Tag: AI

Self-lost, TAS: S1E9 “Once Upon a Planet”

December 31, 2025

The cautionary tales of artificial intelligence (AI) are fraught with terrifying scenarios. What if AI becomes too intelligent? Too powerful? Too adaptable? Few AI doom stories explore what Kirk and Spock encounter on this adventure: what if AI gets bored? The focus on excessive intelligence in the AI of previous stories has often been on … More Self-lost, TAS: S1E9 “Once Upon a Planet”

Automated Ghost, TOS: S3E17 “That Which Survives”

October 31, 2023

Malfunctioning medical equipment features in some of my favorite SciFi stories. In the Dr. Who episode “The Curse of the Black Spot” a menacing specter which kidnaps all the main characters turns out to be an automated tissue sampling device. With a similar robotic commitment, the Aperture Science research AI take over the facility long … More Automated Ghost, TOS: S3E17 “That Which Survives”