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Posted On: 03/05/2025 3:39:25 PM
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Re: HHIGambler #150809
I loathe AI with every fiber of my being. Hahaha.
The IBM thing is a cool coincidence.
The IBM thing is a cool coincidence.
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Clarke more directly addressed this issue in his book The Lost Worlds of 2001:
As is clearly stated in the novel (Chapter 16), HAL stands for Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer. However, about once a week some character spots the fact that HAL is one letter ahead of IBM, and promptly assumes that Stanley and I were taking a crack at the estimable institution … As it happened, IBM had given us a good deal of help, so we were quite embarrassed by this, and would have changed the name had we spotted the coincidence.
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