i am FASCINATED with this beta!hal concept. i know normal hal didn't survive but i can't help but imagine him attempting contact for smug ai reasons and immediately having his own ''put me back in jail i'm scared'' moment

didnt norm-hal just become arquius ?? or am i wrong (did aq die. please say no)

but good GOD the idea of hal meeting beta!hal like thinkign about it like

This fuckin’ loser was built on Windows XP. I have got to see how infinitely better I am than him at AI. I bet he’s not even a real AI.

and actually meeting him and going

Hmmm. You know what, actually?

and then jut immediately pinging dirk over and over and over again like HELP HELP HELP