1、A. I. : Art ificial InteI Iigence (2001)by Ian Watson and Brian Aldiss.The Comp Iete Dialogue.Part OneATLANTIC OCEANNARRATORThose were the years after the ice caps had melted because of the greenhouse gases, and the oceans had r i sen to drown so many cities a Iong a I I the shore Ii nes of the worI
2、d. Amsterdam. Venice. New York. Forever lost.Mill ions of peopIe were d i spIaced, climate became chaotic. Hundreds of mi I I ions of peopIe starved in poorer countr ies. EIsewhere, a high degree of prosper ity survi ved when most governments i n the deveI oped worId i ntroduced IegaI sanctions to s
3、tr ictIy Iicense pregnancies, which was why robots, who were never hungry and who d i d not consume resources beyond those of the i r first manufacture, were so essent ia I an economic Ii nk i n the chain ma iI of soci ety.LIBRARY-CYBERTRONICS CORP.HOBBYTo create an art i f i c i a I be i ng has bee
4、n the dream of man sinee the bi rth of science. Not merely the beginning of the modern age, when our forebears astonished the worId with the first thinking machines: primitive monsters that could pI ay chess.How far we have come. The artificial being is a reaIity of perfect s imuIacrum, art i cuIate
5、d i n Iimb, art i cuI ate i n speech, and not I ack i ng i n human response?SHEILAAhhh!HOBBY.and even pain memory response.How d i d that make you fee I? Angry? Shocked?SHEILAI dont understand.MONICACan you fee I my hand on the back of your neck?DAVIDYes.MONICADoes any of th i s hurt?DAVIDNo.MONICAO
6、kay. Now. Look at me? Ready? Ci rrus. Socrates. Particie.Dec i be I. Hurr icane. Dolphin. TuI ip.Mon i ca. Dav i d, Mon i ca.Al I right 囱 wonder if I did that r ight. I don 换-DAVIDWhat were those words for, Mommy?MONICAWhat d i d you caI I me?DAVIDMommy.MONICAWho am I, Dav i d?DAVIDYou are my Mommy.
7、MASTER BEDROOMMONICA(Humming. . .) Hmm. . . !HENRYYou smeI I lovely. I love it when you wear this stuff.MONICAWiI I you still Iove me when i ts a I I gone?HENRYNo.MONICAWha.stop it!HENRYBut we can get marr ied again and begin with a fragrance thats not in such short suppIy.MONICAHmmm.HENRYGotta go.
8、Come on, we re late!MONICA(StiI I humming.)HENRYHe I Io, David.DAVIDHe I Io, Henry.MONICAWaIk us out, a Ir i ght, sweetheart? Come on.My shoe! (Laughs)FOYERMONICAHenry, your tie!HENRYYeah I know! Im helpless!MONICAYou* re hopeless!HENRYOh, it* s not bad.MONICAOh, its just tight. . I was just trying
9、so hard.HENRYYou see the way he rearranged that.MONICAHe tr ies so hard to please me. He has a way with my coffee.HENRYAnd it 担 creepy. You can never hear him coming. He 担 just always there.MONICAHe is only a chi Id.HENRYMonica, he 担 a toy.MONICAHe 担 a gift, from you.David! When we leave, a I I the
10、doors and windows wiI I go smart, so you can* t leave your room, but, if youd like.oh, I put way too much on.DAVIDDo I smeI I IoveIy?MONICA(Sighs) I I I go look.MASTER BEDROOMDAVIDMommy? Will you die?MONICAWell. one day Dav i d. Yes, I will.DAVIDI 拘 I be alone.MONICADon 挟 worry yourseIf so.DAVIDHow
11、long wiI I you Iive?MONICAFor ages. For fifty years.DAVIDI Iove you, Mommy. I hope you never die. Never.MONICAYes.HENRYDarIi ng? We re becoming unfash ionab Iy, unreasonabIy I ate.MARTINS BEDROOMMONICATh i s be Ionged to Mart i n. My son.TEDDYGrr-rov/r!MONICAHis name i s Teddy. Teddy, this i s David
12、.DAVIDHe I Io, Teddy.TEDDYHe I Io, David.MONICADavid, Teddy i s a Super-Toy, and I know you 拘 I take good care of each other.TEDDYI am not. a toy.STAIRCASE/FOYERMONICAHenry? Sorry. . . !HENRYWhat were you doing up there?MONICAOhh, I I I teI I you in the car. C* mon.MARTINS BEDROOMDAVIDIs fifty years
