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a young scientist is dropped off at the country home of a former mentor, Dr. Clark, and his latest assistant. Do his experiments in artificial intelligence, and a robotic man really have the locals upset? Alpha is a hulking machine capable of both feats of strength and delicacy.
As if the news of Alpha isn’t enough, Dr. Clark assures that a superior achievement will be revealed in the morning. As the doctor turns in for the night, Barton drops hints that Alpha is already obsolete, and will soon be dismantled. Does the rudimentary thinking machine know about this development?
A scream in the night sends Barton and Dr. Dale to find a murdered Dr. Clark. Has an inferior sample of human brain tissue been used in Alfa’s intelligence?
In the morning Barton shares the new project, Beta, the new robot has an improved skin that looks human, a d other streamlined features to make it better. Will Dr. Dale stick around to help build an army of these super machines? Is Alpha really the murderous culpri?Will the townsfolk sit still, and allow the experiments to continue? What’s Barton’s final secret about the new robot?
