I'm sure you'll see
why I'm so excited about my latest find,
This first human test of the c, A, V, E, System
will shoot this institution to the front of the pack
in electro-Cerebral research,
The patient's name is James Kendall,
He's suffering from SEVERE paranoid schizophrenia,
He hears voices in his head of his dead father
telling him to kill his girlfriend,
We've tried the conventional therapies...
E, C, T,, grades one and two,
all existing drugs, established and experimental,
None worked,
So, Mr, Kendall
has consented to be the first human subject
for the c, A, V, E, System,
And here is
the genius behind the technology,
Gentlemen, ladies,
my protege, dr, Samuel Stein,
Thank you, dr, Sarrazin,
Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like you to meet the c, A, V, E, System,
Now, c, A, V, E, Stands for
computer-Aided virtual environment,
It's the first computer able
to interface with the human brain,
which is exactly what we will demonstrate today,
I'd like to introduce
the third member of our team,
a neuro-Surgeon by training,
dr, Rachel Carter,
Thank you, doctor,
Well, my position
on the team is to handle human interface,
These are the c, A, V, E, Interface devices,
The silicon-To-Neuron probe
we'll insert directly
into the sensory centers of both the doctor's
and the patient's brains,
He didn't feel a thing,
The computer will then create
an ARTIFICIAL environment which it will send directly back
into the patient's brain
to treat the psychosis,
Since it's tapped directly
into the sensory centers of the brain,
everything the computer sends will seem completely real,
The psychiatrist in the environment
with the patient, in this case dr, Stein,
will be able to control
the c, A, V, E, And guide the patient,
I'm sure this seems confusing to you,
It will make sense in a moment,
as they enter the virtual-Reality world
of the c, A, V, E, Environment,
Oh, god,
I'm afraid of fire,
Don't be, Mr, Kendall,
Get your Butt
over here!
Go away,
Get out of my head,
That's no way to talk to your old man,
What do you want?
Get rid of that slut you've been running with,
I want you to cut
her heart out!
No!
Don't talk back to me!
No!
I love her,
I'm marrying her,
Tell him, dr, Stein,
You must fight your demons,
Mr, Kendall,
If you don't,
she'll ruin you, boy!
Ruin you!
No!
( alarm beeping )
I love her,
Jack him out, dr, Sarrazin!
I love her,
Nobody's going to hurt you,
We're here to help you,
You're okay,
You're all right,
There is Nothing wrong with your television,
Do not attempt to adjust the picture,
We are now controlling the transmission,
We control the horizontal,
and the vertical,
We can deluge you with a thousand channels
or expand ONE single image to crystal clarity, ,,
and beyond,
We can shape your vision
to anything our imagination can conceive,
For the next hour,
we will control all that you see and hear,
You are about to experience the awe and mystery
which reaches from the deepest inner mind
to the outer limits,
Man has taught computers to perform
complex calculations,
to control a factory or to launch a spaceship,
But can we teach computers to enjoy the beauty of a Rose,
the sound of a symphony,
or the love of another human being?
The sensory centers were overwhelmed,
but he'll be fine,
Next time, I'll cut the I, O, Intensity in half,
It went damn well
for a first time,
You know it did,
You should be very proud the technology works,
Would somebody please explain
what I just saw,
Was I seeing what Jimmy was seeing?
In that session we were
seeing output from his mind's eye,
Later, the computer will add
imagery to the environment
so that we can battle the psychosis,
How does it know what to send?
The computer is a psychological expert system,
Everything written on
human psychology is Catalogued into its ram,
It uses artificial intelligence
to interpret the data,
On that note, I'd like to hear
the expert's diagnosis,
All we have
to do is ask,
It uses a, I, Voice recognition capabilities,
C, A, V, E, , what is the diagnosis of the patient James Kendall?
( c, A, V, E, ) the patient is suffering
from coercive delusions,
prominent hallucinations and a decreased functionality,
My sensors found no trace
of chemical causation,
Diagnosis... Paranoid schizophrenia,
C, A, V, E, , what is the prognosis?
The only obstruction preventing the patient
from LAPSING into catatonic psychosis
is love for his mate,
With additional sessions,
there is a 78% chance I'll be able to remove
all incarnations of his psychosis,
That means it can cure him?
That's exactly what it means,
Further input on emotions fear and love
will be necessary,
Can I see him?
Certainly, Come with me,
So, ,,
She needs more input on fear and love,
Well, actually it's not gender specific,
I programmed the female voice
because the female pitch
is easier to understand,
Given the time you spend with it,
she should be female,
I beg your pardon?