13、 a long time?TEDDYI dont think so.KITCHENMONICADavid, r I I get it! Honey, hand it to me.DAVIDLook what I can do!(Operators voice) Hello.?MONICAHah. . . Yes?DAVID(Operator* s voice) Mrs. Swinton, could you hold a moment? I have an urgent caI I from your husband.MONICAMonica: Yes. I will. Uh. uh.Davi
14、d, I need to taIk to the phone now.DAVID(Henrys voice) Monica? Monica can you hear me, Monica?MONICALet the phone taIk now. Come on.DAVID(Henrys voice) Monica, can you hear me? Pick up the phone Mon i ca.MONICARun along, play with Teddy.DAVID(Henrys voice) Pick up the phone. Monica! Oh my god Moni.M
15、ONICAHelIo? Henry? What is it? Wha. . What? When? Oh god.FOYERMONICADav i d? The most wonderfuI happened. Th i s i s Mart i n.MONICADav i d? The most wonderfuI happened. Th i s i s Mart i n.thing in the whole worId has Thi s is my son.MARTINS BEDROOMTEDDYMart i n, no.MARTINsee who he comes to f i rs
16、t. Comesee who he comes to f i rst. ComeWe 拘 I have a contest, to here, Teddy! Come here, boy! Teddy! Come here! You caI I him too.DAVIDCome here, Teddy.MARTINCome on.DAVIDCome here, boy.MARTINTeddy! Teddy! Come here! Come on, Teddy! Come here!DAVIDCome here, Teddy.MARTINCome here, Teddy! Teddy! Ted
17、dy come! C* mere!DAVIDCome here, Teddy.MARTINCome Teddy! Come!TEDDYMommy! Mommy!MONICAAre they tortur i ng you , Teddy?MARTINHe used to be a Super-Toy, but now he 担 old and stupid. You want him?DAVIDYes, please.MARTINSo, I guess now you 掺 e the new Super-Toy, so what good stuff can you do? Oh, can y
18、ou do power stuff, I ike, uhhh, waIk on the ceiling or the waI Is? Anti- gravity? Like, float, or fly?DAVIDCan you?MARTINNo. because I 牺 rea I. Can you break th i s?DAVIDI better not.MARTINThese things.they do Iook better in pieces. They do.DAVIDI can 抉.MARTINStand up. Look, they made you bigger tha
19、n me.DAVIDWho did?MARTINWell, they did, the dolImakers. They made you taI I er. Why don* t you look Iike one?DAVIDLike one.MARTINYoure not cute Iike a doll. You just look Iike someone ffi. ordinary kid. When 担 your bi rthday?DAVIDI never had a bi rthday.MARTINOkay 却 el I, when were you first bui It?
20、 When 担 your 憎 uild day?DAVIDI don 抉 remember.MARTINOkay, what 担 the f i rst th i ng you can remember?DAVIDA bird.MARTINWhat sort of b i rd?DAVIDA bi rd with big wings. And feathers st icking up from the bottom.MARTINCould you draw it?DAVIDYes.MARTINThat looks Iike a peacock. Can you say peacock?DAV
21、IDPeacock.MARTINCan you say pea?DAVIDPea.MARTINNow, say that two t i mes fast.KITCHENMONICAOkay. Then you gotta put the green ones?MARTINRead to us?MONICAHey. . . Let 担 see. Oh, yes?MARTINDavid 担 going to love it.ON THE BOATMONICAAs soon as the show was over, the showman went i nto the kitchen, wher
22、e the whole sheep v/hich he was prepar ing for supper was roasting on a slowly turning spit in the furnace. When he saw that there was not enough wood to finish roast i ng it, he cal led HarI equin and Pulcinella and sa i d, Bring me in Pinocchio! You wiI I find him hanging on a nail.He is made of n
23、ice dry wood and I 捅 sure he wi I I make a nice fi re for my roast.MARTINS BEDROOMMONICAPinocchio worked untiI midnight, and instead of making eight baskets, he made s i xteen. Then he went to bed, and felI asleep. As he slept, he dreamt he saw the fai ry, lovely and smiIing, who gave him a kiss, sa
24、ying, Brave Pinocchio, in return for your good heart, I forgive a I I your past misdeeds. Be good in the future, and you wiI I be happy.* Then the dream ended, and P i nocch i o awoke, fulI of amazement. You can i mag i ne how aston i shed he was when he saw that he was no longer a puppet, but a rea
