HAL 9000 is a fictional artificial intelligence from ArthurCeeClarke''''''s SpaceOdyssey.
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HAL 'looks' like this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/HAL9000.svg/256px-HAL9000.svg.png

The name is derived from IBM by shifting the three letters one place upwards in the alphabet. 

HAL can control all technical elements of a SpaceShip, kill whomsoever including humans by those means, see everything inside, speak to humans about everything, have an agenda, and can read lips if cut of from the sound of a compartment. But HAL is not a RepliCant.
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See also:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000



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