Troubleshooting in "2001 -- A Space Odyssey" -- And Trouble with the AI (HAL 9000)

Steely-eyed troubleshooters on Discovery

Their test gear

Here is Arthur C. Clarke's description of the procedure: 

This is probably our first entirely fictional description of troubleshooting. The amazing thing is that it comes to us from 1968, which is 58 years ago! 

YouTube's algorithm sent me a short video on how Stanley Kubrick made the movie, and how Arthur C. Clarke wrote the book:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJUBK1K84P8 

I remember going to see the movie in 1968.  Our neighbor Leonard's father (a Russian refugee), took all of us up to Haverstraw, New York to see the film.  It was obviously a memorable occassion.  

Ongoing discussions of AI and the possibilty of AI consciouness make all of this even more relevant today.