Jill FellowsMay 18, 2023

Remember how in Star Trek everyone is oddly infatuated with 20th century arts and culture? And, like, nothing has really been created since the 20th century?

It's because of generative AI, right? This is how we get stuck in a feedback loop of 20th century crap.

FOREVER!!

Show threadDigital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽Jun 2, 2023
@jjfphd Good theory, but Star Trek explicitly hates and fears AI. They're almost always insane (and in Lower Decks we see what happens to all these rogue AIs); Data's the only one running loose, and his cat meme poetry isn't setting the Galaxy on fire.
#startrek
Show threadAlonealastalovedalongtheJun 2, 2023

@mdhughes @jjfphd

Sort of, the ship in Discovery becomes sentient, Soji in Picard also decides against destroying humanity. Data is a walking super weapon that would have been dissected if Picard (in TNG) hadn't argue that they should just let Data chill with him on the Enterprise and experience life. The Doctor in Voyager is an instance of a friendly AI too.

Its complex and sometimes a bit stupid, but thats star trek lol.

Show threadLis CareyJun 3, 2023
@Alonealastalovedalongthe @mdhughes @jjfphd
But--Starfleet wanted to dismantle Data. The Doctor is valued in Voyager, on a ship stranded decades from Federation space, and other instances of the Doctor are relegated to deadly dull mining. They are definitely not "valued" or regarded positively.
Show threadDigital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽Jun 3, 2023
@liscarey @Alonealastalovedalongthe @jjfphd The Emergency Backup Hologram Doctor is clearly a worst-case scenario, like letting Holodeck Moriarty pilot your starship if you had no navigator.
Show threadAlonealastalovedalongthe

@mdhughes @liscarey @jjfphd

I mean yeah, they never intended the doctor to become alive (I am only half way through Voyager so dont spoil what happens pls) but he does and the crew learn to treat him as a sentient creature.

Jun 3, 2023 at 2:33pmWeb