The 9000 Generation
Something I think about a lot is the fact that it's implied there's several HALs that exist in the world.
(This is also mentioned in the book, I believe.) While it explicitly says "HAL" and not just the 9000 series in general, I'm sure this can also extend to SAL and other unnamed units that may exist we'll never know about, but the wording makes me think it's mostly HALs. After the events of what happened in 2001, I can't help but wonder what happened to the rest. Did they get recalled? Was the public scared of them, if they were installed anywhere? Did Langley/Chandra get harassed regularly? Did Chandra have to work on the HAL 1000 alone?









