2001: A Space Odyssey – The Film That Still Orbits Above Everything Else
There has never been another film like it, and there may never be again. When Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey premiered in April 1968, audiences famously walked out in confusion. Critics called it pretentious, boring, incomprehensible. Yet within months the same film was being hailed as the greatest science-fiction Continue Reading
The Lessons from HAL 9000: AI’s Evolution Today
Few fictional machines have left as enduring a mark on the human psyche as HAL 9000. Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey introduced us to a computer whose calm voice and glowing red eye embodied the unsettling potential of artificial intelligence. HAL was sentient in our minds, calculating and cold—until Continue Reading
