Q3 Technology

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2001 presents a complex view of technology. On one hand, as a science fiction work, it enthusiastically explores the possibility of new technologies. On the other hand, it seems to criticize unchecked technological innovation. Discuss.

[Kristel]

Of course the main technology is the HAL 9000 computers though there certainly is a lot more than the computer but HAL is the main thing as can we trust artificial intelligence to be safe?

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I agree with Kristel, HAL is the warning against technology that is so advanced it thinks and feels for itself.

[Paula]

I agree with Kristel and Book. There is also the example of having the technology to go to the moon and discover and dig up TMA-1 that has unforeseen consequences.

[Diane]

Hal going rogue was the main example. I thought it was amazing some of the things they got right in 1968 like the space station.

[Patrick]

Agree about the warnings on AI. The Newspad is eerily similar to our current tablets, there was a lot of prescience in that novel. Or the novel has inspired the development of these tools, just like Da Vinci's drawings inspired the development of aeroplanes.