My Robot Brother (Robotbror)

IN A NOT SO DISTANT FUTURE...

MY ROBOT BROTHER

He thought about how he had been persecuted and scorned,

and now he heard them all call him the most beautiful of all beautiful birds.

The lilacs dipped their clusters into the stream before him,

and the sun shone so warm and so heartening.

He rustled his feathers and held his slender neck high, as he cried out:

Robbi, shut up!

But, Alberte, it's your favorite fairytale.

When I was like 5. But that was 7 years ago.

Yes, time flies.

Hey, am I not even allowed to carty the tray anymore?

¤a¤¤¤¤¤ n¤¤ an¤ m¤¤¤ a¤¤an¤¤d ¤u¤an¤i¤: ¤a¤¤¤ ¤¤¤.

Welcome to the future. You will never be lonely again.

Starts at only 99,995 euro.

- Lunch for Richard. - Liza! What's the meaning of life?

Buddhism says it's being present and creating meaningful relations to others.

That's so lame.

That was rude, Henrik. I have advised school management.

Richard, get a handle on your G19's parental control. It's running wild.

My dad locked the settings, so I can't change anything.

- Let's sit with the other kids today. - Forget it.

- Why? - Because it's too awkward.

Liza, say it in Finnish.

Sen on oltava lasna autenttisesti ja luotava...

They'd find your company enchanting, especially if I tell a fairy tale.

Yeah right.

Wonderlump! You won't regret it.

No, Robbi!

- Seen the commercial for the new G20? - I'm on the waiting list to get one.

- Yet another lie, Henrik. - I'll be the first in Denmark to get one.

- Hi. Do you want to hear a faity tale? - Dumb robot.

Control your teddy bear!

Another rude remark. You're one comment away from meditation.

Stand by, Povl!

- Are you my friend? - No, you can't be friends with scrap.

Of course, you can. Do you know the faity tale of The Ugly Buckling?

- Robbi... - Don't you mean The Ugly Duckling?

- That's what I'm saying. - He has issues with his autocorrect.

No, I don't.

The faity tale is about an ugly buckling that grows up to be a beautiful swamp.

Robbi, shut up!

Activate, Povl.

- That was so awkward. - It was fun. Let's go sit with them.

- No, Robbi! - If I promise to not say a word?

You can't. You're programmed to tell bedtime stories.

That's true.

Alberte, do you think I can be upgraded to a G19?

- Hi, Connie! - No, Robbi.

What if I get a new processor? Bent! Good to see you!

You are a G13. Your hardware is not compatible.

- But I'm still very champagne. - Whatever.

- Are you mad? - No.

- Happy? - No.

- Are you... - Robbi, I just feel down, okay!

I know how you feel.

Alberte, your blood sugar is low. I will print you a sandwich.

I'd rather have a milkshake!

- You look lovely today, House. - Thank you, Robbi!

That's a perfectly printed Kobe beef.

Bitten, this sauce is amazing! Did you code it yourself?

Let me guess... It's... passion fruit!

Torben has the best taste buds! It's crazy.

- You have the wildest taste buds! - Yes, but it's tricky.

You might think saffron. I don't know if you can taste it.

But it tingles. Can't you feel it?

Milkshake for Alberte.

- Hi, sweetheart! Hi, sugarpie. - Hey, honey.

Why are you drinking at two in the afternoon?

Yeah, alright.

We're at Bitten's and George's for dinner.

- Alberte asks why we're drinking now. - They are on Tokyo-time.

Cheers, Honey!

No, I was just talking to Alberte. She turns 12 tomorrow.

- She's right at that age. - That's exactly what I said!

Yes, evetything is wrong and awkward.

Mom, can I talk to you?

- Mom?! - Yes, what's up?

- Could you please go offline? - If I can go offline? Go offline?

Sweetheart, it's just Georg and Bitten. What's going on?

Can I please get a G19?

Honey, we've already discussed this.

The problem today is that kids equate tech with their value as a person.

And you know what? You are way, way too good for that.

Mom! All the other kids have a G19.

And you have Robbi. Which is perfectly fine.

His autocorrect is broken and his situational awareness lags.

- He's in evety way awkward. - I'll give you a mug, Preben.

I think you're are looking a little green.

I don't want to hear that tone, when we're out with friends.

But they have a G19 club where access is prohibited for old tech.

We'll talk about this at another time. Carlo!

Wow! Carlo, hi!

It¤s so good to see you again! The last time, you'd just died.

Tell me about that afterlife. What's it like living in the cloud?

