Director Stanley's Kubrick's extremely prescient 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey" was at the time a resoundingly successful cinematic flight of fancy. A computer smarter than we are? What a hoot.

“I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” The deadpan, emotionless response from supercomputer HAL 9000 in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi classic “2001: A Space Odyssey” sets the tone for what is ...

Like an ominous obsidian obelisk, the career of Stanley Kubrick towers over cinema history, and none of his films cast a shadow quite as long as that of “2001: A Space Odyssey.” A revelatory picture ...

Stanley Kubrick’s epic 2001: A Space Odyssey has very few characters and one of the most famous lines ever: “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” With his monotone voice, HAL, the ship’s ...

As I vaguely recall, 2001: A Space Odyssey might have been trying to tell us something about the dangers of artificial intelligence. But I haven’t seen the movie in years, and instead of morals, all I ...