As I understood it, he didn't.

…illed when astronaut David Bowman (Keir Dullea) decides to shut him down for being a tad homicidal. Why does HAL go mad? Kubrick is smart enough to keep us guessing. Personally, I think he is making all kinds of complica…
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As I understood it, he didn't. His prgramming was that the mssion must succeed at all costs, and he concluded that the human crew were an obstacle.
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