 In 1968 , Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick had imagined that by the year 2001 , a machine would exist with an intelligence that matched or exceeded the capability of human beings . The character they created , HAL 9000 , was based on a belief shared by many leading AI researchers that such a machine would exist by the year 2001 . 
 In 1968 , Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> imagined that by the year 2001 , a machine would exist with an intelligence <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a>matched or exceeded the capability of human beings . The character they created , HAL 9000 , was based on a belief shared by many leading AI researchers that such a machine would exist by the year 2001 . 
In 1968 , Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick done imagined dat by da year 2001 , a machine would exist wid an intelligence matched or exceeded the capability of human beings . The character they created , HAL 9000 , was based on a belief shared by many leading AI researchers that such a machine would exist by the year 2001 .