Does Chatbot Cry?

All those moments will be lost in time… like tears in rain… Time to die.

Rutger Hauer as Batty in Bladerunner

The monologue that line ends was ad-libbed by Rutger Hauer in the film adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. A lot of the novel’s thematic content was lost in translation but Hauer’s performance restored some of the depth lost along with it. More importantly, he brought a spontaneity and soul unlikely to be replicated by the replicant he portraye...