We’re joined by Dr. Rumman Chowdhury for an in-depth look at many of the different depictions of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the Star Trek universe. Why are malevolent AIs always susceptible to logic problems? Why gender an android?…
This week’s Star Trek: Discovery picks up almost directly where it left off, seated firmly in the Terran universe. Last week’s introduction to the ruthless Terran Michael Burnham should leave us grateful for Prime Burnham, but all it’s done is…
“What I feel is that failure is liberating. And for the first time, I enjoy expressing emotion.” – Spock Previously on Star Trek Discovery: A RoboSquid from the future attacked one of Disco’s shuttles and accessed the ship’s data core.…
“Your humanity was beautiful.” – Burnham Previously on… Star Trek?! Holy shit, that’s the TOS logo and music, and these are clips from “The Cage” and I am freaking out. And even the way this is edited is so 1960s,…
“I’m sorry, sir. You know how I get around violations of causality.” – Ensign Sylvia Tilly In lieu of a “previously on” segment, we open this episode with a personal log from Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green). I’m beginning to think…