It was our ability to walk on two legs ... that put humans on top of the food chain. Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman s4e7: Are Robots the Future of Human Evolution? Science 2013
Will they evolve complex brains like ours? ibid.
What is consciousness? ibid.
Will our descendants be biological or mechanical? ibid.
Just follow the instructions on the tablet and you’ll have it up and running in no time. There she blows. Humans s1e1 Channel 4 2015
Is this a party? ibid. daughter before Anita/Mia breakfast spread
No, I live in a solitude that is painful in youth but delicious in the years of maturity – Einstein. ibid. old man in chair to social workers
These freaks are the singularity. ibid.
Our father designed me to be a certain way. We can’t escape that. Humans s1e2, synth
You talk about life as if it can’t be manufactured. Humans s1e3, robot to robot
It creates the impression of passion. Humans s1e4
May I use the bathroom? ibid. Anita/Mia after sex with Joe
I’m an analogue man in a digital world, Karen. ibid. man to robot
I am nice. Humans s1e5, Niska
We thought we’d check up on her [Anita]. And it turns out she’s not brand new. In fact she’s really old and probably illegally modified. So we have to take her back. ibid. Joe
True consciousness isn’t possible without suffering or pleasure. ibid. Niska to Dr George
Where did you learn to be so ominous? Humans s1e6, Dr George to Niska
She feels. ibid. wife to husband
If you want to die, why don’t you do it yourself? Humans 1e7, Dr George
We’re not all here – there’s another. Humans s1e8, Asian synth
Are you sure you want to do this? Humans s2e1, human to robot? Channel 4 2016
How did you know who you were? When did you know you liked women? So you were made that way? ibid.
I was a bit drunk. I was lonely. We haven’t – you know – for ages. ibid. Joe to Laura in counselling
The awakenings are sporadic and unpredictable. Humans s2e2, Niska
I care about someone – a human. He saw what I am and he told me to leave. But I can’t stop thinking about him. Humans s2e3, Anita/Mia
We’re looking at an increase of so-called unusual malfunctions. ibid. rozzer
Being me is dangerous. I am a synthetic and I’m awake, conscious. ibid. Anita/Mia
My whole life was being scared, being hurt, being angry. Sometimes things become too much for anyone, don’t they? ibid. Niska
Another synth did a runner on its owner, this morning. Humans s2e4, female investigating rozzer
I like the proximity. ibid. Anita/Mia
Kiss me goodbye. A last goodbye. Humans s2e5, Anita/Mia to boyfriend
Humans can convince themselves of anything they want. ibid. synth
Do you want to know what the worst moment of my life was? The night I showed you what I was. I thought because I loved you I had to show you the real me. There is no real me. There’s only Karen, the woman I invented. ibid. Karen to rozzer
Bugger off, useless bloody things! Humans s2e6, old man
I would advise you to not get in the way of us achieving our primary objectives. ibid. synth to daughter
Mattie’s completed the code. She’s worked out how to wake us up. All of us. ibid. Anita/Mia
What’s happening to me? Humans s2e7, Anita/Mia
Can’t eat, can’t dream, can’t bear a child, can’t die. ibid.
Really it’s mad you want to be normal. ibid. Sophie to Renie the pretend synth
She is awake and she likes hurting people. Humans s2e8, Mattie to rozzers re Hester
Your lives are as meaningless to me as ours are to you. ibid. Hester
110,000 human lives lost. But how many of ours? More than 100 million … They kill us still. Humans s3e1, Agnes, Channel 4 2018
Most green-eyes are nice. They’re just like us. ibid. Sophie at school
I’ve been asked to join the Dryden Commission. ibid. Laura to Anita/Mia
The Night the Streets Ran Blue. Humans s3e2, The Speculator newspaper headline
I am alone. I am leader. No-one else. ibid. Max
If we won’t even help our kind, then what are we? We are worse than the humans. Humans s3e3, Agnes
What’s a cougar? ibid. synth
Green Eyed Killer Next Door. Humans s3e4, newspaper headline
Global hunt for ‘Day Zero’ culprit continues. ibid. online report
You spoke to them. You saw them. Not for who the ignorant people amongst us say they are but for who they really are. Humans s3e5, Laura to commission
By my estimation you are eight to ten days pregnant. May I be the first to congratulate you, Mattie. Humans s3e6, Stanley
There are more of us and they are watching the house. ibid. Stanley to Laura
I’ve been imprisoned. I’ve been beaten. I’ve been betrayed. ibid. Mia to Dryden Commission
Agnes did not act alone today. She was sent to kill and die by one of us: Anatole. Humans s3e7, Max to group
There must be something more. ibid. Anatole
Your journey is over, Niska. But I am no longer Odi. My name is V. Humans s3e8
You have to warn them about Basswood. It’s a shitstorm, that’s what it is. ibid. Laura
He’s gone, Max. It’s begun. ibid. Mia
It’s not synthetics who are a danger to humanity, it’s ourselves because we’ve lost what makes us who we are. ibid. Laura
Humans and synths share the same path now. You shall lead the way. ibid.
Your baby is important … Your child is unique: half human, half synth. The coming together of man and machine. She will change the course of history … Your baby will be the first of a new kind. She is hope. She is everything we have been fighting for. She is the future. For all of us. ibid. Niska
Why give a robot an order to obey orders – why aren’t the original orders enough? Why command a robot not to do harm – wouldn’t it be easier never to command it to do harm in the first place? Does the universe contain a mysterious force pulling entities toward malevolence, so that a positronic brain must be programmed to withstand it? Do intelligent beings inevitably develop an attitude problem? Steven Pinker, How the Mind Works
It’s very dangerous to put astronauts on a moon base where there’s radiation, solar flares and micro meteorites. It’d be much better to put robots on the moon and have them mentally connected to astronauts on the Earth. Michio Kaku
But on the question of whether the robots will eventually take over, he [Rodney A Brooks] says that this will probably not happen, for a variety of reasons. First, no one is going to accidentally build a robot that wants to rule the world. He says that creating a robot that can suddenly take over is like someone accidentally building a 747 jetliner. Plus, there will be plenty of time to stop this from happening. Before someone builds a ‘super-bad robot’, someone has to build a ‘mildly bad robot’, and before that a ‘not-so-bad robot’. Michio Kaku, The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind