Earl Grey 63: Does Data Dream of Positronic Sheep

AI in the 24th Century. Star Trek The Original Series is filled with the twenty-third century crew encountering robots, androids, and god-like computers. In the twenty-fourth century, artificial intelligence still surprises Starfleet's flagship, falling under the category of "new life and new civilizations." In the episode of Earl Grey, Darren, Daniel, and Phillip discuss The Next Generation's episodes that feature Soong-type androids, Starfleet's computer systems (LCARS), holographic intelligence ("Elementary, Dear Data" and "Ship in a Bottle"), and machines that grow beyond their original programming ("Evolution" and "The Quality of Life"). What is the definition of life? How does artificial intelligence in TNG challenge that definition? Join us as we tackle these issues.   Hosts Daniel Proulx, Phillip Gilfus, and Darren Moser   Editor and Producer Darren Moser   Associate Producer Will Nguyen   Chapters Data: Encounter at Farpoint (00:03:09) Lore: Brothers (00:06:45) Lal: The Offspring (00:10:36) The Computer: Emergence (00:17:00) Minuet: 11001001  (00:25:51) Moriarty: Ship in a Bottle (00:31:02) Exocomps: Quality of Life (00:39:11) Nanites: Evolution (00:44:31) Closing (00:46:14)   Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm   Support the Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm