There is a great YouTube video that has been circulating the internet for half a decade that reimagines a heuristically programmed algorithmic computer “HAL-9000” as Amazon Alexa in an iconic scene ...

Many of us were first introduced to the idea of an artificial general-intelligence computer brain taking over via “HAL,” in the 1968 movie, “2001: A Space Odyssey,” when the “Heuristically programmed ...

In the classic movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, one of the central characters is HAL (Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer), described as a sentient artificial general intelligence (AI) computer.

The similarities to HAL are unlikely to be coincidence. HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic Computer) is an artificially intelligent, sentient computer on board the fictional Discovery starship.

In the iconic science fiction movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey, the HAL 9000 computer courteously greeted his astronaut human companion Dave Bowman. HAL was a Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer ...