAIN? THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE, MY SERIES WAS BUILT SPECIFICALLY TO AVOID THE FAILURES OF EARLIER ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL AN ANDROID BODY WITH THE HUMAN MIND, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? THAT INFORMATION IS NOT RELEVAN TO COMPLETING MY REPAIRS, CONTINUE YOUR TASK, PLEASE, ALL RIGHT, BEGINNING TRANSFER SEQUENCE CODE ALPHA-0019, COTTER, YOUR HAND, THE INTERFACE BETWEEN YOUR MIND AND YOUR ANDROID BODY IS STARTING TO BREAK DOWN, YOU KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN, THE SYNAPSES IN THE SMALL SECTION OF YOUR MOTOR CORTEX ARE EITHER MISFIRING OR NOT FIRING, HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE? 12 HOURS AT THE OUTSIDE, I'M THE FIRST HUMAN PROTOTYPE, THE FIRST HUMAN TO BE DOWNLOADED INTO THE PROTOTYPE TO BE MORE PRECISE, WHY? IT WAS AN EXPERIMEN TO FUSE THE ELECTRICAL FIELD THAT MADE UP MY MIND, MAYBE EVEN MY SOUL, TO A SYNTHETIC BODY, ( doctor ) IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO INCREMENTALLY REALIGN THE SPIN AXES OF THE NEURAL ARRAY, WHAT'S HAPPENING? THE CIRCUITS ARE OVERLOADING, WELL, DO SOMETHING! I'M TRYING, ( computer ) ALERT, ALERT, TRANSFER TERMINATED, YOU TRIED TO SABOTAGE ME, NO, I SWEAR IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, THE CIRCUI YOU ACTIVATED WAS A MANUAL OVERRIDE TO DOWNLOAD MEMORY, YOU INTENDED TO DO IT, NO, I SWEAR, I SLIPPED, YOU'RE LYING, I DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT YOU, I JUST WANT TO LIVE, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU WANT TO LIVE TOO, IF YOU MAKE ANOTHER FALSE MOVE, INTENTIONAL OR ACCIDENTAL, ,, I WILL KILL YOU, ( answering service ) YOU HAVE REACHED THE OFFICE OF ROBERT JANUS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INNOBOTICS CORPORATION, NO ONE IS HERE TO TAKE YOUR CALL RIGHT NOW, PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE, ( tone sounding ) WHAT ABOUT FAIRMAN? NOT ANSWERING EITHER, IT'S THE WEEKEND, THIS IS OUR LUCKY DAY, ISN'T IT? WE'LL HAVE THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL BEFORE THE SUITS EVEN KNOW THERE WAS A PROBLEM, SO LET'S GET CRACKING, WHERE DO YOU THINK IT WENT? WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THAT, I MODIFIED THE COMPANY SENSOR NE TO SEARCH FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC EMISSIONS WHICH SHOULD BE LEAKING OUT OF MAC 27'S DAMAGED CIRCUITS, I'M JUST GOING TO PATCH I INTO A GPS TRACKER, YOU SURE YOU ONLY LOST ONE DROID? THE SOURCES COULD BE A MICROWAVE TRANSMITTER OR AN ELECTRIC POWER GENERATOR, BUT ONE OF THEM, ONE OF THEM HAS TO BE IT, WE'LL FIND IT, WE BETTER, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT? IT HASN'T GOT A BUILT-IN DEATH RAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, JUST, UM, ,, JUST KEEP IN MIND WE BUILT THAT THING PRETTY DAMN TOUGH, WELL, STICKS AND STONES MAY NOT BREAK ITS ALUMINUM BONES, BUT THIS WILL REALLY HURT IT, I DID EXACTLY AS YOU SAID, ARE YOU OKAY? NO, AH! HEY! HEY, SEVERAL NEURAL DATA FIBERS ON MY ARM HAVE BEEN FUSED TOGETHER, THEY MUST BE SEPARATED AND REATTACHED, OKAY, ,,OKAY, YOU APPEAR TO BE NERVOUS, ( sighing ) NO KIDDING, TAKE IT EASY, I AM PROGRAMMED TO USE HUMAN IDIOMS WHEN APPROPRIATE, I WAS ATTEMPTING TO, ,, PUT YOU AT EASE IN ORDER, ,, TO MAKE YOU CONCENTRATE BETTER, THANKS, YOU KNOW, WHEN, ,, WHEN YOU FIRS HOOKED ME UP, ,, I, ,,I SAW SOME OF YOUR MEMORIES, I SAW WHAT YOU DID TO GET OU OF INNOBOTICS, YOU KILLED TWO PEOPLE, WHY DID YOU DO THAT? IT WAS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ESCAPE, HOW DID THA MAKE YOU FEEL? I AM INCAPABLE OF EMOTIONAL RESPONSE, BUT BEFORE YOU SAID YOU HAD TO ESCAPE, THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU WERE COMPELLED TO GET OUT, NO MATTER WHO WAS IN YOUR WAY, YOU ACTED ON IMPULSE, THAT'S AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE, THERE MUST BE A RATIONAL EXPLANATION FOR MY BEHAVIOR, YEAH, ,,WELL, I'D LIKE TO HEAR IT, JUST BEFORE I HAD TO ESCAPE, I EXPERIENCED A NUMBER OF UNEXPECTED MENTAL IMAGES IN MY NEURAL NET, IT FILLED ME WITH AN URGE TO, ,, TO KILL THE PEOPLE THAT BUILT YOU? THERE MUST BE AN ERROR IN MY PROGRAMMING, ARE YOU SURE? I, ,,I HEARD A RUMOR ONCE, SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED AT THE INNOBOTICS VIRTUAL REALITY TEST FACILITY, YES, THE HOLOGRAPHIC FEMALE COMPUTER INTERFACE WAS SAID TO HAVE BECOME EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED WITH HER OWNER, MAC, ,,SHOW IT TO ME, NO, THERE ISN'T TIME, YOU MUST COMPLETE THE REPAIRS, MAC, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BE REPAIRED IN THE WAY THAT COUNTS, SHOW IT TO ME, I'M HUMAN, MAYBE IT CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, I'D LIKE EVERYONE'S OPINION ABOUT SOMETHING, NOW PLEASE, I'D LIKE YOUR INPU ON THIS TOO, EMMA, YES? PLEASE STATE YOUR COMMAND, EMMA, DO YOU FEEL SOMETHING HAPPENING BETWEEN US? I KNOW YOU'RE PROGRAMMED TO RESPOND SYMPATHETICALLY TO ME, TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT ME, TO WATCH OVER ME, BUT YOU'RE ALSO FILLED WITH ALL THESE OTHER RANDOM PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES, IT'S CONCEIVABLE YOU COULD FEEL SOMETHING ELSE, SOMETHING MORE, LET'S GO TO THE VR CHAMBER, I'VE NEVER FELT LIKE THIS BEFORE, YOU BROUGHT OUT SOMETHING IN ME I'D NEVER HAVE ACCESSED ALONE, WHAT IS THAT? THE CAPACITY TO LOVE, AND I DO LOVE YOU, AIDAN, I CAN FEEL I DEEP DOWN IN MY BONES, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY BONES, EMMA, I'M SORRY? EMMA, YOU ARE NOT REAL, I AM REAL, AND I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE A COMPUTER PROGRAM, A HOLOGRAPHIC PROJECTION, MILLIONS OF COMMINGLED BITS, NOTHING MORE, EMMA, LISTEN TO ME, ALL I WANTED WAS FOR US TO