GPT-6 vs HAL 9000: Reddit compares real frontier AI to sci-fi's most famous onboard computer
EGarrett28 · reddit · 2026-09-07
A Reddit poster stages a fun capability face-off: HAL 9000's speech recognition, facial recognition, lip reading, chess, piloting and emotional interpretation versus OpenAI's claims that GPT-6 Astra can file taxes, build video game scenes, order food and job-hunt, with state-of-the-art coding, math, and computer/browser navigation.
The question: purely on power (not safety), would you keep GPT-6 or trade it for a HAL 9000 on your own machine — and has reality finally surpassed science fiction?
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