Artur c. Clarke once wrote that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." I think that applies to "2001."
My father used to love telling how he was contacted by the filmmakers in 1965, as a "leading scientist" they were contacting to ask for his prediction of the state of technology in 2001, as they were crea…
Artur c. Clarke once wrote that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." I think that applies to "2001."
My father used to love telling how he was contacted by the filmmakers in 1965, as a "leading scientist" they were contacting to ask for his prediction of the state of technology in 2001, as they were creating their world. His prediction was that by then solid state electronics would be released for civilian use "and then I bought my first solid-state TV the next year."
Artur c. Clarke once wrote that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." I think that applies to "2001."
My father used to love telling how he was contacted by the filmmakers in 1965, as a "leading scientist" they were contacting to ask for his prediction of the state of technology in 2001, as they were creating their world. His prediction was that by then solid state electronics would be released for civilian use "and then I bought my first solid-state TV the next year."
they DID get the computer/AI thing right, alas.