User blog comment:Magma MK-II/Characters that shouldn't be here, Part 4: Electric Boogaloo/@comment-366087-20160112101032/@comment-25008763-20160112203350

no for HAL being removed, program or not it is a malevolent entity and deliberately murdered people.. HAL 9000 was designed as a villain, whether or not it has moral judgement is null : it fulfils the role of a "harmful and wicked antagonist" - not all wickedness is outright btw, sometimes following a programme is just as bad and if they are weapons like Sentinels, Omega Hunters and other "killer robots" they have no reason to be removed.

"kill robot" is a valid villain type, regardless of moral judgement and removing them is not an option.. since they more than fulfil the role of a villain.