Bicentennial Man Page #3

How much do you want?

-I don't think I understand.

-Well,

clearly you realize

if word of this gets out,

we'll have to recall our entire line.

We're in people's homes, sir,

with their children.

If it is doing what you say,

it can also run amok.

One is not qualified

to run "mucks."

All right, sir.

If I let you have Andrew,

you'll what--

you'll disassemble him, will you?

Carefully, yes.

We would need to trace the actual course

of Andrew's neural pathways,

replace the positronic brain,

then put it--

him--back together

and return him to you, good as new.

Now, these neural pathways

are presumably fragile.

Isn't it possible, in the course

of these procedures,

that something might go wrong?

We would make

every conceivable effort.

And, in the unlikely event

that something did go wrong,

you'd, of course,

replace Andrew.

Of course.

Even though he's unique

and irreplaceable.

[Sighs]

He--His--

You s--

Well, it's a natural error--

it has human form,

therefore you read mechanical

failure as eccentricity...

and anthropomorphize it.

It is a household appliance,

and yet you act

like it is a man.

We're leaving.

Come on, Andrew.

Please, I beg you

to reconsider, Mr. Martin.

Let us examine Andrew,

talk to your wife. Name your price!

Now, listen to me.

There is no price for individuality.

He is, for better or for worse,

my robot,

and you will never

lay your hands on him--

do you understand?

All in good time.

You see, sooner or later

you'll have to bring it in for repairs.

-Andrew, I've made a decision.

-Yes, sir?

You will cut back on your workload.

You can no longer...

devote yourself entirely

to children and housework.

But one likes the children, sir,

specifically the smaller one,

Little Miss.

That is a contradiction, Andrew,

and that is exactly the sort of

thing you need to learn about.

Thank you for choosing

NorthAm Robotics.

-So we need a new regimen.

-Regimen, sir?

First of all, you'll spend part

of each day making something.

So as not to offend humans,

we'd better find something

that's not overly artistic.

Could you make other things?

I could teach you my line of work--

you know,

timepieces and clocks and so on.

One could not tell you, sir.

One has never attempted such things.

Well, you will now.

Also, you'll spend part of each evening

in instruction with me.

-And what is the purpose

of this instruction?

-To teach you, Andrew--

to teach you all the things

that haven't been programmed into you.

Andrew, you're unique.

-Unique?

-Thank you

for choosing NorthAm Robotics.

And I feel a responsibility

to help you...

become whatever

you're able to be.

And what is one

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