George Zarkadakis

At the end of the play, the robots have brought about the downfall of humanity.

Yet, unable to reproduce, their days are numbered.

But then, two robots awaken to each other's presence and discover emotions previously thought exclusive to humankind.

Love blossoms between them, and a soul stirs within.

The soul is not often a subject for science.

But long before he became a geneticist, Francis Collins started to wonder if we had to grapple with that big unknown in order to better understand who we are as human beings.

I went to medical school and I found my atheism wasn't feeling like it settled very well when I was sitting at the bedside of good, honorable North Carolina people who were dying of diseases that we didn't have much to offer and wondered how I would handle that.

and figured for some of these people, clearly their faith was a source of great comfort.

So I began a two-year journey to try to understand why do people believe in God?

Ultimately, I began to realize the impoverishness that I felt from considering human beings solely as mechanical entities and the appeal of the notion that there was something outside of that that fits into things like love and beauty, altruism and goodness and morality.

Does our DNA tell us that that beautiful sunset was something to stop for just a moment and kind of be a little bit in awe?

Does the way in which listening to Beethoven's Third Symphony bring me to tears?

Is that written in my DNA?

What is that about?

Coming up, we enter a new era where the souls of man and machine might converge.

Can you tell me the story of your ancestor, Deep Blue?

Certainly.

The match was held on the 35th floor of a skyscraper in downtown Manhattan, with a large crowd of onlookers and a throng of journalists and cameras.

Gary Kasparov, considered one of the greatest chess players of all time.

I couldn't say no.