I'm not sure. That's a good question. I get the sense that Kubrick told his own version of events in the film, and Clarke got his way in the book. But I'm not a hundred percent sure what Kubrick was getting at. The diamonds thing I felt was important. I think I speculated about it in the article, but I'm not totally sure what he meant by them, and I never found a completely satisfactory answer when I looked into it.
Humanity beats AI here, but did Kubrick beat Clarke?
I'm not sure. That's a good question. I get the sense that Kubrick told his own version of events in the film, and Clarke got his way in the book. But I'm not a hundred percent sure what Kubrick was getting at. The diamonds thing I felt was important. I think I speculated about it in the article, but I'm not totally sure what he meant by them, and I never found a completely satisfactory answer when I looked into it.