After seeing HAL 9000, the fictional computer introduced in Arthur C. Clarke's "2001: A Space Odyssey," some people retained a lingering mistrust of autonomous computers. Not John Carson. The president and chief executive of Irvine Sensors Corp. has worked for decades to develop the types of sensors and processing networks that would enable computers to function independently. "HAL was more than a Watson-type 'Jeopardy' player," Carson said. "HAL was aware, conscious. That's the thing we are trying to achieve."
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