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frezik@midwest.social â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠agoHell, skip the first two seasons. If someone offered me $1M and I could never watch the first two seasons of TNG ever again, Iâd take it without hesitation.
No, not even Measure of a Man. Itâs legally and philosophically nonsense.
zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Really? 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?
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?