HAL and the Construction of Artificial Intelligence

2001:A Space Odyssey: How much of the intelligence in HAL can be accomplished now?

What are the fundamental difference between human beings and machines?

1. “Hi Dave.”: The Talking Computer and Text to Speech Synthesis

2. “Affirmative, Dave, I read you.”: Computer Speech Recognition

3. "Open the pod bay doors, HAL. … I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.": Reasoning about Consequences of Actions.

4. "I could see your lips move.": Computer Vision

5. "Bishop takes …. Checkmate!": The game-playing computer Knowledge Representation and Planning

6. “AE-35 is going to fail in 72 hours.”: Devising a Plan

7. “All right, HAL; I'll go in through the emergency airlock. … Without your space helmet, Dave, you're going to find that rather difficult.” : Knowledge Representation and Common Sense

8. " I know you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.": Knowledge Representation and Planning

9. “I can feel it. My mind is going. … My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you.” Automatic Learning and Assimilation of Knowledge through Interactions with the Environment

10. “I am afraid.”: Does HAL Cry Digital Tears? Computer Emotions