We next spoke with the H.A.L nine-thousand computer whom we learned one addresses as Hal. nine-thousand computer which can reproduce - though some experts still prefer to use the word "mimic" - most of the activities of the human brain and with incalculably greater speed and reliability. The following interview with the the Earth-based reporter Amor was conducted before the chess game.ĪMOR: The sixth member of the Discovery crew was not concerned about the problems of hibernation for he was the latest result in machine intelligence: the H.A.L. Immediately prior to 'Bishop takes Knight's Pawn' Note here that Poole doesn't observe contemporary descriptive notation for his moves against HAL and HAL's subsequent description of the force mate was either a verbal courtesy for Poole's benefit or a vernacular that the two had fallen into. In fact, the game was won in a forced checkmate no matter how many moves it took after Poole played 'Uh-hrumph. The fallacy here is that HAL lied to win the game. You can read this motive in two ways: either it is yet another sign that HAL is broken (a few moments later he will report that a working correct component is damaged) or that he is indeed cheating (he expects that Frank will believe him), which makes HAL more sinister but also more human. In describing the wrong move, HAL cheats his way to a victory. He should have said "queen to bishop six." He's describing a mate in two moves when in reality Frank could have prolonged the game and didn't need to concede it so early. Here's the thing, though: HAL didn't describe his moves properly.
sourceįrank chooses to trust HAL's assessment of his future moves and resigns the game, giving the computer the victory.
#Hal 9000 scene movie
The game in the movie is from an actual game, Roesch vs. Frank Poole (played by Gary Lockwood), playing a chess game with the white pieces against the HAL-9000 computer (voice by Douglas Rain).
In 1968, Stanley Kubrick (a strong chess player himself) directed 2001: A Space Odyssey. This was taken from a real chess game Roesch vs Willi Schlage from 1910.
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