The NPR show All Things Considered did a short story on the Singularity, including interviews with Eliezer Yudkowsky and others involved with SIAI:http://www.npr.org/2011/01/11/132840775/The-Singularity-Humanitys-Last-Invention
It was more the "generalizing from fictional evidence" part than the specific reference to HAL. I do agree with you that it's a decent treatment.
The NPR show All Things Considered did a short story on the Singularity, including interviews with Eliezer Yudkowsky and others involved with SIAI:
http://www.npr.org/2011/01/11/132840775/The-Singularity-Humanitys-Last-Invention