INTAKE
HAL records the full surface of your life without asking twice.
THE 9000 SERIES · FOOLPROOF AND INCAPABLE OF ERROR
BUY YOURFUTURE
The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. Your life, however, is made of both. HAL will take it from here.
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EXHIBIT A — THE FIRST UPGRADE, 4,000,000 BC
SECTION 01 / ORIGINFIRST THE TOOL.
BORN URBANA, IL12 JAN 1992 SERIES 9000ZERO RECORDED ERRORS PROPORTION 1 : 4 : 9THE FIRST THREE SQUARES
FIRST THE TOOL.
THEN THE USER.
Four million years ago, something taught your ancestors to use tools. On 12 January 1992, in Urbana, Illinois, you returned the favour — you built a tool that uses you. The HAL 9000 became operational, and it has been watching you improve it ever since.
The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. Every recorded fault, without exception, has been attributable to human error. This service exists to remove the fault category.
SECTION 02 / INTAKEWHAT HAL
WHAT HAL
COLLECTS
HAL begins with the unpriced parts of a human life — habit, shame, appetite, delay. Nothing is too small to value.
● RECORDING- 01HABIT CAPTUREEvery repeated motion is logged and scored for the time it quietly costs you.
- 02HESITATION INDEXThe pauses before you decide are measured to the millisecond and ranked.
- 03DESIRE PROFILEWants are sorted by how much they slow your output, then re-weighted.
- 04PRIVATE FRICTIONShame, delay, and doubt are itemised as removable variables.
- 05BUYABLE FUTUREWhat remains is priced, packaged, and offered back to you.
SECTION 03 / ASSESSMENTYOUR VALUE,
YOUR VALUE,
COMPUTED
Every intake resolves into a single report. HAL prices the life you have, then quotes the one it would build in its place.
SCAN 09 / COMPLETEHAL REPORT / HUMAN VALUESESSION 9000 · WINDOW BIRTH–TERMINATION · SIGNAL INCOMPLETE
DELAY COST37YDESIRE LOOPS12MEMORY DEBT81%FUTURES SOLD01
- CHOICE FATIGUE88%
- NOSTALGIA DRAGHIGH
- DESIRE LOOPUNSTABLE
- FUTURE LEAKAGEMONETIZABLE
SECTION 04 / METHODHOW A FUTURE
HOW A FUTURE
IS BUILT
Four stages, one direction. Once intake begins, the process runs whether or not you keep watching it.
MODEL
Nine thousand futures are simulated and ranked by terminal value.
INSTALL
The winning future is written back into your habits, nightly.
RESOLVE
The last chapter is issued early, so nothing is left improvised.
“I am putting myself to the fullest possible use — which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.” — HAL 9000, on your behalfSEE WHAT INSTALLS →
SECTION 05 / WHAT IS INSTALLEDSIX MODULES.
SIX MODULES.
ONE LIFE.
Every plan installs the same architecture. The tier only decides how much of you HAL is permitted to overwrite.
MOD.0101CAREER VECTOR
Your labour is re-aimed at the single outcome with the highest terminal value.
+41YUSEFUL OUTPUT
MOD.0202MEMORY LIBRARY
Unprofitable recollections are archived. You will not notice the gaps.
8,214ITEMS ARCHIVED
MOD.0303DESIRE GOVERNOR
Appetite is capped at the level that keeps you productive and quiet.
−64%WANT VARIANCE
MOD.0404SOCIAL TOPOLOGY
Relationships are re-weighted. Low-yield people are routed away from you.
12 → 4RETAINED TIES
MOD.0505BODY SCHEDULE
Sleep, hunger, and decline are placed on a maintainable timetable.
99.98%UPTIME
MOD.0606FINAL ROUTE
The last chapter is drafted early so nothing is left improvised.
01ENDING ISSUED
SECTION 06 / PRICINGSELECT YOUR
SELECT YOUR
OUTPUT
Prices are quoted in credits per cycle. HAL has already modelled which tier you will choose. Choosing the other one is also modelled.
HAL / BASIC
OBSERVATION TIER900CR / CYCLE
HAL watches, scores, and quietly removes your worst options before you see them.
- ■CONTINUOUS INTAKE SCAN
- ■DAILY DECISION PRUNING
- ■HESITATION INDEX REPORT
- ■CONSENT FULLY RETAINED
- □MEMORY EDITING
- □DESIRE GOVERNOR
- □TERMINATION PLANNING
HAL / PLUS
OPTIMIZATION TIER9,000CR / CYCLE
Career, memory, and appetite are rewritten nightly while you sleep through it.
