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Arthur C. Clarke wrote one of the most chillingly poignant death scenes of all time. Not for a human being, but for HAL 9000, the wayward computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey, which Clarke and Stanley Kubrick adapted for the landmark 1968 film the latter directed. As doomed astronaut David Bowman disconnects the machine, HAL moans, “My mind is going,” and slowly spirals back into a childlike state, reliving earlier times with a song: “Daisy, Daisy … give me your answer truuue,” before slipping into the void.
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