![]() As human triumphs over machine, HAL pleads for its own salvation. Waging a battle against the machine, Dave eventually succeeds in disconnecting HAL’s memory. HAL kills Frank and the other crew, leaving only Dave alive but defying his orders in a dramatic tension-filled scene. Things spiral downward from there, as HAL thinks its disconnection will jeopardize the mission to Jupiter when the computer has been programmed to ensure its success. HAL places blame for its own mistake on the human crew, and with its watchful camera-eye everywhere on the spaceship, reads the lips of Dave and Frank as they secretly discuss disabling HAL. We are all, by any practical definition, foolproof and incapable of error.” When HAL says, “I enjoy working with people,” we see the first hint of a technology that has grown separate and apart from its creators. HAL declares, “No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake, or destroyed any information. In the film, HAL has adopted the pride of its programmers, thinking itself to be incapable of error. The movie conveys an urgent message about humanity’s relationship with technology, which resonates now, decades later, as our artificial intelligence is approaching HAL’s capabilities. Mission Control relays that their own 9000-series computer indicates its twin HAL on the Discovery One is in error. ![]() Remember, HAL does not make mistakes, except when the two active astronauts (David “Dave” Bowman and Frank Poole, the rest of the crew being in suspended animation) investigate and become concerned when they find nothing wrong. The letters preceding each of HAL spell IBM.ĭuring Discovery One’s mission to Jupiter, the HAL 9000 reports the imminent failure of an antenna control device. HAL 9000 artificial intelligence computer faceplate. The movie studio system produced either “very big” or small-scale films the big-budget films were often remakes of earlier grand productions, few of which were outer space science fiction. Wells, including the films The Time Machine and First Men in the Moon, but they seemed like a continuation of the 1950s science fiction films. ![]() There were more adaptations of the stories of Jules Verne and H. Although the quantity of film productions decreased, the movies employed a constantly increasing range of special effects, including extensive sets built to simulate alien worlds and zero-gravity chambers for space-station and spaceship sets. Many of the sci-fi films in the 1960s were aimed more at children than adults, reflecting the growth of children’s television programming in the decade. ![]() In the 1960s, about half as many science fiction films were produced compared to the 1950s, and only about half of those dealt with outer space. In our continuing retrospective on science fiction in the 1950s and 1960s, The Quantum Record examines the change that occurred after the end of the first decade. ![]()
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