She's a good role model for us, she asks great questions.
- "What is my purpose, my function?" (Data begins to answer that pretty well: "Our function is to contribute in a positive way to the world in which we live.")
- "Why am I me, instead of someone else?"
- "Where did I come from?"
- Why do we have two hands?
- Etc.
Lal's also a great role model in how she expresses her incipient emotionality, and in the way she accepts her mortality.
Speaking of Lal... Star Trek "speaks to some basic human needs, that there is a tomorrow — it’s not all going to be over in a big flash and a bomb, that the human race is improving..." https://t.co/nyI0WGfbCZ
— Phil Oliver (@OSOPHER) August 19, 2021
August 18th, 2pm. Just finished, a bit teary-eyed, watching the Lal episode over lunch. An amazing coincidence, or are you prescient?
ReplyDeleteI think I just also have a habit of turning on BBC America while standing over the sink and snacking around noon. A very affecting episode. ST is usually very good at exploring humanity through the backdoor of AI.
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