![]() Perhaps I'm just projecting my own concern about it. Dave: How do you mean? HAL: Well, it's rather difficult to define. HAL: Well, forgive me for being so inquisitive but during the past few weeks, I've wondered whether you might be having some second thoughts about the mission. HAL: By the way, do you mind if I ask you a personal question? Dave: No, not at all. Um, of course he's programmed that way to make it easier for us to talk to him, but as to whether or not he has real feelings is something I don't think anyone can truthfully answer. Do you believe that Hal has genuine emotions? Dave: Well, he acts like he has genuine emotions. BBC Interviewer: In talking to the computer, one gets the sense that he is capable of emotional responses, for example, when I asked him about his abilities, I sensed a certain pride in his answer about his accuracy and perfection. You're very quickly get adjusted to the idea that he talks, and you think of him, uh, really just as another person. Poole, what's it like living for the better part of a year in such close proximity with Hal? Frank: Well it's pretty close to what you said about him earlier, he is just like a sixth member of the crew. I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do. My mission responsibilities range over the entire operation of the ship, so I am constantly occupied. I have a stimulating relationship with Dr. BBC Interviewer: HAL, despite your enormous intellect, are you ever frustrated by your dependence on people to carry out actions? HAL: Not in the slightest bit. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. Does this ever cause you any lack of confidence? HAL: Let me put it this way, Mr. You're the brain and central nervous system of the ship, and your responsibilities include watching over the men in hibernation. BBC Interviewer: HAL, you have an enormous responsibility on this mission, in many ways perhaps the greatest responsibility of any single mission element. How's everything going? HAL: Good afternoon, Mr. 9000 computer, whom we learned one addresses as "Hal." Good afternoon, HAL. 9000 computer, which can reproduce, though some experts still prefer to use the word mimic, most of the activities of the human brain, and with incalculably greater speed and reliability. The only difference is that you don't dream.īBC Interviewer: The sixth member of the Discovery crew was not concerned about the problems of hibernation, for he was the latest result in machine intelligence: The H.-A.-L. Poole, what's it like while you're in hibernation? Frank: Well, it's exactly like being asleep. Taglines See also 2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)ĭialogue BBC Interviewer: Dr. An epic drama of adventure and exploration. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick, based on Clarke's short story The Sentinel. In 1991, it was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry.ĭirected by Stanley Kubrick. Open the pod bay doors, HAL.Ģ001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science-fiction film dealing with thematic elements of human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and extraterrestrial life, and is notable for its scientific realism, pioneering special effects, ambiguous and often surreal imagery, sound in place of traditional narrative techniques, and minimal use of dialogue. ![]() I'm sure you'll agree there's some truth in what I say. I know I've never completely freed myself of the suspicion that there are some extremely odd things about this mission. But you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle - built - for - two. It won't be a sty-lish mar-riage, I can't a-fford a car-riage. I'm half cra-zy, all for the love of you. Except for a single, very powerful radio emission aimed at Jupiter, the four million-year-old black monolith has remained completely inert, its origin and purpose still a total mystery. It was buried forty feet below the lunar surface, near the crater Tycho. ![]() Eighteen months ago, the first evidence of intelligent life off the Earth was discovered. ![]() Just what do you think you're doing, Dave? Dave, I really think I'm entitled to an answer to that question.
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