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12. HAL (snarky code for ibm .each letter +1).

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 10:07 AM

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Ii was probably the only person in the audience who was not stoned.

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I still find it a little odd... [View all] kentuck Yesterday OP

Hah! hlthe2b Yesterday #1

EarlG ex machina. Solly Mack Yesterday #2

I am never quite sure how to answer having been a robot for decades. twodogsbarking Yesterday #3

We are under attack orangecrush Yesterday #4

"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." ColoringFool Yesterday #5

2001 Mossfern Yesterday #8

HAL (snarky code for ibm .each letter +1). niyad Yesterday #12

IBM: SCantiGOP Yesterday #16

IBM: the company whose paper punch cards helped the nazis niyad Yesterday #21

Those damn cards were everywhere in the '60s Wednesdays Yesterday #27

We were still using them well into the 80s in the AF LogDog75 Yesterday #29

The second time I saw the film was at a 20th anniversary showing niyad Yesterday #26

Wow!! I didn't know that! hamsterjill Yesterday #25

2001: a space odyssey cbabe Yesterday #15

The bots do the work of human owners FakeNoose Yesterday #7

It's envious of you, no doubt. MineralMan Yesterday #9

What most humans don't understand about us robots... MiHale Yesterday #10

What pisses me off is the robot saying "approved", and then just niyad Yesterday #11

I'd like to express Stacey Grove Yesterday #13

LOL, I never thought about that. Emile Yesterday #17

Captcha is one of my deadly enemies Warpy Yesterday #18

A very simple computer algorithm isn't a robot. Martin68 Yesterday #19

AI apparently can't identify pictures Progressive dog Yesterday #20

AI is stuck in a time and place of its programming. kentuck Yesterday #23

It will help them find us after they become self-aware. Teacher of the Year 10 hrs ago #30