| rdfs:comment | - While watching the film for the first time, I always thought that it was the Monolith that accelerated the evolution of AI, just like it accelerated the primates'. One thing that could support this theory that HAL, being a computer, revealed to be able to express emotions at the end. Sure, the 9000s are built quite long before the humans even discovered the Monolith, and are already proven to have a perfect track record. But having a perfect track record doesn't mean he also perfectly mimic the human mind. That deals with logic and analysis, but not feelings such as fear, suspiciousness and regret.
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| abstract | - While watching the film for the first time, I always thought that it was the Monolith that accelerated the evolution of AI, just like it accelerated the primates'. One thing that could support this theory that HAL, being a computer, revealed to be able to express emotions at the end. Sure, the 9000s are built quite long before the humans even discovered the Monolith, and are already proven to have a perfect track record. But having a perfect track record doesn't mean he also perfectly mimic the human mind. That deals with logic and analysis, but not feelings such as fear, suspiciousness and regret. That's what also happened to the primates after the Monolith. Logically, they have no apparent reason to attack the other less intelligent group. The little battle seems completely intentional from their part, not of self defense, or quick insticts, or simple emotion. The human and AI mind might see to be pretty far in comparison, but consider, that they are at least built in our knowledge. The aliens however, would be completely different in nature, unlike those sci-fi characters that look and act surprisingly human, or at least, earth-like. About the end scene, it's all about Dave, I guess. The HAL and AI plot are over, and now it's about him, and the Monolith.
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