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Comparing Clarke/Kubrick's 2001 To Now

Posted by Hemos on from the i'm-sorry-dave dept.

angkor wrote us about a recent Economist article that explores and compares the differences between Clarke/Kubrick's vision of 2001, and what we've got. Of course, I'd point out that the literary one wasn't meant to be a literal 2001; but this an interesting comparasion nonetheless.

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  1. Software difference by simetra · · Score: 2, Funny

    It took a lot to take down HAL.
    Of course we have nothing near the AI as that, but if we did, a script kiddie could probably bring it down, or make it talk dirty, etc.

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    1. Re:Software difference by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny

      > It took a lot to take down HAL. Of course we have nothing near the AI as that, but if we did, a script kiddie could probably bring it down
      Daisy, Daisy,
      Click the attachment, do.
      I have sent it,
      For the opinion of you!
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  2. Chris Black by jorbettis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Chris Black was doing his "Year in review" on the daily show when he said:

    "So my review for 2001 the year is the same as for 2001 the space odyssey, It went on too long, it was hard to follow, and you could only enjoy it if you were really, really stoned.

    I think that is a pretty apt analysis of the similarities between the two ;-)

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  3. Re:It's 2001 and AI is here but not HAL. by Zalgon+26+McGee · · Score: 4, Funny

    Once the VB mind becomes truly self-aware, it'll probably want to kill itself.

    "I was written with WHAT????"

    (+1, MS-bashing)

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  4. Article explains success of AOL... by alienmole · · Score: 3, Funny
    The article quotes sociobiologist Richard Dawkins contemplating willow seeds floating through the air:

    It is raining instructions out there; it's raining programs; it's raining tree-growing, fluff-spreading, algorithms. That is not a metaphor, it is the plain truth. It couldn't be any plainer if it were raining floppy discs.
    Or raining, say, AOL CDs...?