What would a computer be like in the year 2001? To find out, Clarke and Kubrick consulted experts in a new branch of computer science called "AI" - artificial intelligence. Many of the experts, then as now, were at MIT - the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. AI pioneer Marvin Minsky was one of the advisors on the film. In the film we briefly explore the history of the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey and more specifically the research which Clarke and Kubrick did on the then very new field of AI. Follow the links below in order to learn more about the history of Artificial Intelligence as well as to read our interviews with Arthur C. Clarke and Marvin Minksy:
