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2001: A Space Odyssey influenced The Illuminae Files
Added by Media Influence Map · 30 September 2026
The evidence
AIDAN, the damaged artificial intelligence of the warship Alexander, is written after HAL 9000: a ship's computer that decides the crew must die for the mission's sake, speaks in calm reason while doing it, and pleads as it is shut down.
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