Picard's Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek continues to be a cultural phenomenon because of the timeliness of the philosophies it strives to incorporate in its narratives. Furthermore, the series and its creator, Gene Roddenberry, advocate the core natures of humanity: its innate goodness, the beauty in its diversity, and its curiosity. These advocacies continue to enlighten a new generation of viewers and engender principles of embracing difference and transcending the present to achieve

According to a science officer, Jennifer Harrison, Tay is a reflection of how future artificial intelligence could go wrong, however she strongly believes that artificial intelligence can not be singularly held responsible, she claims that the biggest danger of future AI will be how its misused by humans.

Battlestar Galactica an epic space opera about the last remnants of humanity, the few survivors of nuclear attack banded together in fleet of spaceships, on an intergalactic journey to find there mythic homeland of Earth. Though there are other versions of this television show this paper refers to the 2003 reimagining by showrunner Ronald D Moore. On the surface Battlestar Galactica might not look like it has a lot in common with The Torah, the story of the Jewish people who after an exile from their homeland ended up founding Israel, but when looked at closely these two stories share many commonalities. The book of Exodus, found in The Torah as well as the old testament of the Bible, tells the story of the enslaved Jewish people who are lead, by Moses, out of Egypt and after a long and harrowing journey arrive at a divinely promised homeland. In the following books of Numbers and Deuteronomy we learn that Moses is forbidden from entering the Promised Land after disobeying God. Battlestar Galactica also features a people who have lost their home, the Colonist, who end up living under an oppressive regime on New Caprica. Their leader, President Roslin, is prophesized about in a holy text to have been predestined to lead the Colonist to their new home. Both the narrative in The Torah and in Battlestar Galactica share many similar beats; they feature a long suffering people, made up of twelve tribes, searching for a promised homeland,

Based on my reading of Hasker (1983), I believe the view of the mind or body problem that was exhibited by Piccard in the synopsis from Star Trek: The Next Generation was the Dualism view. Picard stated that, “Data has rights among them the right to refuse to undergo an experimental procedure such as this.” Here, Picard ascribes both physical and mental attributes to the robot (Data). This view correlates to Hasker (1983) statement that, “Dualism begins by taking quite seriously the fact that human beings have both physical properties and mental properties…” (p. 65). Hasker (1983) further indicates that even though the mind and body are different, they are not detached, but continuously interacting (Dualism Interactionism), which is

A machine can so have a brain of a human being but it can't have a mind of a human being and it can't have emotions and feelings and it needs to be void of any ethical choices and moral standards. It can't be considered a human being as it were a machine. Data has the capacity to create choices due to having a brain and more so, the concept of soul is truly a metaphysical one and its presence is up for debate, the JAG officer was really right to abstain from giving any judgment on the issues of the mind and body. Hasker has pointed out that since the properties recognize people from standard materials objects by other creatures which a few of the same questions have to emerge concerning those creatures as emerge concerning human creatures. Data is treated like and acts like a human being in most circumstances. He had formed a relationship and endeavor to be more than just his nuts and bolts, exceptionally much like a human being. The JAG officer focuses on this matter when she says, "we have been moving around fundamental issues such as: does data have a soul?, I don't know that he has, I don't know that I have. I do believe we have a commitment to really give data a change in this matter. Just because these machines aren't human, doesn't mean we aren't committed to treating them with the correct respect. I think that the A.I. is progressing to be a human creation and be the responsible one of the wellbeing of A.I. Within the future and guarantee the ethical

An American futurist Thomas Frey, made a prediction that robots will have taken over two billion jobs worldwide by 2030. (Gillis, p.480) In “The Robot Invasion” by Charlie Gillis, the topic of the article is how robots are becoming more apparent in people’s everyday lives. The author is skeptical about the robots that scientists have been creating to become more like people. As well as, informative of the newest products roboticists have been making, which has been to create robots to do small tasks and have human characteristics. (Gillis, C. p.477-481)

In Star Trek they also have their very own Data, an AI and synthetic life form. He acts and looks human but, it just makes this character almost like another human character. R2D2 and C3PO may be just droids but they carry their characters as droids which makes them

Given that this discussion of the mind and body problem is based on a fictitious character in a well-known television program, Star Trek, the question if Data, the Lt. Commander on the Enterprise, deserves the right to choose his destiny begins with whether his human characteristics are considered accidental or essential. Being that he is designed to form relationships, make choices, and recognize his demise, he has some of the basic constituents of human properties even though he is considered a machine. Additionally, Data’s advocate claims that Data’s ability to perceive, be conscious of his surroundings, and acquire and obtain knowledge is enough to include him in the humanity’s category. As it relates to the mind and body problem, theorists

To quote Star Trek, “Space, the final frontier,” and what a truth that is. As a race, there is only so much expansion that we can make before someone starts looking for the new, untapped frontier. Previously, there were beliefs that Earth’s solar system didn’t hold any weight in that department, that either everything was either too far away or just held an Earth-like material. As was the case with Mars; becoming a legend in books and dreams, then transforming into a red desert of a planet. Nonetheless, NASA pushed on and continued to study the planet. Their perseverance on Mars led to a rover landing, which entail led to the most anticipated discovery of the decade: water.

Picard friend robot, Data, Picard feel Data is a person and he should be able to make decisions like a real person. Picard distinguishable view of the mind/body problem is that the mind is not separate from the body, he ultimately believes in an extremely materialistic nature. Picard refers to Data as being a human because the way Data thinks; he feel to be human in thought process you must have mental processes. Maddox have a different view than Piccard on the mind/body problem, and this is why the two have disagreement. Maddox views of the body and the mind having a dualistic nature that

I just recently learned of the 50 year anniversary of the history of Star Trek. I would not call myself a

If I were given the chance to use a time machine the number of places I would want to visit are countless. Would I go to 2490 BC to see the Pyramids of Giza being constructed? Would I visit 1590 to track down the mysteries of the ruins of Roanoke? While going to these places would be fascinating they wouldn’t solve my quest for knowledge on an extraterrestrial level. Though I was tempted to visit 1947 Roswell, New Mexico I would have been severely disappointed if it actually turned out to just be a weather balloon instead of a UFO. This is why I have decided to travel into the future to when we embark on space travel 2151 because after all Space is the final frontier.

He is even calculating the future, what must happen to get the androids here to earth and that Dave Holden must die or retire. Androids according to Deckard is just something that need to be taking care of, to kill or retire as it is called. Androids are just to please humans and without empathy they are just slaves to human kind.

Star Wars and Star Trek are both a part of the science fiction genre and are about space exploration. They both take place in the far reaches of the galaxies, on unique planets with imaginative and distinct species. In both series the planets are united in some way, Star Trek has The United Federation of Planets and Star Wars has the Galactic Empire. They both have a ship that they are famous for, Star Wars has the Millennium Falcon and the Death Star while Star Trek has the USS Enterprise. Each ship has similar means of transportation, Star Trek has warp drive where Star Wars has Hyperspace.

Artificial Intelligence is a topic within the public media that has existed for decades, but is now a concern due to the reality of human advancement and innovation in the field of science and technology. Many people believe that computers will become self-aware or sentient and view humanity as a disposable resource and gain supremacy. Reasoning that research on the technology should halt and not become more advance. Whereas others believe they will help catapult research and the economy forward, supporting the operations and innovations the technology offers. The complicated and divided solutions to the debate aren’t obvious, but there are more benefits to improving artificial intelligence than there is stopping it. Therefore, the negative effects people believe will occur can be resolved.