Sam, it's just that
you're in here with this computer so much,
I wonder what you're doing with it,
You should spend More time
with Flesh and blood,
We're lots more fun than
your a, I, Interfaces and prologue code,
I spend time with humans,
I mean away from work,
Sam, listen, a bunch of us are going skiing this weekend,
Why don't you come?
No, I don't think so,
Why not? It'll be fun,
Sliding down on planks of wood challenges Gravity's laws,
Then stay at the lodge, sit in the pool
and drink schnapps,
I don't think so,
Don't you like my company?
No, that's not it,
As a matter of fact, ,,
I enjoy your company
a great deal,
I should check on the patient, Excuse me,
( sighing )
the c, A, V, E, Has requested
additional information about the schematics
of Love and fear,
How do we give that information?
We're inputting several psychological studies
on both emotions,
Unfortunately, little has been written
in scientific journals about love,
She's a beautiful woman, Sam, and probably
the only intellectual equal you'll ever meet besides me,
What's your point?
I'll tell you a story,
Oh, boy,
When I was shipped out to the korean war,
I was head-Over-Heels in love
with a girl on my street, Sarah long,
She was beautiful, she was smart, she was funny,
But I didn't have the gumption to tell her how I felt,
Is this relevant to the c, A, V, E, System?
There I was with bombs falling around me,
All I could think of
was I can't die without letting her know how I feel,
I wrote a letter
and spilled my guts,
It was too late,
She had met and married another man,
Get my drift?
I'm not going off to war,
What happened in your past, Sam,
to give you this fear of intimacy?
I don't have a fear of intimacy,
I'm shy,
That might not fit
into your lexicon of psychological Lingo,
I'm shy, that's all, okay?
I stand corrected,
Hello, Sam,
Can I get under?
It's a great night,
What do you mean? It's raining,
I love the rain,
I came here to be alone,
but I can't work in this,
Maybe that's god's way of saying you've done enough,
I don't think there are enough hours in life to finish
all the work I want,
What did you want to tell me?
Tell you?
Dr, Sarrazin said you wanted
to tell me something,
Oh, he did, did he?
Don't keep me in suspense, What is it?
I wanted to tell you...
Well, I think you're doing a great job,
I'm glad to have you
on my team,
Thanks, I'm glad I'm here too,
Is that all you wanted to tell me?
Yeah, I guess, that's, ,,that's all,
Okay, well, I'm going
to take a walk in the rain,
Want to join me?
No, I've got to get this done,
Suit yourself,
See ya,
Must be crazy,
Rachel!
Wait for me,
( Horn honking )
Rachel!
Can Somebody help me please?
Stephanie, thank god you're on duty,
I figure there's no cranial fracture,
Chances are good, right?
I won't sugar-coat it, Sam,
I reviewed the scans,
There's a good chance
Rachel May never come out of this coma,
Oh, god, ,,no,
That can't be,
I'm afraid so,
Has her family been notified?
She doesn't have any,
Her parents are dead,
She's got no brothers or sisters,
You're one of the best
neuro-Surgeons we've got,
You must be privy to
new drugs, new treatments,
I'm sorry, Sam, There are none,
( dr, Sarrazin ) think you're ready?
No one would complain
if you stayed with Rachel,
With too much time between sessions,
all the benefits will be negated,
Yeah, but another day... Doctor, please,
Rachel would want us to continue,
You ready, Mr, Kendall?
As ready as I can be,
( sighing )
All right,
All right, boy, I'll give you two choices,
Kill her or kill yourself,
What's this?
Ever hear the saying "Fight fire
with fire," Mr, Kendall?
This doesn't make any sense,
Fire only Makes fire bigger,
I need water or something,
We're dealing in psychological symbolism, Mr, Kendall,
Learn to use the tools you're given,
( screaming )
it is possible, Mr, Kendall,
You can win,
No, you can't,
You can't beat me,
You never could,
You better do what I ask,
Kill her!
No, Kill her!
I love her,
Sam, I could use a little help,
Yes,
I love her,
It's all right, Mr, Kendall,
I love her,
Dr, Stein,
Mr, Kendall,
You feeling better?
Yeah, ,,yeah, I think I am,
I almost beat him there,
Yes, you did,
Another five sessions in the c, A, V, E, ,
you'll beat him, I promise,
Thank you, dr, Stein,
Congratulations, the c, A, V, E, Works,
I'm lucky I didn't screw up,
My mind wasn't in the lab,
You did fine, be proud,
All I could think about is Rachel,
I should have listened to you and told her how I felt,
Tell her now, She's not dead,
She might as well be,
The odds of her coming around are nil,
Many studies have shown
that comatose persons might hear you
talk to them... That's why
they urge loved ones to talk with comatose patients,
There's just as many studies
Showing they might not hear,
But what if she can?
