Re: Why is Star Trek so robophobic?

Anim8rFSK wrote:
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> "Victor Velazquez" <k-canute@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Arthur Lipscomb" <arthur@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> We have sentient computers, sentient holograms, FTL, tele****tation
>>>> technology, fusion technology, replicator technology and yet they
>>>> still have human(oid)s push and pulling and carrying stuff about
>>>> ****ps with nary a robot in sight. Forget Data-esque androids, how
>>>> about basic droids?
>>>>
>>>> Put an item of some level of sensitivity or fragility (e.g.,
>>>> anti-matter which can't be beamed except in exceedingly small
>>>> amounts, or injured crew) in some robocart, give it a destination
>>>> and send it on its way. Launch robodrones outside the ****p to
>>>> survey it and make basic repairs, even if they are remotely
>>>> controlled, but you never see that. What's up?
>>>>
>>>> Sure, there was that whole M5 ... "incident" ... but is there some
>>>> story or episode that explains why the robophobia? Is there some
>>>> Butlerian war, some kind of Joshua incident, some kind of Skynet
>>>> takeover attempt that explains why, not just Earthers, but the
>>>> Klingons (altho they have a culture that kinda explains direct
>>>> action), the Romulans, the Ferengi (less fellow Ferengi to share
>>>> profits if you have robots), Betazoids, Andorians, Cardassians,
>>>> Bajorians, Vulcans, pert near every alien encountered rarely if
>>>> ever used robots, even the Borg are hybrid organic / technoid, why?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps in the Star Trek universe all the civilizations that create
>>> intelligent robots get wiped out by them before they invent warp
>>> drive.
>>
>> What incentive could intelligent robots possibly have to wipe out
>> organic sentients?  I could see it as an anomalous event, sure, but
>> every culture that produces them?  Get out!
>
> In Larry Niven books, any time somebody builds a computer smart
> enough, it shuts itself off.  Permanently.

Almost like they know something we don't.  Hmmmm....

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