EVA

Eva.

What are you doing here?

Where's your mother?

Alex.

- Long time no see. - Been waiting long?

No. Only ten years.

Let's go, I'm freezing.

You've done well for yourself.

You've made some amazing robots.

I got bored of all that years ago.

Bored of designing boring robots?

No. Bored of designing fun robots for boring people.

I prefer lecturing. Students make me laugh more.

Are you going to Dad's house?

It will be a mess.

- You could stay with us. - No, no. Thanks.

- Do you know why they called you? - Yes.

It must be important to bring you all this way.

Very important.

Damn it, Alex, always so mysterious.

Come over for dinner tomorrow, okay?

And welcome home.

Check out that cat.

Check out that guy!

Good morning, Alex Garel.

Hello, Dorotea. I'm here to see Julia.

Julia is busy right now.

You don't look a day older. You're beautiful.

You can't go in, she's giving a class.

Alex Garel!

You must never manipulate your robot's character.

You have 30 minutes to do the test.

And remember,

try not to alter their profiles.

Good morning, Julia.

Some things never change.

Late as always.

Raise the frequency.

As you can see...

...although the software is much more advanced.

- What? - The nob on the right!

- What now? - Turn it down.

He's coming.

- I know! - He's coming over!

Stupid robot, stop making noise.

"Stupid student, stop hurting me."

I'm sorry.

What do we do now?

What do you see when you close your eyes?

Now you've broken it.

We could restart it and reinsert its bases.

You can restart it, yes,

but you have destroyed its emotional memory.

Its soul.

See? It's dead.

If you restart it, it'll look like the same horse,

but it'll never be the same again.

"What do you see when you close your eyes?"

That command is sacred.

It must only be used in extreme cases

when there is no other option.

Understood?

So, do you want to see it?

Draw me a tree.

Come on, focus.

I'm bored, I don't want to draw any more.

The S.I.-9,

just as you designed it ten years ago.

All finished and assembled:

endoskeletal structure, muscle mechanisms,

even the outer shell.

But it's missing the most important part of all.

The emotional intelligence software.

Reproducing the emotions of a child is foolish.

That's what you said.

It's only human to make mistakes.

The first free robot.

Incredible, isn't it?

Is this how you imagined it?

Why me?

To be honest, you aren't the first to try.

But you're the only one capable of designing a robot

which is fun but safe.

Alex, this is your chance

to finish what you started.

Yeah. But I'm not working here.

Where will you go?

My parents' house.

All right.

That's how emotional intelligence affects robot behaviour.

A certain event will affect us differently,

depending on our mood

and the circumstances in which we find ourselves.

Are you okay?

Yes.

Nobody has been in here since your father died.

Are you sure you want to stay here?

It's only a bit of dust.

You're crazy.

We'll install all the equipment tomorrow,

but you must also come and see the models.

We need to choose a child to base the android on.

Alex Garel?

S.I.-7. Good morning, sir.

I'm Max, no surname.

The university sent me to do housework and anything else you need.

- I don't understand. - Company policy.

To avoid all that:

"There's no need, honestly. I don't want to trouble you".

They just send me.

Call them, if you don't believe me.

No, thanks. You can go now.

Level 5:

food...

plus clothes...

Plus...

Cat!

Luckily, it doesn't have fur.

Plus general tidy up of random objects.

- They're the worst, random objects. - But...

It's okay, I'm a machine, I'm used to it.

If you don't mind, I'll start now.

I'm a "business before pleasure" kind of guy.

Come along, sir. Here.

This is your leisure time.

What do you do in your free time?

I work.

In my dictionary, "work" and "leisure" are antonyms.

We'll have to solve that, sir. Coffee?

A coffee and a walk will do you good.

It's a beautiful day for it, sir.

You have many skills.

More than you think, sir.

I was created by David Garel's team.

My brother?

I'm designed for a multitude of tasks.

I'm a gourmet chef,

a butler, a carer for the elderly,

a monitor for children...

I speak 29 languages.

I even have advanced knowledge of DIY, plumbing, electrics...

I saw some roof tiles outside, sir, which need replacing.

And don't call me "sir", Max.

Thank you, Alex.

- What about that walk? - Not sure I fancy it.

Please.

It will do you good.

Besides, I need space to work.

Come on, Gris, let's go. We're in the way here.

I'll be outside.

If you don't eat that sweet, I'll give you 5 more when I'm back.

If you don't eat that sweet, I'll give you 5 sweets later.

But don't eat it, okay?

As you can see, we did several tests.

Including the incitement test.

- The good old sweet test. - That's right.

- What do you think? - Of what?

Of the kids. You have to choose one.

We need a model for the robot.

These kids aren't right.

None of them.

They're all... boring.

- Boring? Yes, boring.

Who'd want to live with them?

Their parents perhaps?

They don't count.

With an ordinary child you'll get an ordinary robot.

Alex!

That is how emotional intelligence works when applied to robotics.

The fluid logic and genetic algorithms

allow us to design a variable artificial brain.

What does that mean?

That of all the options available, it always chooses the one

best-suited to the individual in front of it.

Okay, guys, we'll pick it up here tomorrow.

How strange! Alex Garel in a classroom.

It's only the second time I've seen it.

You see that?

Now they study your absurd theories.

I don't know why,

they're no use to anyone.

But they don't come here to hear my stupid theories.

No? Then why do they come?

They come to see you.

Right.

I have a meeting. Turn the light off on your way out.

What are you looking at?

I wasn't looking.

Oh, really?

What do you call fixing your gaze on something?

Watching.

Then you were watching me.

- Do you do this often? - What?

Watching kids.

Yes, I do.

Cool. A pervert who can admit what he is.

- At least you're original. - It not what you think.

I do it for... work.

If you make excuses it's less original.

So it's part of your work?