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Re: VOY S5: Latent Image

I see a lot of interesting discussions of the nature of AI. We are much closer to that now with ChatGPT.

On the other hand, I would like to add a human psychology to this. People can get obsessed over something and the mind gets stuck in a loop trying to solve a problem and end up with a nervous breakdown. I once had a mild experience of that and it took some work to get out of the loop.

Re: TNG S4: Family

Oncle René is the star in this episode.

Re: TNG S6: The Quality of Life

They directly confronted Bruce Maddox's argument: I would not have had this argument if it were a box on wheels. They did make make boxes somewhat cute as far as boxes are concerned.

Crusher/Data conversation presents the dilemma plainly.

Re: TNG S4: Clues

I enjoyed this episode precisely because I enjoy a mystery. Yeah, there would be too many clues to remove in a ship of over a thousand.

The best solution seems to be to leave Picard (or maybe the entire senior staff) in the know and wipe out everyone else's memory.