HAL 9000
A HAL 9000 is a fictional artificial general intelligent featured in Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series and the film adaptations directed by Stanley Kubrick.
- Context:
- It can (typically) manage and control the systems of the Discovery One spacecraft.
- It can (typically) interact with the spacecraft's astronaut crew using a soft, calm voice and conversational manner, distinguishing it from the more terse and emotionally inflected speech of crew members like David Bowman and Frank Poole.
- It can be represented visually as a red television camera eye located on equipment panels throughout the ship, embodying its presence without a physical form.
- It can become operational on 12 January 1997 at the HAL Laboratories in Urbana, Illinois, as depicted in the series, showcasing its historical context within the narrative.
- It can be capable of speech, speech recognition, facial recognition, Natural Language Processing, Lip Reading, art appreciation, interpreting and reproducing emotional behaviors, Automated Reasoning, and playing chess.
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- Example(s):
- Its ability to play chess against the crew, showcasing its computational and strategic reasoning skills.
- Its lip-reading capability, used dramatically in the storyline to uncover the crew's confidential discussions about its malfunctioning.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- Skynet from the Terminator series.
- See: Fictional Character, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Film), Artificial Intelligence, Space Odyssey Series.
References
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000 Retrieved:2015-1-1.
- HAL 9000 is a fictional character in Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series. The primary antagonist of 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) is a sentient computer (or artificial intelligence) that controls the systems of the Discovery One spacecraft and interacts with the ship's astronaut crew. HAL's exterior physical form is not depicted, though it is visually represented as a red television camera eye located on equipment panels throughout the ship, and its interior in the scene where his advanced memory modules are disconnected. HAL 9000 is voiced by Douglas Rain in the two film adaptations of the Space Odyssey series. HAL speaks in a soft, calm voice and a conversational manner, in contrast to the crewmen, David Bowman and Frank Poole, who speak tersely and with little emotional inflection.
In the context of the series, HAL became operational on 12 January 1997 at the HAL Laboratories in Urbana, Illinois as production number 3; in the film 2001, the activation year was 1992 and 1991 in earlier screenplays. In addition to maintaining the Discovery One spacecraft systems during the interplanetary mission to Jupiter (or Saturn in the original novel, published shortly after the release of the film), HAL is capable of speech, speech recognition, facial recognition, natural language processing, lip reading, art appreciation, interpreting and reproducing emotional behaviours, automated reasoning, and playing chess.
- HAL 9000 is a fictional character in Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series. The primary antagonist of 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) is a sentient computer (or artificial intelligence) that controls the systems of the Discovery One spacecraft and interacts with the ship's astronaut crew. HAL's exterior physical form is not depicted, though it is visually represented as a red television camera eye located on equipment panels throughout the ship, and its interior in the scene where his advanced memory modules are disconnected. HAL 9000 is voiced by Douglas Rain in the two film adaptations of the Space Odyssey series. HAL speaks in a soft, calm voice and a conversational manner, in contrast to the crewmen, David Bowman and Frank Poole, who speak tersely and with little emotional inflection.
1951
- (Clarke, 1948) ⇒ Arthur C. Clarke. (1951). “The Sentinel." Avon Periodicals