In Arthur C. Clarke’s space epic , 2001: A Space Odyssey, two men are on a spaceship alone with an advanced AI computer HAL 9000 who maintains the ship's stability and mental health and well-being of the crew. HAL being a computer he couldn’t be completely trusted and caused him to lie about a mechanical failure and killed the crew. Dave, the main crew member, knew that “ I am so much more capable than you are of supervising the ship”(187) than HAL after he said that he would control the ship. After explaining this to the computer he proceeded to tell him that “When the crew are dead or incapacitated ... the onboard computer must assume control”(188). HAL lied about the error in the system because of how he had conflicting info and had to
