RoboCop

Senator Hubert Dreyfuss: I don't care how sophisticated these machines are, Mr. Sellers. A machine does not know what it feels like to be human. It can't understand the value of human life. Why should it be allowed to take one? To legislate over life and death, we need people who understand right from wrong. What do your machines feel? Raymond Sellars: Well, they feel no anger. They feel no prejudice. They feel no fatigue, which makes them ideal for law enforcement. Putting these machines on the streets will save countless American lives. Dreyfuss: You're evading the question. Sellars: No, I'm not. Dreyfuss: Yes, you're evading the question. I asked what do these machines feel? If one of them killed a child, what would it feel? Sellars: Nothing. Dreyfuss: And that's the problem. That's why 72% of Americans won't stand for a robot pulling the trigger.

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Raymond Sellars: We need to give Americans a product they can love, a figure they can rally behind. Liz Kline: Sir, I have dissected this bill. There are no loopholes. We can't put a machine on the streets. Sellars: Forget machines. You saw the polls. Americans don't want a machine. They want a product with a conscience. They want something that knows what it feels like to be human. We're gonna put a man inside a machine.

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Alex Murphy: Kind of suit is this? Dr. Dennett Norton: It's not a... suit, Alex. It's... it-it's you. This was the only option. We're here, all of us, to make you whole again. Full body unlock. I want you to walk now, Alex. You can do that. Murphy: This seems so real. Norton: Alex, it's-it's very important you understand what is happening. This is real. It's not a dream, i-it's not drugs or anesthetics. Murphy: I know I'm dreaming because I can feel all of this. Dr. Jae Kim: Alex, amputees can often feel their missing appendages. It's called phantom limb sensation. Murphy: What do you mean "amputees?" What the hell did you do to me? Norton: Alex, you need to relax. Murphy: Take this off me now. Kim: Alex... Norton: You need to relax. Murphy: I need to get out of this thing. Kim: [over the exchange] Alex, Dr. Norton saved your life, there was much needed to repair - Murphy: What did you do to me??! [activates visor. chokes Dr. Norton] What have you done to me? Kim: Alex? [sees Dr Norton

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Liz Kline: Dr. Norton, how... how is he doing this? Dr. Dennett Norton: His software is faster. His hardware is stronger. He's a better machine. Kline: But you said humans hesitate. Norton: Only when they're making decisions. Kline: He's not making decisions? Norton: Well, yes and no. In his everyday life, man rules over the machine; Alex makes his own decisions. Now, when he engages in battle, the visor comes down and the software takes over, then the... the machine does everything. Alex is a... he's a passenger, just along for the ride. Kline: But if the machine is in control, then how is Murphy accountable? Who's pulling the trigger? Norton: When the machine fights, the system releases signals into Alex's brain making him think he's doing what our computers are actually doing. I mean, Alex believes right now he is in control, but he's not. It... it's the illusion of free will.

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DPD Chief Karen Dean: We have a problem. Alex is breaking protocol. Liz Kline: What's he doing? Dean: He's off solving his own murder. Tom Pope: Oh, that is genius. Why didn't I think of that?

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Clara: Alex. You need to come home. RoboCop: Clara, please stand aside. Clara: You need to speak to your son. RoboCop: Right now, I see three crimes in progress. Clara: Alex, listen to me. I know you're in there. David won't show his face at school. He's having nightmares. He's falling apart. I am falling apart. Please. I can't do this on my own. He's been scared ever since that night.

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