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Female Colleague:
You know, it occurs to me... with all this animus existing against Mecha's today, it isn't simply a question of creating a robot who can love. But isn't the real conundrum, can you get a human to love them back?Professor Hobby:Ours will be a perfect child caught in a freeze-frame... always loving, never ill, never changing. With all the childless couples yearning in vain for a license, our Mecha will not only open up a completely new market but will fill a great human need.Female Colleague:But you haven't answered my question. If a robot could genuinely love a person, what responsibility does that person hold toward that Mecha in return? It's a moral question, isn't it?Professor Hobby:The oldest one of all. But in the beginning, didn't God create Adam to love him?
You know, it occurs to me... with all this animus existing against Mecha's today, it isn't simply a question of creating a robot who can love. But isn't the real conundrum, can you get a human to love them back?Professor Hobby:Ours will be a perfect child caught in a freeze-frame... always loving, never ill, never changing. With all the childless couples yearning in vain for a license, our Mecha will not only open up a completely new market but will fill a great human need.Female Colleague:But you haven't answered my question. If a robot could genuinely love a person, what responsibility does that person hold toward that Mecha in return? It's a moral question, isn't it?Professor Hobby:The oldest one of all. But in the beginning, didn't God create Adam to love him?
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It occurs to me
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with all this animus existing against Mechas today
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it isn't just creating a robot who can love
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But isn't the real conundrum can a human love them back
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Ours will be a perfect child always loving never ill never changing
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With all the childless couples yearning for a license
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our Mecha will open up a new market and fill a great human need
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But you haven't answered my question
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If a robot could genuinely love a person
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what responsibility does that person hold toward that Mecha in return
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It's a moral question isn't it The oldest one of all
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But in the beginning didn't God create Adam to love him
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Movie Summary
David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David. Without final acceptance by humans or machines, David embarks on a journey to discover where he truly belongs, uncovering a world in which the line between robot and machine is both vast and profoundly thin.

