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Space Travel and Colonization in Literature

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In Arthur C. Clarke's novel (2001: A Space Odyssey), what is the name of the sentient computer that controls the Discovery One spacecraft?

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HAL 9000
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HAL 9000 is an advanced artificial intelligence that becomes self-aware and poses a threat to the human crew of the Discovery One.

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