Paper Info
Title
Keynote address: the HAL 9000 computer and the vision of 2001: a space odyssey
Abstract
"I am a HAL 9000 computer production number 3. I became operational at the HAL Laboratories in Urbana, Illinois on January 12, 1997…"--Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968 novel)It's 2001: Where's HAL?2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke's 1968 epic film about space exploration and the evolution of intelligence, was the most carefully researched and scientifically precise feature film ever made. Now, in its namesake year, we can compare the film's computer science "visions" with current technological fact -- in particular those related to its central character, the HAL 9000 computer, which could speak, reason, see, play chess, plan and express emotions. In some domains reality has surpassed the vision in the film: computer chess, computer hardware, and graphics. In numerous others, reality has fallen far short: computer speech, language, vision, lipreading, planning, and common sense. The film missed some trends entirely: the film showed no laptops or PDAs and HAL as large as a school bus but in reality computers instead got small. As such, the film provides a remarkable perspective on the sweep of developments in the modern era of computer technology.This non-technical talk is profusely illustrated with clips from 2001 and current research and sheds new light on key moments of the film. You will never see the film the same way again.
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1145/564124.564126
Winter Simulation Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
space odyssey,computer hardware,precise feature film,computer technology,arthur c. clarke,keynote address,computer chess,computer science,epic film,computer speech,computer production number
Graphics,Common sense,Simulation,Vision,EPIC,Space exploration,Engineering,Computer chess
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7803-7309-X
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
David G. Stork1627106.17