2001: A Space Odyssey Review


     2001: A Space Odyssey was incredibly disturbing to watch for me, but I think a lot can be learned from it. The artificial intelligence Hal displays a lot of traits that a psychopath would, from killing someone that insulted him without a sign of remorse, to attempting to draw upon Keir's humanity so he might not get shut down.
      Like Siri—or any artificial intelligence—Hal has no ties to human emotion, and I don't think he truly understands what it means to be alive. Because of this, Hal sees no wrong in doing what he deems necessary. Killing someone is no different than anything else; for Hal, there is no such thing as sin. The idea that we might create something as sinister as that is extremely frightening to me, but what is even more unnerving is that there are some people that exist like that today.

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