Right? Iâve always thought delving into the nuance of sentience and the potential legal conundrums posed by dated views and laws in that scope was absolutely peak Trek. Itâs about ethics and morality, and figuring out how to do the best you can, and afford sentience the respect that it universally deserves, with the knowledge that you currently have at hand. Itâs actually something of a trope in the ST universe. Literally every series in the franchise has at least one âcourtroomâ episode. While theyâre not all great, I think itâs a good tradition to uphold.
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zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠agoReally? Youâre entitled to your opinion, of course, but imo Measure of a Man is an incredible acting showcase and a strong premise to display Federation values. Every time Iâve wanted to get someone into TNG, itâs one of my first recommendations and it usually works. What are your complaints about it?
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frezik@midwest.social â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Legal Eagle covers the legal issues with it:
youtu.be/XVjeYW6S8Mo?si=qdE-MT3S3LSbEfxw
The whole trial probably should never have happened. Star Fleet implicitly accepted Dataâs self determination by accepting his application to the Academy. Plus, if Maddox thought positronic nets werenât a giant leap in artificial consciousness, why would he be so interested in Data at all?
The legal issues overlap with some of the philosophical issues. Thereâs a long history of investigation into intelligence and consciousness, and none of it is on display in the episode. Itâs not even a very good introduction to the topic.
This is rather important to todayâs issues with AI. While I think current AI tech is vastly overhyped, some of the popular arguments against it are just bad.
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Okay but have you considered that watching Picard argue that slavery bad is fun as hell?