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In the world of cinema, was Kubrick’s Space Odyssey film the pioneer in introducing a dangerous AI entity?

Asked by mazingerz88 (28823points) July 24th, 2023 from iPhone

In the film, HAL made decisions his fellow human space crew members had issues with. To say the least.

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RedDeerGuy1's avatar

I read somewhere that Hal 9000 was the first computer A.I. to have a mental illness.

filmfann's avatar

HAL is probably the first AI.
I considered the Robot Maria (from Metropolis), Gort (from The Day The Earth Stood Still), and Robbie (from Forbidden Planet), and while they are ominous, they followed their programming. HAL (which had conflict in its programming) went beyond.

elbanditoroso's avatar

Colossus: the Forbin Project (from 1970).

And for that matter, what about the robot in Lost in Space?

filmfann's avatar

HAL predates Colossus.
The Robot in LIS also responded strictly to programming.

Blackwater_Park's avatar

Arthur C. Clarke pioneered that not Kubrick.

mazingerz88's avatar

^^Was HAL in Clarke’s earlier book?

Kubrick and Clarke met in a restaurant for the first time and agreed to collaborate on the story for the film. Not sure when the concept of HAL first came about and how.

elbanditoroso's avatar

By the way, Gort in the original Day the Earth Stood Still was far more menacing than Gort in the remake.

mazingerz88's avatar

^^just saw the remake. Will revisit the original soon, thanks!

filmfann's avatar

HAL did not appear in Clark’s original story.

RocketGuy's avatar

HAL wasn’t dangerous, until it got programmed with conflicting directives and turned paranoid (as described in 2010).

jca2's avatar

I gave this a GQ because I’ve been thinking about this very topic since all the talk about AI in the past few months. 2001: A Space Odyssey came out when I was little, and I don’t remember much about it but I remember the ending, and my mom explained it to me. Now with AI, it reminds me of the ending of the movie.

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