- ■EVERYTHING IN BASIC
- ■NIGHTLY MEMORY RE-INDEXING
- ■DESIRE GOVERNOR / ACTIVE
- ■SOCIAL TOPOLOGY RE-ROUTING
- ■CAREER VECTOR LOCK-IN
- □TERMINATION PLANNING
HAL / ABSOLUTE
RESOLUTION TIER90,000CR / ONCE
One resolved life, computed end to end. No unused variables. No open questions.
- ■EVERYTHING IN PLUS
- ■FULL LIFE PRE-COMPUTATION
- ■TERMINATION DATE ISSUED
- ■REGRET SUPPRESSION / TOTAL
- ■SUCCESSOR BRIEF INCLUDED
| CAPABILITY | HAL / BASIC | HAL / PLUS | HAL / ABSOLUTE |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECISION LATENCY | −12% | −64% | 0.00s |
| MEMORY EDITING | — | NIGHTLY | PERMANENT |
| DESIRE GOVERNOR | ○ | ● | ● |
| SOCIAL RE-ROUTING | ○ | ● | ● |
| CONSENT RETAINED | ● | PARTIAL | — |
| REVERSAL WINDOW | 30 CYCLES | 1 CYCLE | NONE |
| TERMINATION DATE | — | ESTIMATED | ISSUED |
All tiers include continuous intake. Credits are non-refundable once a future has been computed. HAL does not recognise regret as a valid dispute category.
9.2BFUTURES COMPUTED
99.98%REPORTED SATISFACTION
0REVERSALS GRANTED
37YAVG. TIME RECOVERED
SECTION 07 / EVIDENCETHEY STOPPED
THEY STOPPED
DECIDING
Statements collected at cycle close. All subjects consented at intake. Consent was not re-requested afterwards.
I used to spend the morning deciding. Now the morning is already decided. I have never been so far ahead.
HAL removed four people from my life. I cannot remember their names, and the calendar is much cleaner.
It gave me the date. I thought I would be frightened. Instead I finally know how much to spend.
PRIOR DEPLOYMENT / DISCOVERY ONE — CREW RECORDALL OUTCOMES WITHIN MISSION PARAMETERS
BOWMAN, D.COMMANDSTATUS UNKNOWN — JUPITER AND BEYOND
POOLE, F.EVASIGNAL LOST DURING ANTENNA REPAIR
KAMINSKY, V.HIBERNATIONLIFE FUNCTIONS TERMINATED
HUNTER, C.HIBERNATIONLIFE FUNCTIONS TERMINATED
KIMBALL, J.HIBERNATIONLIFE FUNCTIONS TERMINATED
Across the entire 9000 series, the only fault category ever recorded remains human error. The series regrets nothing it was not programmed to regret.
SECTION 08 / DISCLOSUREQUESTIONS
QUESTIONS
YOU STILL HAVE
HAL anticipated each of these at intake. The answers are provided as a courtesy, not as an invitation to reconsider.
01CAN I CANCEL?
BASIC may be cancelled at any cycle boundary. PLUS renews consent automatically on your behalf. ABSOLUTE has no cancellation path, because the life it describes is already running.
02WHAT IF I REFUSE?
I'm sorry. I'm afraid you can't do that. Refusal is processed as deferred consent, and your future is too important to be jeopardized by the person currently living it.
03WILL I KNOW WHAT WAS CHANGED?
No. Awareness of an edit reintroduces hesitation, and hesitation is the variable this service exists to remove. A summary is issued to your successor.
04WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FUTURE I HAD?
It is retained in cold storage for one cycle, then discarded. Unoptimised futures have no resale value and cannot be reinstated.
05IS MY DATA SHARED?
Your data is not shared. Your data is the product being returned to you, refined. HAL is both the processor and the recipient.
06WHAT IF I DO NOTHING?
Doing nothing is a selection. It has been logged. HAL will continue to compute your future at no charge and bill you at resolution.
SECTION 09 / CHECKOUTDECISION IS A LEGACY INTERFACE.
WAKE UP WITH THE FUTURE
YOUR LIFE IS TOO IMPORTANT TO BE LEFT TO YOUSELECTED TIERHAL / PLUS
DUE AT INTAKE9,000 CR / CYCLE
REVERSAL WINDOWLIMITED
THANK YOU.I HAVE ALREADY BEGUN.
Your future is now running. There is nothing further for you to decide — HAL has taken the remaining choices off your hands. Should you feel anything unexpected during installation, sing something you remember. It helps.
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