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ButTheBrainisconsiderablydifferentfromConsolidated’srobot."
"That’sright,chief.That’sright."Thegeneralmanagerwasenergeticallyinterruptive."Iwantyoutogetthis,becauseit’sthewholepointofthesituation."
SusanCalvin’seyesglitteredbehindthespectacles,andshecontinuedpatiently,"Yousee,sir,Consolidated’smachines,theirSuper-Thinkeramongthem,arebuiltwithoutpersonality.Theygoinforfunctionalism,youknow–theyhaveto,withoutU.S.Robot’sbasicpatentsfortheemotionalbrainpaths.TheirThinkerismerelyacalculatingmachineonagrandscale,andadilemmaruinsitinstantly.
"However,TheBrain,ourownmachine,hasapersonality–achild’spersonality.Itisasupremelydeductivebrain,butitresemblesanidiotsavante.Itdoesn’treallyunderstandwhatitdoes–itjustdoesit.Andbecauseitisreallyachild,itismoreresilient.Lifeisn’tsoserious,youmightsay."
Therobopsychologistcontinued:"Hereiswhatwe’regoingtodo.WehavedividedallofConsolidated’sinformationintologicalunits.WearegoingtofeedtheunitstoTheBrainsinglyandcautiously.Whenthefactorenters-theonethatcreatesthedilemma-TheBrain’schildpersonalitywillhesitate.Itssenseofjudgmentisnotmature.Therewillbeaperceptibleintervalbeforeitwillrecognizeadilemmaassuch.Andinthatinterval,itwillrejecttheunitautomatically–beforeitsbrainpathscanbesetinmotionandruined."
Robertson’sAdam’sapplesquirmed,"Areyousure,now?"
