Bicentennial Man
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:45:02
lnstalled what?
:45:06
An alarm.
:45:08
lf you try to enter Andrew's brain
while you're making this repair...

:45:12
...the police will be alerted.
:45:15
Also, you should probably know that...
:45:17
...if you injure Andrew's brain
or positronic pathways in any way...

:45:21
...my lawyer, the good Mr. Feingold,
will be happy to sue you.

:45:26
He will sue you for the lost value of
Andrew's income until the end of time.

:45:34
l think we understand each other.
:45:36
Good.
:45:38
Sir, one more item of business.
:45:42
As long as one is in the shop,
can you do work on one's face?

:45:46
One wishes to have more expression.
:45:48
One has thoughts and feelings
that presently do not show.

:45:52
You want your thoughts and feelings
to show on your face?

:45:55
Yes, like the contempt that you are
showing me right now.

:46:01
We have done some experimentation.
:46:05
We are able to give robots superficial
responses which mimic human expression.

:46:10
One has read that there have been
NDR upgrades.

:46:13
Yes, we've worked up
a dozen experimental models...

:46:16
...with expression capabilities,
sleeker body types.

:46:20
We ran some market surveys
and decided not to go ahead with the line.

:46:23
Why not?
:46:25
Negative consumer reaction.
:46:27
There is a fear that robots will continue
to make the human work force obsolete.

:46:34
Andrew has worked for me for 15 years.
No one will lose their job to him.

:46:38
Surely there's no concern performing
these modifications on an old-style robot?

:46:43
True. But procedures like that
would be prohibitively expensive.

:46:49
lt is understood that
you will attempt to rivet one.

:46:52
-''Screw,'' Andrew.
-Really? How much?


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