In the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, he examines artificial intelligence, including its potential and uncertainties. Specifically, it explores the complications that can arise when humans design and build machines. For example, his fictional character, Hal, is a sentient computer with intelligence almost identical to humans, programmed to perform high-level tasks. When Hal experiences a malfunction, he begins to develop more unpredictable human behavior, such as showing signs of emotions and self-awareness. When he realizes his ability to act and make choices, he begins to drift away and deviate from the way he was initially asked to do so. With Hal, he shows how people have created powerful technology that they cannot fully control. 2001 expresses the dangers where advances in technological innovations could eventually return to humans in unexpected and unforeseen ways. The film demonstrates several long-standing concerns about technology, particularly as machines become more complex and harder to understand. Likewise, as people today have grown...