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'2001: A Space Odyssey' by Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' (1968) is the greatest science fiction film in history. HAL 9000, the black monolith, the final star journey — images that transformed cinema and humanity's vision of space.
Culture
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September 11, 2001
September 11, 2001 — terrorist attacks in the USA that changed world history. Attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon killed 2,977 people. This day launched the 'War on Terror' that reshaped the geopolitics of the 21st century.
History
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HAL 9000 — the first iconic AI
HAL 9000 from Kubrick's film is the archetype of the malevolent artificial intelligence in popular culture. 'I'm sorry, Dave' became the most quoted AI line in history. HAL predicted AI safety debates half a century before they began.
Science