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Tag: artificial intelligence

“Fear is the most honest of all emotions”: Catspaw (Original Series) vs. The Thaw (Voyager)

Star Trek explores the nature of fear, as Captain Kirk visits Planet Spirit Halloween, and Ensign Kim is tormented by a murder-clown.

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“His logical selection was compassion”: The Ultimate Computer (Original Series) vs. Warhead (Voyager)

A sentient computer weaponizes the Enterprise, and a sentient weapon commandeers Voyager.

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“We too are machines, just machines of a different type”: The Measure of a Man (TNG) vs. Author, Author (Voyager)

Data’s rights as a person, and the Doctor’s rights as an author, are put on trial.

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“Sipping jippers on a beach somewhere”: I, Mudd (Original Series) vs. The Escape Artist (Short Treks)

We look at the evolution of Harry Mudd, as Captain Kirk outsmarts yet another artificial intelligence, and Mudd outsmarts everyone.

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“What’s a Tuesday?”: Data’s Day (TNG) vs. Calypso (Short Treks)

The Next Generation shows us a day in the life of an android, and Discovery’s second Short Trek shows us a Taco Tuesday in the life of a ship’s computer.

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“You’re out of your league”: Q Who (TNG) vs. Regeneration (Enterprise)

Humanity comes face to face with the dehumanizing nightmare of the Borg, for the first time … twice.

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“You’re on the other side now”: The Ensigns of Command (TNG) vs. Progress (DS9)

Data learns that honesty isn’t the best policy — until it is — and Kira learns that she doesn’t get to be the good guy anymore.

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“The dream dreams the dreamer”: Birthright, Part 1 (TNG) vs. Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy (VOY)

Data learns to dream, and the Doctor learns to daydream.

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Recent Posts

  • “Fear is the most honest of all emotions”: Catspaw (Original Series) vs. The Thaw (Voyager) November 1, 2021
  • “Let’s tempt fate”: Time Squared (TNG) vs. Timeless (Voyager) October 24, 2021
  • My 20 Favorite Treks of 2020 January 17, 2021
  • “Wolf 359 was an inside job”: Samaritan Snare (TNG) vs. No Small Parts (Lower Decks) December 28, 2020
  • “I am alone, but I will adapt”: One (Voyager) vs. Doctor’s Orders (Enterprise) November 1, 2020
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