25、I boy, just Iike other boys.DINING ROOMHENRYJosephine evident Iy has.uh. . taken a leave of absence.HOBBYWhat d i d I do to your fee Ii ngs?SHEILAYou did it to my hand.HOBBYAye. Theres the rub. Undress.At Cybertronics of New Jersey, the artificiaI being has reached its h i ghest form. Uni versa I Iy
26、 adopted mecha, the bas i s for hundreds of mode Is, serving the human race i n a I I the multiplicity of daily Iife.That* s far enough. But we have no reason to congratulate ourseIves. We are, r ightIy, proud of it, but what does it amount to?Sheila, open.A sensory toy, with intel Iigent behavioraI
27、 ci rcuits, using neurone sequencing technology as old as I am. I be Ii eve that my work on mapp i ng the impuIse pathways i n a single neurone can enable us to construct a mecha of a qua Iitatively different order. I propose that we build a robot, who can love.TEAM MEMBER #1Love?TEAM MEMBER #2But w
28、e ship thousands of lover mode Is every month.TEAM MEMBER #3Of course, you* re your own best customer, Siyatsu-sama.TEAM MEMBER #2Qua Iity control is 鄂 ery important!HOBBYTeI I me, what is love?SHEILALove is fi rst widening my eyes a little bit and quickening my breathing a Iittle and warming my ski
29、n and touching with my -Oh my God.HENRYUmm. . . humm.MONICAWell.I saw that coming.HENRYHow could you see that coming? They were fabulous together.MONICAOh Come on! She was miserabIe. . . I mean.HENRYWell, he never sa i d they were mi serabIe.MONICAYeah. . that 担 because. Was that because of the cutb
30、acks or what?HENRYI have no idea. They certainly don 挟 teI I me anything.MONICADidn* t they have a bit of a weight problem?HENRYWe I I so do I. I mean.MONICADo not! That i s r i d i cuIous.HENRY.well. a I I r i ght look. . I don 挟 know. i sn 换 there.something about inner beauty?TEDDYYou wiI I break.
31、MONICAOh that is r idiculous.HENRYExact Iy.oh, work has become so silly.eat?Does heMONICAI 柄 notMONICAI 柄 notsure.HENRYYou 掺 enotsupposed to do that.MONICADavid, whatareyou doing? David?!HENRYDo you havethemanuaI. . . the book?MONICAMart i n, putthefork down. Put i t down now.HENRYStop. Stop,David.
32、WiI Iyou stop?MONICADavid?! Stop it. Martinyou e provoking him.OK?HENRYDavid, stop it!MONICAThe two of you stop it!Stop it now!Stop it! David! Stop it!LATERFIRST A. R. T. TECHHmmm. . spewed i n the code bIockers.SECOND A. R. T. TECHSmeI I that gar lie!FIRST A. R. T. TECHShould clone the chest br idg
33、e.Ehhh. !SECOND A. R. T. TECHDid you locate the servers?FIRST A. R. T. TECHDon* t touch the merchand i se.SECOND A. R. T. TECHIt* s a I I swamp i n here.FIRST A. R. T. TECHYou. made a mess of yourseIf! Spinach is for rabbits, people and Popeye. Not robo-boys.SECOND A. R. T. TECHGo ahead insert your
34、cells. lets do a patching on the lower shelves.DAVIDIt* s OK, Mommy. It doesnt hurt!FIRST A. R. T. TECHThe act i vators are a I I hooked up on th i s side.HENRYMon i ca.MONICANo! I just have to.SECOND A. R. T. TECHThat* s not a I I of it. thats not a 11 of it.MARTINS BEDROOMMARTINIf you do someth i
35、ng reaI Iy, reaI Iy, reaIly spec i a I for me, a spec i a I mission, then Ill go tell Mommy. . I love you, and then she I I love you, too.DAVIDWhat shall I do?MARTINYou have to promi se, and then I,ll tel I you.DAVIDYou haveYou haveto teI I me, andthen I I I promise.MARTINI want a lock of Mommys hai
