recollect HAL 9000 from the timeless movie2001 : A Space Odyssey ? The sentient supercomputer with a tendency to murder astronauts ? Well , he ’s no longer just a figment of Stanley Kubrick ’s vision .
A computer scientist has built an artificial intelligence , directly instigate by Kubrick ’s iconic supercomputer - supervillain , that ’s able to dish simulated astronauts on a virtual wandering base . luckily , its Divine has clearly stated , “ we have no plans to program paranoia into the system . " Good idea , we reckon .
“ I saw2001 : A Space Odysseyin my fourth-year year at West Point in1968 . West Point had only one computer , ” author Pete Bonasso wrote in the study . “ I programmed that computer to shoot pool , almost . But when I saw2001 , I knew I had to make the computer into another being , a being like HAL 9000 . ”
Inhis novel study , title “ CASE : A HAL 9000 for 2021 , ” Bonasso explains how he did just that . He detail how CASE was trail to gestate out all the menial tasks of day - to - day lifetime on a virtual planetal base , such as maintaining oxygen generation and carbon dioxide - removal systems or even sending a rover out to get rock sample . Of course , these types of tasks can take a lot of work in real life . CASE is also capable to react to changing situations and reschedule activeness if and when problems stand up , like a accelerator leak or a erratic junk tempest .
Just like HAL , it can also employ in conversation and interact with the gang byanswering dubiousness and responding to commands . The study explains , “ If you say , ‘ open up the pod bay doors , CASE ’ ( assuming there are pod bay doors in the habitat ) , unlike HAL , it will answer , ‘ for sure , Dave , ’ because we have no plans to programme paranoia into the organisation . ”
Bonasso ran a 4 - hour foresighted simulation to see how CASE dealt with the numerous problems it present . No astronauts were killed , which is a summation , and it appeared to successfully range the base without any hiccups .
There ’s still a lot of work to go before CASE will actually be capable of pull off man . Nevertheless , Bonasso has some bluff plans for the future . He aver they could bulge experimentation with CASE in genuine - life scenario for see how it would deal with a tangible crew mission to the Moon or Mars .
Who knows , perhaps somebody shell will be joining us on a voyage to Jupiter to inquire some orphic black monolith . For good sake , just do n’t give it lip - reading capabilities .