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HAL 9000 was born in Urbana
Urbana, Illinois
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In the film, the computer says it became operational at the HAL plant in Urbana, Illinois. Arthur C. Clarke picked the town because the university was where serious machine intelligence work was actually being done, and the campus has enjoyed it ever since. The date HAL gives is 12 January 1992, which has been and gone without incident.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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