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1984 and Star Trek’s “Data” androids were also limited by what the public can take in as an interesting story. Minority Report would be boring if it was logica
by EGreg 4y ago
1984 and Star Trek’s “Data” androids were also limited by what the public can take in as an interesting story.
Minority Report would be boring if it was logical: the guy would be caught immediately, the end. Instead if moving large disks, they’d use WiFi. Everything would simply not move, every criminal would be caught, nothing interesting would ever happen anymore, except inside some software which can’t be shown on screen.
A realistic Data android would be hooked up to the matrix like the Borg, and would interact with humans the way we interact with a dog. There would be nothing interesting to show.
- KineticLensman 4y agoYes. I never understood why Data had to type rather than just use wifi
- teddyh 4y agoTwo reasons: Firstly, Data is supposed to be a character on TV, and we can’t empathize with computers. The in-universe reason is that Data was designed to be, as much as possible, an artificial human, and not a robot merely functioning in human society.
- ihatepython 4y agoI think you should focus more on the Borg, instead of "Data" with respect to the dangers of AI The Borg were a great enemy, at least in the 2nd and 3rd season. The writers shouldn't have let the lowly humans defeat them.