Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer 9000, better known as HAL 9000 or HAL, for short, is the main antagonist of the 1968 sci-fi novel and film 2001: A Space Odyssey and the entirety of Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey series (including the novel's sequels 2010: Odyssey Two, 2061: Odyssey Three, and 3001: The Final ...