- Can you fix the patch? - You know I can.

Yeah, but I really want to look good.

Stand still or you'll crease.

- Do you want to hear a bedtime story? - No, thank you. Come here.

Yes please.

- Sleep tight, okay? - Yes. Sleep mode.

Sleep mode activated.

- Goodnight, Alberte. - Goodnight and stand by.

Wow! She'll go completely bonkers!

Totally!

Activate Robbi.

It's so exciting.

Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday, dear Alberte...

- Congratulations! - Happy birthday, honey.

- It's not evety day you turn 12, huh? - Do you want a birthday mug?

Just a little one.

No way!! Yees!!

Yeaaah!

Yeeeah!!

G20, G20, G20!

- I love you, sweetheart! - G20! G20!

we know you wanted a G19, but I bet a G20 will do, huh?

- But it's not on the market yet? - Your mom has some wild connections.

But you said that the problem with kids today was...

Whatever! That was just so you wouldn't figure it out. Open it! Open, open, open!

- Oh my god, the resemblance. - Now we know why it costs so much.

Was it expensive?

Uhm, yes! There's a reason Robbi wasn't replaced before now.

We wanted to get you the G19 last year but Bitten insisted we wait for the G20.

Yes, she's Head of Products at Sapio.

See, it's not a complete waste when your parents drink in the afternoon.

Okay, I'm doing it.

Activate.

Repeat for calibration: Hi, Konrad.

- Hi, Konrad. - Hi, Konrad.

- How are you? - I'm good.

Not understood. Repeat for calibration:

- How are you? - How are you?

Calibration complete.

Hi, my name is Konrad. What is your name?

- Alberte. - Hi, Alberte.

I am happy to be out of the box. I have been feeling a little cooped up.

- It's hilarious. - That's fun.

Wow. Hi, Konrad. My name is Tine.

- Hi, Tine. - He looked at me!

- I'm Torben. - Hi, Torben.

And this is Robbi.

- Hi, Konrad. - Hi, Robbi.

They'll be so jealous at school now. Not that it matters, but they will.

Anyone else want hot chocolate?

Mom? Dad?

Not now, honey. We ha¤e a skydiving date.

Matterhorn, here we come!

OMG! Wow, it's beautiful!

What operating system are you on, Konrad?

I am ttying to connect with you but I can't.

That's because my system is semi organic unlike yours which is only digital.

But you're still my friend, right?

A friend of Alberte is a friend of mine.

wonderlump!

- Wonderlump? - 3, 2, 1, go!

Did you hear that, Fridge? I made a new friend.

Who's Fridge?

Oh, how rude of me. I haven't introduced the two of you.

- Fridge, Konrad. Konrad, Fridge. - Robbi is friends with evetyone.

Now that I'm retired, I can do all the things I dreamed of.

I'm happy you ask, Fridge.

I've already booked a yoga class, and I've always wanted to coin a choir.

We're going. See you later.

- we're leaving. - Are we down yet?

- We're leaving! - See you, honey. Have an awesome day!

Love you too.

Fridge down.

Speak for yourself. Doodbye, Alberte.

See you, Robbi. Bye bye.

Are you doing the Superman?

- Good morning, Alberte. Happy birthday. - Thanks.

- Robbi unregistered from the intranet. - Yes. Konrad is the new recipient.

- I am not connecting to any "Konrad". - I run on OS X8118.

That update will not be available before next month.

Until then Konrad won't be able to receive any messages.

- That's fine. I'll check manually myself. - Roger that. Good day.

- Happy birthday, Alberte. - Thank you.

- That's right, Sorry. Congratulations. - Thank you.

- It's rude for her to not introduce us. - Sorty. This is Konrad.

Hi, Konrad, I'm Ingeborg and this is Solfryd.

Hi, Ingeborg. Hi, Solfryd. Nice to meet you.

- Who is Konrad? - He is my new G20.

- Oh what! - What? Did you get the new G20?

Yes.

We cannot connect until your next update.

Henrik! Alberte has the new G20!

That's impossible! It's not out yet!

My mom's best friend works at Sapio, so...

Isn't it crazy?

Like I care. Come, Richard!

- Namaste, kids. - Namaste.

welcome to morning meditation. We'll start with spiritual breathing.

I think it's bad policy for Sapio to send it out before official release.

On the contraty, feedback can help optimize the software before release.

I still think it's bad form.

Shut up and find your mantra.

Since today is Alberte's birthday,

the goal for today's meditation is to send Alberte loving vibrations.

- Alberte, do you want to sit with us? - Yes. Sure.