Dr. Morrow: I am about to crack how to transfer consciousness into a machine.
Milo: Human consciousness?
Dr. Morrow: Yeah. You may not be able to create a conscious synth out of nothing, but consciousness transference, that is the next big leap forward.
Milo: And if I fire you?
Dr. Morrow: Someone else will hire me to do it, and the next 20 years Qualia will be mentioned in the same sentence with laser discs and beta max.

This is how we lose, you know. It won't be robots that rise up and slaughter us in our beds. It's machines, sending silent messages in the middle of the night, when no one else is looking. I just came to tell you what I think, because that's what people do.

Joe

Astrid: Why didn't you tell me?
Niska: Because I didn't know if I could trust you.
Astrid: That's bullshit.
Niska: Because you liked me, and I didn't want you to stop.
Astrid: Well, I didn't. I could have loved you.
Niska: I know.

Astrid: What do you mean?
Laura: When you realized she wasn't human?
Astrid: I don't understand.
Laura: Niska is a synthetic.
Astrid: I don't-that can't be right.
Laura: I assure you, she was built in a lab.
Astrid: Niska?
Niska: I'm sorry.

Ed: I know you can feel pain, but can you feel, you know, the good stuff?
Mia: I feel happy.
Ed: I meant more like, pleasure?
Mia: I enjoy it. I like the proximity.
Ed: Proximity? Yeah, proximity's good.

Humans Season 2 Episode 4 Quotes

Astrid: What do you mean?
Laura: When you realized she wasn't human?
Astrid: I don't understand.
Laura: Niska is a synthetic.
Astrid: I don't-that can't be right.
Laura: I assure you, she was built in a lab.
Astrid: Niska?
Niska: I'm sorry.

Ed: I know you can feel pain, but can you feel, you know, the good stuff?
Mia: I feel happy.
Ed: I meant more like, pleasure?
Mia: I enjoy it. I like the proximity.
Ed: Proximity? Yeah, proximity's good.