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I think there’s an episode of Star Trek TNG where Geordie creates a bot that he believes might be sentient. If it’s sentient, it has rights. But (of course) the

I think there’s an episode of Star Trek TNG where Geordie creates a bot that he believes might be sentient. If it’s sentient, it has rights. But (of course) they need the bot to go on a mission that would require it to give it’s “life” to save the ship and crew. I wish I could recall how the episode ends. Although I’m sure Picard found a way to save the sentient bot and the enterprise.

crazydoggers 5y ago
I’m pretty sure they asked it what it wanted.. which lead to it choosing to sacrifice itself. The idea is that the officers made the choice to accept orders, and it at least was due the same choice. My favorite episode though is the one in which Data’s rights as a being are put on trial. Still probably the best science fiction handling of the moral issues of artificial intelligence. They even went so far as to discuss the aspect of slavery, which almost certainly will be a real issue if artificial intelligence leads to sentience. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Measure_of_a_Man_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Measure_of_a_Man_(Star_T...