Personal Reaction Essays

The crew members treat HAL like a fellow human. HAL admits he has a ôstimulating relationshipö with Dr. Poole and Dr. Bowman, and in a discussion that involves a possible malfunction with HAL, the astronauts refer to the super-computer as ôhimö (Kubrick 2001). HAL beats Frank at chess and he is able to critique the artwork rendered by Dave through his visual-recognition capabilities. In all ways, HAL appears to be human though he is a machine.

Despite HALÆs remarkable human-like abilities, Dave argues that his ability to have ôreal feelingsö is something no one can ôtruthfully answerö (Kubrick 2001). Despite DaveÆs doubt, HAL seems to express genuine feelings. When his malfunction causes the crew to consider shutting him down, HAL becomes vengeful an

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