HAL 9000 from 鈥2001: A Space Odyssey鈥 (1968)
HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) from Arthur C. Clarke鈥檚 science fiction series came to the movies and left generations of technophobic viewers in its wake. HAL鈥檚 big problem, like so many other robots in the movies, is that he is a sentient computer 鈥 a real artificial intelligence. HAL runs amok at the controls of the Discovery One spacecraft and the human astronauts must deactivate the malevolent machine.