Talk:Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates/Rap Meanings/@comment-146.151.107.80-20141224210014

Original Poster here. Yes, excellent points and you may be correct (as I have not seen the film); however, it stands to reason that in the course of a such a debate, HAL would refrain from referencing its own demise. Doing so would undermine its own credibility.

 Moreover, Gates would have no reason to sing the song during his hypothetical demise. Such an assertion in essence is a form of psychological projecting (a human trait) that would certainly be beneath the intellect of a sentient artificially intelligent being.

I suppose it could also be a less obvious reference to a WOPR-like (WAR GAMES 1983) ability to destroy human life.