Amazon Echo, Google Home, and other smart speakers have made their way into the hands of more than a fifth of American adults. Despite appearing on the market only a few years ago, these artificial intelligence devices have quickly become part of our collective consciousness.

When Stanley Kubrick directed “2001: A Space Odyssey,” which came out 51 years ago this week, the science fiction masterpiece predicted a similar technological revolution. But he couldn’t have known exactly how it would look.