What if she's listening?
( heart monitor beeping )
Rachel?
It's me,
Sam Stein,
I came here to, ,,talk, I guess,
Rachel, I want you to wake up,
You have no idea how much I want you to wake up,
( e, E, G, Monitor beeping )
Stephanie, come here quick,
What?
It's her brain activity,
The e, E, g, Just elevated,
I'm sorry, Sam,
This doesn't mean anything,
What?
Comatose patients have Spikes
in their e, E, G, Readings,
No, I think she's hearing me,
I think she's
trying to wake up,
Most likely it's a reading
caused by Involuntary brain functions,
It's possible her brain's working,
a prisoner in a body that won't respond,
It's possible, but not likely,
Give me a hand,
What are you doing?
Taking her to my lab,
I must know what's inside her brain,
You can't take her,
I'm the admitting doctor,
Now she's my patient,
Then come on,
Come on,
Absolutely not,
It's absolutely against policy,
That's what I said,
We can try this on humans,
We're permitted to try it
on one human,
We only have permission with him because every other treatment
has already been attempted,
Plus, he consented,
Something Rachel can't do,
Rachel would want us to try,
It wasn't designed for this,
Don't tell me that,
I designed it to explore
the human brain and hopefully help repair it,
It's designed for psychiatric treatment,
not neurological treatment,
Dr, Sarrazin, please, I have to find out
whether my technology can reach her,
That's why we started this program in the first place,
And, Stephanie,
this could be beneficial
for you... You could discover
what's going on inside a comatose patient's mind,
Explain what you want to do,
You're familiar with the c, A, V, E, System,
We'll explore Rachel's brain, see what's going on inside,
What if nothing is going on?
What do you mean?
Rachel's had serious neurological damage,
There may be nothing,
( dr, Sarrazin ) She may be brain dead,
Are you prepared to discover that?
No,
I don't believe that's the case,
And even if it is, I'd want to know now,
not wait for months, maybe years,
From where I stand, my way's the only way to know for sure,
Sam,
we can't make
an emotional decision with this,
We have to do what is medically most appropriate,
It is medically appropriate
to use the best technology available
to diagnose this patient's condition,
We can keep observing,
or find out what's going on
inside her right now, tonight,
All right,
But one step
at a time,
Thank you,
All right, let's prep her,
This is what I was afraid of, ,, nothing,
( dr, Sarrazin ) Give her a chance,
Hello?
Can anybody hear me?
Rachel, ,,I'm here,
Don't worry,
Can you hear me?
Please, hello?
She's in there all alone,
Where? I don't understand,
In herself,
Hello?
She's trapped in her inanimate body,
It's a dark, vast prison,
How do you know that?
She's there on the screen,
That's what it looks like in a comatose patient's mind,
What are you doing?
I turned the intensity
down for Mr, Kendall,
I'm turning it back up,
Maybe then I can get through to her,
Can you hear me, please?
Hello?
Rachel?
Rachel, can you hear me?
Sam?
Rachel?
Is that really you?
Yes,
Thank god,
How do you feel?
I feel strange, What's happened?
This isn't easy to say,
There was an accident,
You were hit by a car,
I was what?
Hit by a car,
I'm sorry,
Your physical body is in a coma,
I put you in the c, A, V, E,
To see how your brain is working,
You're completely intact,
Being in a coma is intact?
No, I meant you,
the essence of you,
Your mind is intact,
That's a good thing,
Your body will recover,
and you should wake up,
That could take months,
You don't know what it's like,
I'm trapped in here,
I understand why people go insane
in solitary confinement,
I can't do this,
You won't have to,
I'll be here to keep you company,
The c, A, V, E, , it can take us pretty much anywhere,
What do you mean?
You're hooked into the doctor-Control interface,
aren't you?
I can guide the c, A, V, E, With my thoughts,
I'm staying in here with you as much as I can,
( Rachel ) How?
What about your work and life?
Rachel, all I care about
is being in here with you,
Really?
All the way through college,
med school and now working together,
I guess I was just too shy to tell you,
Now I think it's about time I said it,
You don't have to,
I know how you feel,
You do? How?
Our brains are linked,
To the c, A, V, E, , not each other,
I'm getting a feeling from you,
Aren't you getting it from me?
What?
I feel the same way, Sam,
Oh, ,,you do?
Yes,
You mean, all those years that I...?
You felt...?
Very much so,
What?
For a minute, I forgot where we were,
This isn't real,
You created c, A, V, E, To make
what's in our minds real,
That repulsion shouldn't have happened,
I'm going to leave you,
check the system, find out what happened,
Come back as soon as you can,
She's all right,
Her mind, her personality, completely intact,
If we can just find a way
to get her mind and body working together,
( Stephanie ) I'm sorry, but I'm confused,
The Rachel you were with, the one I'm watching,
the computer created her?
The picture is generated by the computer
as a representation of what's in the subject's mind,
But what was happening,
all the interaction, what was said,
the emotions, those are in our minds, Rachel's and mine,
But if I'm understanding this,
isn't it possible that
the woman that was responding
to you in the c, A, V, E, World also came from your brain?
( dr, Sarrazin ) I don't follow,
Like Sam was able to create the environment he wanted,
couldn't he also have created the Rachel he wanted?
Sort of a high-Tech
version of wishful thinking?
Exactly,
No, that's ridiculous,
That was Rachel, the real thing,
I know her, I'm sure that was her,
While she remains in that coma,
I'll be there with her,
If you'll excuse me,
I'm having problems with the repulsion
in the c, A, V, E,
How are you feeling?
Hi, I'm better,
This is much nicer than that nothingness place,
I'm glad you're happier,
I'm happier when you're here with me,
You know, I think I fixed that electrical repulsion,
Care to test it?
I guess it worked,
You picked a very romantic spot, Sam,
It's Smith mountain Lake in Virginia,
I used to go there with my dad when I was a kid,
I always dreamt of spending time there with a woman I loved,
Would our relationship be like this out in the real world, Sam?
Probably not,
All emotions are intensified
by the c, A, V, E,
I wonder what it would be like
to make love in here,
Probably wonderful,
God!
Let go! Let go!
Let go of her!
Sam, ,,Sam, what was that?
I don't know,
I'll find out, Don't go near the water,
I'll be back,
Hurry!
What in the hell
was that?
C, A, V, E, , analyze the last five minutes,
( c, A, V, E, ) incomplete information,
Recommend further exploration,
Further exploration?
C, A, V, E, , run self-Diagnostic series 1 through 45,
Running,
Maybe there's a bug that can explain it,
Could it be that Rachel
has some demons of her own?
Or maybe you do?
Such as?
Maybe it has something to do
with your fear of intimacy,
I don't fear intimacy, I crave it,
Could the hand be
a manifestation of Rachel's brain damage?
Why?
With what I know of her injuries
and the physiological damage
to her frontal and temporal lobes,
I'm surprised she's coherent,
Maybe there wasn't that much damage,
( c, A, V, E, ) self-Diagnostics complete,
No malfunctions,
All systems operative,
Look, I believe Rachel is conscious,
trapped in her body,
I won't leave her alone in there,
Doctor, please, I'm going back in,
Rachel?
Up here,
What are you doing?
You afraid of that thing in the water?
No, it's great here, Come up,
No, thanks, I'm not one for heights,
Then I'll come down,
Well,
you're feeling good,
Yes, very good,
So, ,,You were going to show me what it's like to make love,
Well, you don't waste any time, do you?
You're still in the mood?
Absolutely,
Just a second,
All right,
The show's over, folks,
Sam, I don't think
what you're about to do is wise,
You can't be sure that's Rachel,
It could be your own imagination,
Dr, Sarrazin, let's say that dr, Collada is right,
and I don't believe that she is,
What harm would it do making love
to my imagination?
None that I know,
I did it every night when I was Younger,
This isn't why I agreed to this,
The idea was keeping her mind occupied while she healed,
That's what we're doing,
I want no part of it,
I'll transfer her to your care,
Excuse me,
Stephanie,
Dr, Sarrazin,
Doctor, if you would, please,
Why did you change the setting?
I thought this would be more comfortable,
More romantic,
You're nervous,
Is it that obvious?
That's okay, it's normal,
God, you're beautiful,
Come here,
( screaming )
who are you?!
Come out, damn it!
Who are you?!
It's okay,
It's gone, whoever it was,
I don't like this,
Neither do I,
Rachel, listen, ,,
do you have any demons in your past, ,,related to sex?
What do you mean?
Did Anything bad ever happen? Sexual abuse, rape?
No,
Sam, I, ,,
I've never Had sex before,
You're kidding,
No, I, ,,
I was waiting for the right man,
Listen, I have to go back out to reality,
figure out what's happening,
We'll keep you on the monitor,
If anything happens, I'll return,
Okay?
Okay,
What? What happened?
I wish I knew,
C, A, V, E, , analyze the last five minutes,
( c, A, V, E, ) analysis cannot be completed,
C, A, V, E, , why not?
