The Aliens destroy or redirect everything headed beyond the Sol systemThis explains the reason there is no 'Voyager 6' by 3001. They no longer built spaceships - they were spaceships.' -All four books in the Space Odyssey trilogy and 'The Sentinel', the short story on which the series was based. First their brains, and then their thoughts alone, they transferred into shining new homes of metal and of gemstone.

'As soon as their machines were better than their bodies, it was time to move.The aliens, however, would be completely different in nature the aliens in this film truly are alien. The human and AI minds might appear far from each other, but consider. It is not from self-defense, quick instincts, or simple emotion. The little battle seems completely intentional from their part. Logically, they have no apparent reason to attack the other, less intelligent group. Heck, those feelings tend to get in the way of perfect track records.Īn inexplicable skill also happened to the primates after the Monolith. The track record deals with logic and analysis, not feelings such as fear, suspiciousness and regret. But having a perfect track record doesn't mean HAL perfectly mimics the human mind. Sure, the 9000s are built long before the humans discovered the Monolith, and these computers are already proven to have a perfect track record.

The next stage in human evolution isn't the giant fetus - it's Artificial Intelligence.The Monolith accelerated the evolution of AI just like that of primates.Įvidence: HAL, a computer, expresses emotions at the end.

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