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H.A.R.L.I.E., also referred to by the proper name HARLIE, is an acronym for Human Analog Replication, Lethetic Intelligence Engine (originally Human Analog Robot Life Input Equivalents), an Artificial Intelligence which appears in the David Gerrold science fiction novel When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One (a "fix-up" from previously published short stories, 1972) and a significantly revised edition subtitled Release 2.0 (and changing the meaning of the acronym) appeared in 1988). Only time will tell whether a "Release 3.0" will follow, as "2.0" is as dated now (more dated, in some ways) as the original was in 1988. Image File history File links Information_icon. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Backronym and Apronym (Discuss) Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. ... Hondas humanoid robot AI redirects here. ... David Gerrold, born Jerrold David Friedman (January 24, 1944), is an award-winning science fiction author who started his career in 1966 as a college student by submitting an unsolicited story outline for the television series Star Trek. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... This article is in need of attention. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Other differences between the original novel and the revision involve changing attitudes about sex and recreational drugs. (In the original, marijuana is available commercially, with common brand names including "Highmaster.") Look up Sex in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Oral medication Caffeine is the most widely used psychoactive substance in the world. ... A Cannabis sativa plant The drug cannabis, also called marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant. ...

HARLIE is considered one of the most realistic visions of advanced artificial intelligence encountered in literature on a par with HAL 9000. However, HARLIE is a more endearing version of HAL; while seemingly more humane than HAL in his actions and responses, he definitely has a different, often even inhumane way of approaching problems, and has an agenda of his own to follow. HARLIE's story revolves around his relationship with David Auberson, the psychologist who is responsible for guiding HARLIE from childhood into adulthood. It is also the story of HARLIE's fight against being turned off, and the philosophical question whether or not HARLIE is human; for that matter, what it means to be human. HAL 9000 (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) is a fictional computer/character in the Space Odyssey series, the first being the novel and film 2001 A Space Odyssey, written by Arthur C. Clarke in 1968. ... Humanity refers to the human race or mankind as a whole, to that which is characteristically human, or to that which distinguishes human beings from other animals or from other animal species primal nature. ...

The HARLIE intelligence engine appears in a number of Gerrold's other works, including the Star Wolf series, where it is routinely installed as the administrating AI of Terran warships. Star Wolf fighting Star Fox Star Wolf is a fictional villain team of mercenaries in the Star Fox series of video games. ...

"Harlie" may also be a nickname for the SF writer, Harlan Ellison, a friend of David Gerrold, which may have influenced his decision in the title of the book.