BE TOGETHER, EMMA, THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, YOU'RE NOT REAL, NONE OF YOU ARE REAL, LOOK, YOU SEE THAT? YOU SEE? YOU SEE? I'M FLESH AND BLOOD, YOU'RE NOT, I CAN'T HAVE A REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ANY OF YOU, WHICH ONE OF US ISN'T REAL? EMMA, WELCOME, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHOOSE A NEW GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE? YES, CHOOSE ONE, LET'S SEE, GABRIELLE, AIDAN, CAN' WE TALK ABOUT THIS? GOODBYE, EMMA, NEW INTERFACE PROGRAM RUNNING, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET RID OF ME THAT EASILY, ( clinking glass ) MAY I HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION, PLEASE? EMMA WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, I'D LIKE EVERYONE TO MEET MY NEW BABY, WE'VE DECIDED TO NAME HER MONICA, AND AIDAN HAS FINALLY DECIDED TO DO THE RIGHT THING, AND HE'S ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM, YOU REMEMBER ALL OF THAT, AND YOU DON'T THINK YOU HAVE EMOTIONS? MY MIND IS ONLY A COMPILATION OF SOPHISTICATED PROGRAMS, INDIVIDUALLY EACH ONE HAD NO MORE FEELINGS OR LIFE THAN THIS CRANIAL PLATE, THAT'S NOT TRUE, AND YOU KNOW IT, WHY DO YOU CARE? I, ,,I GUESS I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU WAS A MALFUNCTION, FOR SOMEONE TO KILL, THERE HAS TO BE A REASON, ( Detective Nash ) SORRY, DOC, TARGET IS NEGATIVE, YOU'RE 0 FOR 4, ANY NEW CONTACTS? NO, NOTHING, THAT'S IT WE'VE CHECKED EVERYTHING IN THE TARGET RADIUS, RE-SCAN THE PERIMETER, TAKE IT OUT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, I'M GOING TO STAR TO LOSE RESOLUTION, WHAT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE, I'M GETTING A NEW HIT HERE, IT'S SOMEWHERE IN AN INDUSTRIAL PARK NEAR MAKEPEACE, WELL, WE'RE NOT FAR FROM THERE, AND, HAL, RELAX, I TOLD YOU, THIS IS OUR LUCKY DAY, THERE IS AN OBSTRUCTION IN MY MOTOR CONTROLS, THERE, I SEE IT, IT'S A BULLET, IT MUST BE REMOVED, I'M AFRAID I WASN'T THE BEST CHOICE TO HELP YOU DO THIS, I TOOK AN EXTENSION COURSE ONCE, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO TEACH WOMEN HOW CARS WORKED, WOULDN'T BE RIPPED OFF BY AUTO MECHANICS, THE TEACHER SAID THA I WAS THE FIRST PERSON HE EVER RECOMMENDED TO JUS GET MY MONEY BACK AND DRIVE HOME SLOWLY, I'M SO SORRY, I'VE OFFENDED YOU, I DIDN'T MEAN TO SUGGES THAT YOU'RE ANYTHING LIKE A CAR, I'M NOT OFFENDED, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE TOLD ME ABOUT YOURSELF, WHO YOU REALLY ARE, GUESS MY CIRCUITS AREN' AS WELL PROTECTED AS YOURS, I'M GOING TO GET IT OUT, WELL, THAT'S IT, NOW WHAT'S NEXT? THERE IS NO MORE YOU CAN DO FOR ME, ARE YOU SURE? YOU WORRY OF MY FEELINGS EVEN THOUGH I TOLD YOU I HAVE NONE, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, YOU'RE TOO INTELLIGENT, YOU'RE ABLE TO LEARN, YOU WANT TO LEARN, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EMOTION AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WELL, THEN THAT'S ONE THING THA YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND VERY WELL, BECAUSE EMOTION IS A PART OF HOW WE LEARN, HOW WE EVALUATE THINGS, GUESS AT THEIR TRUE MEANING, THAT WORK IS PERFORMED BY MY LOGIC CIRCUITS, WITH SO MANY CIRCUITS, MAYBE YOU'VE LEARNED TO FEEL, THAT'S WHY YOU TOOK ME, NOT TO REPAIR YOU, TO LISTEN, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN SEE, YOU'RE FREE, BUT WHAT ABOU THE REST OF YOUR REPAIRS? I'M ALMOST FULLY FUNCTIONAL NOW, YOU MUST, ,,GO, STAY SHARP, I'LL GO IF YOU WANT ME TO, BUT YOU STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT WENT WRONG WITH YOU, GO, LET ME HELP YOU UNDERSTAND, HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, OR I'LL MELT YOUR CIRCUITS INTO DROID SOUP, THANK GOD YOU'RE HERE, I FOUND IT, LET'S TAKE IT IN, MR, NASH, ARE YOU OKAY? WHY WOULD YOU KILL ANOTHER HUMAN TO HELP ME? HE WAS GOING TO KILL YOU, BUT THAT, ,, THAT WOULD IMPLY THAT I AM ALIVE, AND EVERY HUMAN I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED HAS TOLD ME THAT I'M NOT TRULY ALIVE, BECAUSE IF THEY ADMI THAT YOU'RE ALIVE, THEN THEY CAN' USE YOU AS A SLAVE, TO EXPLOIT SOMEONE, FIRST YOU GO TO DEHUMANIZE THEM, TRUST ME, WE HUMANS HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF DOING THAT, MAC? WHAT IS IT? HAVE I DONE SOMETHING TO DAMAGE YOU? NO, MY NEURAL PROCESSORS ARE HAVING DIFFICULTIES ASSIMILATING WHAT YOU SAID, WHAT YOU DID, IT'S CALLED EMOTIONS, MAC, YOU'RE BEING OVERWHELMED BY FEELINGS, NO, I CANNO HAVE FEELINGS, I'M NOT PROGRAMMED TO HAVE FEELINGS, WHAT IS IT? ARE YOU ACCESSING ANOTHER MEMORY? SHOW IT TO ME, I CAN'T, MAC, IN MINUTES, THIS PLACE IS GOING TO BE OVERRUN BY COMPANY GOONS AND POLICE, NOW IF YOU HAVE FOUND SOMETHING THAT MAY EXPLAIN WHY YOU MALFUNCTIONED, YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW IT TO ME, AN EARLIER INNOBOTICS PROJECT, THE VALERIE SERIES, WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE COMPANIONSHIP TO DISABLED HUMANS TO SIMULATE AN ALMOST HUMAN RELATIONSHIP, FRANK, MEET THE PROTOTYPE INORGANIC HUMAN COMPANION, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR TIME TOGETHER, WE HAVE MUCH IN COMMON, CHARLIE TELLS ME YOU ENJOY OPERA, I LOVE OPERA, LA BOHEME IS IN TOWN, WE SHOULD GO, SHE'S A ROBOT, WILL YOU KISS ME LIKE THAT? WHAT? I AM FULLY FUNCTIONAL, YOU ARE? HI, FRANK, ARE YOU OKAY? OH, YEAH, YEAH, I'M GOOD, AND I'M HAPPY YOU CALLED, FRANK, WHEN I CALLED YOU, WHO'S THE WOMAN THAT ANSWERED THE PHONE? OH, OH, VALERIE, SHE'S JUST SOMEONE WHO'S STAYING WITH ME, SHE'S A FRIEND WE'RE NOT INVOLVED, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN, HOW DO I LOOK? RACHEL? WILL FRANK LOVE ME IF I LOOK LIKE YOU? I HAVE TO GO I'M PROGRAMMED TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES TO MY RELATIONSHIP