It is not at all unreasonable that a film is subject to certain "legal assessment" before its release. After all, no person or company wants to get "stuck" in a negative way when a movie plays a "sensitive matter". For "2001," Stanley Kubrick made a great effort to convey publicly that HAL 9000 had nothing to do with IBM, but in April 1966, almost two years before the premiere of the film, sent a letter referring to "the state of affairs with IBM "in relation to psychotic behavior HAL 9000-murderer who was going to show on the big screen ...

Already there are countless occasions when we talked about artificial intelligence in one form or another redirect all their might against the human race. One of the best examples is definitely in "2001", which turns 45 years old next April. The film has been studied by experts of all kinds, but in general, what we get closer to those who follow the tech world is the reaction of the AI ​​system HAL 9000, and its consequences. Almost two years before the film's release, the actions of HAL 9000 caused some concern in Stanley Kubrick, who through a letter sent to Roger Caras Productions Polaris requested additional information on IBM's position as to HAL 9000, because as puts it in the text, one of the main themes of the story is "a psychotic computer".

Both Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke has said repeatedly that the "advance letter" between HAL and IBM was just a coincidence. Officially, HAL belongs to "Heuristically programmed Algorithmic computer", but the fact is that IBM, like other companies, has a presence in the film (some no longer exist, as in the case of Pan Am). The fact that IBM "being there" and HAL 9000 was dedicated to killing astronauts Kubrick warrant concern, but equally interesting is the response of Roger Caras. To be completely sure of the situation, contacted DC Faces Hollister, Corporate Director of Public Relations at IBM, which made it clear that the IBM name was not associated in any way with the failure of HAL 9000, and that obviously was not an IBM machine.



The final position of IBM stated that if it was associated by name to the "equipment failure", there would be no objection if Kubrick decided advisory companies mentioned in the credits of the film, nor would objections provided that IBM is "buried "in the list with other companies, and that was not specifically advertised as providing" technical advice "to HAL 9000. The decision no doubt came to fruition, but this response "diplomatic" makes it clear that in the halls of the giant blue someone asked the same question that Kubrick. Do not forget that IBM was going through a golden moment with the complete success of your system 360, and tarnish his reputation with a film, it was more indirect association, was crazy.

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