![]() Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, Sam Harris, and many other leading AI researchers have sounded the alarm: Unchecked, they say, AI may progress beyond our control and pose significant dangers to society.Īnd what about the converse: humans “killing” future computers by disconnection? When astronauts Frank and Dave retreat to a pod to discuss HAL’s apparent malfunctions and whether they should disconnect him, Dave imagines HAL’s views and says: “Well I don’t know what he’d think about it.” Will it be ethical - not merely disturbing - to disconnect (“kill”) a conversational elder-care robot from the bedside of a lonely senior citizen? AI-powered bots, meanwhile, are infecting networks and influencing national elections. In the past few years experimental autonomous cars have led to the death of pedestrians and passengers alike. ![]() But three iconic scenes - HAL’s silent murder of astronaut Frank Poole in the vacuum of outer space, HAL’s silent medical murder of the three hibernating crewmen, and the poignant sorrowful “death” of HAL - prompted deeper reflection, this time about the ethical conundrums of murder by a machine and of a machine. Clarke, and their team of expert filmmakers.Īs with each viewing, I discovered or appreciated new details. The fact that this masterpiece remains on nearly every relevant list of “top ten films” and is shown and discussed over a half-century after its 1968 release is a testament to the cultural achievement of its director Stanley Kubrick, writer Arthur C. Last month at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art I saw “2001: A Space Odyssey” on the big screen for my 47th time. BeeLine Reader uses subtle color gradients to help you read more efficiently.
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