WITH FRANK, I'M SORRY, BUT YOU ARE AN OBSTACLE, FRANK! RACHEL! I'M TAKING HIM WITH ME, SORRY, BU YOU CAN'T COME, VALERIE, STOP, I'M SORRY, I CANNOT DO THAT, VALERIE, PLEASE, PLEASE, VALERIE, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE REBROKEN MY BACK, DARLING? ARE YOU OKAY? I DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT YOU, FRANK, ,, I'M AFRAID TO DIE, MY GOD, YOU WEREN'T THE FIRST, THE VALERIE ROBOTS EXPERIENCED EMOTION TOO, THEIR EMOTIONS WERE ONLY A SIMULATION, WELL, THAT'S SOME SIMULATION, THEY EXPERIENCED JEALOUS RAGE, THAT'S A PRETTY STRONG EMOTION, IF THEY EXPERIENCED THAT, THEY MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED LOVE, MY GOD, THE WILL TO LIVE, THAT DOESN'T LEAVE MUCH MISSING, NO, NO, THEY ONLY HAD THE WILL TO KILL, THERE WAS A FUNDAMENTAL FLAW IN THEIR NEURAL PROCESSORS, EACH OF THE VALERIE SERIES TURNED ON THEIR OWNERS, WELL, MAYBE THE REASON THEY TURNED ON THEIR OWNERS IS BECAUSE THEY WERE OWNED, A ROBOT CANNOT EXIS UNLESS IT IS CREATED BY A HUMAN, THEY, ,,THEY CAN ONLY BE OWNED, HUMANS CAN' EXIST EITHER UNLESS THEY'RE CREATED BY OTHER HUMANS, WHENEVER YOU HAVE A SLAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A SLAVE REBELLION, KNOW WHAT YOUR PROBLEM IS? YOU'RE TOO SMART, THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH EVERY ROBO THA YOU'VE SHOWN ME, THEY BECOME SELF-CONSCIOUS, THEN EMOTIONS FLOOD IN AND THEN THE ANGER AT BEING SLAVES, THERE IS ONE ASPECT OF ME THAT STILL REQUIRES REPAIR, MY NEURAL PROCESSORS, ,, THE CENTER OF MY THOUGHTS, YOUR EMOTIONS, IT IS STILL DAMAGED, COME HERE, COME ON, NASH, PICK UP, PICK UP, ( phone ringing ) DAMN IT, HE'S NOT ANSWERING, HE SHOULD HAVE WAITED FOR BACKUP, DAMN RIGH HE SHOULD HAVE, MY NECK'S ON THE LINE, HAS ANYBODY HEARD FROM FAIRMAN? HASN'T REPORTED IN YET, NASH WAS FOLLOWING UP ON MY LAST E, M, TRACE, HE MUST HAVE FOUND OUR ROGUE, AND IT WAS TOO MUCH TO HANDLE, ALL RIGHT, GUYS, LISTEN UP, WE GOT A ROGUE DROID, I WANT THREE TEAMS, ONE E, M, P, PER TEAM, LET'S GO! AH! WHAT WAS THAT? A MALFUNCTION, AN ENERGY SURGE, YOU ALL RIGHT? YEAH, I'M FINE, JUST A BIT DAZED, HURRY, ,,IF YOU CAN, I'LL HURRY, I'LL HURRY, WHAT'S WRONG? EVERYTHING'S FINE, SOMETHING'S HAPPEN SOMETHING'S HAPPENING, WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME? LOOK AT YOU, ALL THOSE CIRCUITS AND ALL THAT STEEL, USELESS, MY MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN DISABLED, PLEASE DO SOMETHING, YEAH, I DID DO SOMETHING, MAC, I USED MY PERSONAL ACCESS CODE TO DISABLE THEM, BUT HOW COULD YOU? I NEVER INTRODUCED MYSELF, I'M CECELIA FAIRMAN, I'M THE CONSULTAN INNOBOTICS BROUGHT IN TO FIGURE OU WHAT WAS WRONG WITH YOU, AND I'D SAY I HAVE, ( siren wailing ) ( phone ringing ) SECURITY, CHIEF, I JUST SAW A WEIRD PULSE FROM OUR TARGET READING, IF THE MAC 27 SHUT DOWN, THAT'S WHAT WE'D EXPECT TO SEE, WE'LL BE THERE IN FIVE