the monolith in Kubricks film represent the computer. it has no imagination. in the end of the film he gets to experience the "joy" of being in a relationship with it. as a partner. man machine. uhm. it doesn't need to be experienced in irl guys. thats..

why Stanley made the film. to warn you.

there's nothing in space guys it's pretty fucking empty.

the "imagination" of the computer is nothing but raw computational power. it is not real imagination. the computer got no soul guys. it doesn't experience the images it creates. it's just bytes running.