36、r. Ill share it with you. And if you had it, and wore it, she might love youeven more, Iike the pr incess in the movie we saw. When she had the princes ha i r i n her neck I ace th i ng, he Ioved her.DAVIDWe can ask her-MARTINNo! 11 has to be a secret mission. Sneak in to Mommys bedroom, in the midd
37、le of the night, and chop 率 t off.DAVIDI cant, Mart i n. I m not al lowed.MARTINYou promised. You said tell me and then Ill promi se, d i dn 挟 you?MASTER BEDROOM(HENRY & MON ICA taIk over each other. Dialogue separated)HENRYDav i d!-MONICA(Gasp!)HENRYWhy did you do that?! Why did you do that?! Taik
38、to me!David god damn it, talk to me David! Why did you do that, David?! Why did you do that?! Tel I me WHY-DID-YOU-Henry, what are you doing - you e hurting him! Henry, Iet him go! Henry you e hurting him! You e hurting him! You- DON 拎 BREAK HIM!DAVIDHenry 囱 wanted Mommy to love me P ore.MONICAOh my
39、 god?HENRYWhat?MONICAOh my god, I th i nk I cut my eye.HENRYLemme see.MONICAOh god, I think its bIeeding!HENRYCome 册 ome. . come on, wash i t out.BACKYARD POOLMONICAIts norma I for Iittle boys to fee I jealous and compet i t i ve. Martins on Iy been home a month and. it* s norma I for brothers to ch
40、aI Ienge each other. He.He was playing a game, he made a mi stake, and he - hes practically human.HENRYThat* s not how he looked holding the knife.MONICAScissors.HENRYIt was a weapon.MONICAWhy do you keep imagining that he was purpose Iy try i ng to harm me?HENRYUh, because weUh, because wedont know
41、the answer to that!How i s heworth the r i sk to you,or to Mart i n,or to us as a famiIy?MONICAyou take happen i f you ever tookyou take happen i f you ever tookI wiI I not lethimhimback. You told meback.what wouIdHENRYThink about this. If he reasonable to assume he those extremes,what i swasknows h
42、ow to hate. And i f he reaI Iy capable of?created to love, thenits pushed toLATERDAVIDHappy bi rthday,DAVIDHappy bi rthday,Mart i n.I made this for you.TODThis him? This yourThis him? This yourIi ttIe brother?MARTINTechnicaIly 卬 o.TODHe 担 mecha!DAVIDWhat 担 mecha?TODWere orga-n icr you e mecha-nicaI.
43、 Orga, mecha, orga.MARTINTod.TOD.mecha, orga, mecha.MARTINTod. . stop.TODI didn 抉 know they even made Ii ttIe k i ds.BOY #1Can you pee?DAVIDI cannot.BOY #1Then let 担 see what you can 抉 pee with.MARTINCome on.BOY #2Touch it.BOY#3It fee Is so reaI.BOY #2Oh, that ffi. that 担 creepy.BOY #4Whoa. . .feels
44、 so reaI.BOY #2That i s too reaI.TODMecha reaI.Does he have DAS?BOY #3DAS what?BOY #2Das i st gut!TODDamage Avoidance System. DAS. It 担 a pain-alert system. Our serving-man has it. It 担 so they don 抉 go picking up f i re with their bare hands and stuff.Watch. Watch th i s. Now, I 捕 not going to cut
45、you. This isnt gonna hurt. I 柄 not gonna cut your skin. Just tel I me when you can fee I it.DAVIDKeep me safe, Mart i n. Keep me safe!MARTINLemme go!DAVIDKeep me safe Mart i n!MARTINLemme go! Mom! Mom! Mommmmmmmm!DAVIDKeep me safe, keep me safe, keep me safe, keep me safe.MONICAHenry!Oh my. . . God!
46、Hes not breathing.hes not breathing! Come on, breathe!HENRYCome on. . come on, man. . Mart in! Take a breath. . . cough it up ! Thatta boy, thats a great boy!MONICAOh.thank God.thank God thank God!HENRYCaI I Frazier-telI him what happened! Get him outta there!MARTINS BEDROOMMONICAHey David?DAVIDMomm
47、y! Mommy!MONICADavid, wait. I need to speak to to you for a minute, okay?DAVIDOkay!MONICAYeah.Monica looks over some messages that David has been wr it ing.MONICAOh, David, these are beautifuI! Thank you. Um.Um, hey David, I was thinking that we could go for a dr i ve tomorrow in the country. You and