Peter Riley<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HAL</span></a> (voiced by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasRain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasRain</span></a>) tells a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> reporter ( in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StanleyKubrick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StanleyKubrick</span></a> directed 1968 film #2001 A Space Odyssey ) </p><p>“The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a></p>