2001: A Space Odyssey is generally viewed as an anti-technology film due to way HAL-90000 acts in the film. HAL-9000 is computer for space shuttle in film that soon grows too intelligent for its own good to the point of killing crew memebers who he assuming are going to shut him down. However according to director Stanley Kubrick who highly supports advances in techology and said that HAL-9000 is supposed to represent techology being abused. This is supported when HAL comments that he can only make a flaw due to human error.
However human error isn't really abuse of techology since it was an accident. I still believe with the majority that HAL represents the horrors of techology becoming too advanced to the point where they can actually turn against us. However HAL-9000 can be looked at in a more positive light due to him showing more emotion then the actual people on the ship or in the world of 2001 in general. HAL believes that emotions help his work and that they should be embraced while it shown that people throughout history have tried their best to control emotions due it interfering as well as slowing down their work.
The film is about evolution and progess. In the beginning humans were primitive primates who were just learning that a bone can be used a weapon and millions of years later exlpore outer space. Also techology starts out as being a simple lifeless animal bone and millions of years later becomes a super advanced computer that is practally "human".
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