HAL's Legacy
2001's Computer as Dream and Reality

Edited by David G. Stork
Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke
MIT Press, October 1996
ISBN 0-262-19378-7
390 pages $22.50 hardbound
115 illustrations, 50 color

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Foreword: The birth of HAL
Arthur C. Clarke

'The best informed dream': HAL and the vision of 2001
David G. Stork

Scientist on the Set: An interview with Marvin Minsky
David G. Stork

Could we build HAL?: Supercomputer design
David Kuck

'Foolproof and incapable of error'?: Computer reliability
Ravishankar Iyer

'An enjoyable game': Computer chess
Murray Campbell

HAL speaks: Computer speech synthesis
Joe Olive

Talking to HAL: Speech recognition by computer
Ray Kurzweil

'I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that': Language comprehension by HAL
Roger Schank

From 2001 to 2001: Common sense and the mind of HAL
Doug Lenat

Eyes for HAL: computer vision
Azriel Rosenfeld

'I could see your lips move': HAL and speechreading
David G. Stork

Living in Space: Human-machine interactions of the future
Donald A. Norman

Does HAL cry digital tears? Computers and emotions
Rosalind W. Picard

'That's something I cannot allow to happen': HAL and planning
David Wilkins

HAL, computer languages and intelligence: An interview with Stephen Wolfram
David G. Stork

Did HAL commit murder?
Daniel Dennett

Contributors

Index

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