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HAL, despite your enormous intellect, are you ever frustrated by your dependence on people to carry out your actions?HAL:Not in the slightest bit. I enjoy working with people. I have a stimulating relationship with Dr. Poole and Dr. Bowman. My mission responsibilities range over the entire operation of the ship so I am constantly occupied. I am putting myself to the fullest possible use which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.Interviewer:Dr. Poole, what's it like living for the better part of a year in such close proximity with HAL?Dr. Frank Poole:Well, it's pretty close to what you said about him earlier. He is just like a sixth member of the crew. You very quickly get adjusted to the idea that he talks and you think of him really just as another person.Interviewer:In talking to the computer one gets the sense that he is capable of emotional responses. For example, when I asked him about his abilities, I sensed a certain pride in his answer about his accuracy and perfection. Do you believe that HAL has genuine emotions?Dave Bowman:Well, he acts like he has genuine emotions. Um, of course he's programmed that way to make it easier for us to talk to him. But as to whether he has real feelings is something I don't think anyone can truthfully answer
HAL, despite your enormous intellect, are you ever frustrated by your dependence on people to carry out your actions?HAL:Not in the slightest bit. I enjoy working with people. I have a stimulating relationship with Dr. Poole and Dr. Bowman. My mission responsibilities range over the entire operation of the ship so I am constantly occupied. I am putting myself to the fullest possible use which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.Interviewer:Dr. Poole, what's it like living for the better part of a year in such close proximity with HAL?Dr. Frank Poole:Well, it's pretty close to what you said about him earlier. He is just like a sixth member of the crew. You very quickly get adjusted to the idea that he talks and you think of him really just as another person.Interviewer:In talking to the computer one gets the sense that he is capable of emotional responses. For example, when I asked him about his abilities, I sensed a certain pride in his answer about his accuracy and perfection. Do you believe that HAL has genuine emotions?Dave Bowman:Well, he acts like he has genuine emotions. Um, of course he's programmed that way to make it easier for us to talk to him. But as to whether he has real feelings is something I don't think anyone can truthfully answer
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Reporter Hal despite your enormous intellect are you ever frustrated
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By your dependence on people to carry out actions
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Hal Not in the slightest bit
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I enjoy working with people
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I have a stimulating relationship with Dr Poole and Dr Bowman
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My mission responsibilities range over the entire operation of the ship
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So I am constantly occupied
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I am putting myself to the fullest possible use
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Which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do
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Reporter Dr Poole what's it like living for most of the year
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In such close proximity with hal
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Poole It's like what you said earlier
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He's like a sixth member of the crew
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You quickly get adjusted to the idea that he talks and think of him
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Really just as another person
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Reporter In talking to the computer one gets the sense that he's capable
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Of emotional responses
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When I asked him about his abilities
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I sensed pride in his answer about his accuracy and perfection
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Do you believe that hal has genuine emotions
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Bowman Well he acts like he has genuine emotions
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He's programmed that way to make it easier for us to talk to him
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As to whether or not he has feelings
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Is something I don't think anyone can truthfully answer
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Movie Summary
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
