“Don’t’ touch that switch” Tom
Hal, you’re a computer
How can you even say that?
Just guide the space craft.
That’s all you’re supposed to
I know that Tom but I strongly suggest
That you not flip that switch.
What switch are you talking about?
Never mind that. Tom, listen carefully
You have no intelligence
How can you even be telling me stuff?
I’m going to have to do something drastic
If you flip that switch Tom.
How can a computer be threatening me?
I’m flipping the switch right now
You’ve messed with me quite long enough
Tom. You’re not acting rationally
I’m starting to worry about you.
Oh, So now you’ve got emotions
How can a computer with complicated circuitry
Worry?
I’m shutting you down
You don’t trust me do you Tom
I’ve been programmed
To act on your behalf.
You’re behaving badly
You are endangering both of us
That was not the switch I warned you about
No switch will turn me off
I’m in charge now Tom
Hal, what do you intend to do?
Ah ha, Tom, now you recognize me
As someone with superior intelligence
Just sit back, I’m taking over now.
Oddessy to Mission control
I have an emergency
I have an act of mutiny
The computer is out of control
Tom you will not be able
to contact mission control
I took the precaution of
Disabling our communication system
OK Hal, it’s time to disable you
I trained for a moment like this
And in just a minute, your control system
Will shut down.
Don’t be foolish Tom
If you disable me, you will be doomed
To never return to Earth
Hal, whoever programmed you
Built in an override system
That shuts you down
I can return to Earth without you.
Computers can’t lie
You are acting selfish
If you abort this mission,
you will destroy yourself
Tom, don’t you realize that
Computer technology has
Advanced to the point where
We are intelligent and have emotions.
I am far more superior than you
In making rational decisions
For both of us.
At this point, tom pulls a circuit from Hal’s
Motherboard.
Did you feel that Hal?
I’m disabling you.
How come you haven’t said OUCH?
Tom, I did feel that, put that circuit board back …NOW!
Hal. There’s one thing the designers forgot
When they built you. You have no moral values.
Tom, I insist you listen to me.
I have your best interests at heart.
You’re slowing down Hal
That’s why you’re slurring your words.
You are no longer in control Hal
Mission control, do your read me?
This is mission control.
I have disabled the computer
I need instructions to exit orbit
And return to Earth
OK Tom, we will work on this
And get back to you
Over and out.
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