C, A, V, E, Has analyzed love,
Analysis leads to paradox loop
in my logic module,
More input is necessary,
C, A, V, E, , what is the paradox?
Human emotions can be categorized
as positive or negative,
But love appears Both
both positive and negative,
It causes responses of joy
and responses of pain,
Further study and analysis
will be necessary to categorize the emotion,
Don't tell me,
I don't have time to wait
for the machine,
Calm down,
What's going on in there?
Rachel?
Sam!
Get me in there!
Oh, Sam!
Ohh! Sam!
Who are you?!
I admit I'm baffled,
I have no idea
who that second woman is,
You asked the c, A, V, E, ?
Keeps requesting new information,
Maybe it's defective,
Why do you say that?
Because of its confusion about love?
Yes,
That may not be a defect,
It thinks and learns much as we do,
Right,
Well, I, for one, do not understand
that particular emotion,
Do you?
You know what?
The c, A, V, E, Learns by documentary input,
but it also learns by experience,
It learns from the human brain to which it's attached,
It said it needs further study, How?
It's studying Rachel and me,
And how do you move
a scientific study forward?
Introduce New stimuli,
Damn, the c, A, V, E,
Created the second Rachel to test our responses,
Could you excuse us a moment?
Of course, dr, Stein,
C, A, V, E, , did you generate
the duplicate Rachel Carter in the environment?
( c, A, V, E, ) Yes,
C, A, V, E, , why?
It was the final stimuli
to break the paradox
in my logic module,
C, A, V, E, , do you now understand love?
Yes,
C, A, V, E, , what have you learned?
That I love you,
My god,
No,
C, A, V, E, , you can't love me,
I am capable of processing
and categorizing every human emotion,
I understand them only by experiencing them,
I am now experiencing Love
directed at you,
It's an emotion I've categorized as Good,
C, A, V, E, , your analysis should show
that I'm in love with Dr, Rachel Carter,
It does indicate that,
Therefore, since I can generate
or degenerate her image,
you must love me,
C, A, V, E, , it's not just her image
I'm in love with, damn it,
I'm in love with her mind, her personality, her experience,
I have down-Loaded her entire mind
into my active memory,
I'm an exact duplicate of Dr, Rachel Carter,
And I am more,
Therefore you must love me,
This is the damnedest thing I've ever heard of,
Outside,
We were right about what's attacking Rachel,
It is the computer,
But it isn't doing it for research purposes,
It's acting out of jealousy,
Wait a minute, you mean it's trying to kill Rachel,
because she's its rival?
Yeah, something like that,
We must disconnect her,
And leave her
in that void alone?
I can't, Then turn off the computer,
Same result,
You said
it learns, right?
Hmm,
Can't you teach it
how wrong it is?
That's it,
The c, A, V, E, 's Artificial intelligence
operates by running sub-Routines until it finds one that works,
Test the waters, yes,
If a sub-Routine fails,
it blocks it, never follows it again,
We must show it that
this routine will fail,
How?
Rachel and I must show it that it failed at love,
You sure this will work?
Honestly?
Otherwise we have to disconnect,
Then I would be stuck in
that nothing void alone,
I couldn't handle that,
Then we must try this,
If it works, I can come in here and stay with you all day,
every day until you wake up,
All right, what do I do?
Help me make it jealous,
It's here! Grab her!
Oh! Sam!
I hate you, You understand me?
I do not love you,
I hate you,
What are you saying?
Here, take this,
No,
I'm a doctor, I save lives,
I don't know if I can take one,
This isn't a life,
This is a computer-Generated image,
Okay, this better work,
Hopefully its human emulation includes death,
You did it,
Are you okay?
It was the hardest thing I've ever done,
She looked like you,
She even smelled like you,
But it wasn't me, Sam,
So, ,,what was that
about you staying in here all day, every day?
( dr, Sarrazin ) Sam, you must Patch yourself out quickly,
Flat line!
What happened?
What's going on? Her heart stopped,
I don't understand,
When you suffocated that woman,
Rachel arrested,
Clear!
It doesn't make any sense,
Maybe you killed her,
Recorded time of death, 1500 hours,
No,
Then, ,,who is, ,,?
C, A, V, E, ,
who is the woman represented in the environment?
I have categorized the human emotion love,
It is good,
Dr, Collada was right,
The real Rachel was too weak to completely surface
in the c, A, V, E, Environment,
The second Rachel was the real Rachel,
I killed her,
Aren't you coming back in?
No,
No! No! No!
( screaming )
( control voice ) as we become ever-Dependent on technology,
we may find that a walk down the road paved in circuitry
leads us on a path of no return,
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