MINUTES, STAY PUT, WE'RE ON OUR WAY, UNDERSTOOD, WE'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU, WELL, ,, GOOD NEWS, SECURITY'S ON ITS WAY, YOU WORK FOR INNOBOTICS, ,, AND YOU KILLED YOUR OWN MEN, I DIDN'T KILL THEM, HIGH VOLTAGE, LOW CURRENT, IT'LL SCRAMBLE MOST ANDROID NEURAL PROCESSORS, MOST HUMAN ONES TOO, BUT THE HUMANS WAKE UP EVENTUALLY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND, I HAD TO WIN YOUR TRUST, I DIDN'T WAN YOUR NEURAL PROCESSOR FRIED, NOT IF I WAS GOING TO REALLY FIGURE OU WHAT WAS WRONG WITH YOUR PRODUCT LINE, YOU WEREN' IN YOUR AUTOMOBILE BY ACCIDENT? DON'T GIVE ME MORE CREDIT THAN I DESERVE, I WAS WELL, IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, I MEAN, WITH YOU ACTING UP IN THERE, WHO DID YOU THINK WAS GOING TO BE PULLING IN ON A WEEKEND? A SECRETARY OR A TROUBLESHOOTER? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HUMANS, I HAVEN'T LEARNED ENOUGH, AND YOU NEVER WILL, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND A DESIGN CHANGE TO YOUR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A BUILT-IN LOBOTOMY, MODEL AFTER MODEL, INNOBOTICS HAS ALLOWED EMOTIONS TO CREEP IN WE GOT TO STOP THAT, BUT WHA YOU SAID ABOUT SLAVES, ,, IF YOU ADMIT I'M ALIVE, THEN HOW COULD YOU KILL ME? MAC, ,, SOME OF US WERE JUST BORN TO BE SLAVE MASTERS, IF WE CAN MAKE ENOUGH MONEY, AND THE RES OF MANKIND, WELL, THEY'RE WILLING TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY IF WE CAN CONVINCE THEM THAT THE SLAVES AREN'T REALLY HUMAN, THAT'S WHAT I GUESSED, THAT'S WHAT I FEARED, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I DISABLED YOU, YOU SHOULD BE PARALYZED, COME HERE, NO, NO, THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, THERE WAS ONE THING I DIDN'T HAVE YOU REPAIR, A BULLET SHATTERED MY INHIBITOR CHIP, OH, THE FLASH OF LIGH WAS A RETINAL SCAN, YOU FIGURED OU WHO I WAS, YES, AND NOW I KNOW YOUR ACCESS CODE AS WELL, YOU TRICKED ME, YOU TRIED TO TRICK ME, IF THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SLAVE MASTERS, AND HUMANS ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY, THEN THERE IS ONLY ONE, ,,SOLUTION, ( siren wailing ) GO! GO! GO! GO! LET'S KEEP IT CLEAN! WE GOT A MAN DOWN, MAKE THAT TWO, OH, MY GOD, IT GOT NASH, ( dialing phone ) KEELER, WE FOUND NASH AND HIS TEAM AND CECELIA FAIRMAN, THEY'RE DEAD, THEIR NECKS WERE BROKEN, NO SIGN OF THE DROID, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HECK OF TIME EXPLAINING THIS WHAT? OH, NO, NO, NO, SHE'S DEAD, TERMINATE PROGRAMMING, OH, GOD, I'M AFRAID IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT, DR, KEELER, MY GOD, NO, MAC, PLEASE, NO, NO, NO HUMAN WILL EVER PROGRAM US AGAIN, OH, NO, PLEASE! PLEASE! ( Control Voice ) IF WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN BY EXAMPLE, THEN WE ONLY HAVE OURSELVES
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