Re: Why is Star Trek so robophobic?

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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.
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>>>>> What incentive could intelligent robots possibly have to wipe out
>>>>> organic sentients?
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>>>> They don't necessarily need an incentive.  People do things all the
>>>> time without having an incentive.  And robots don't have to have the
>>>> same motivations that people do.
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>>> I've always thought it would be interesting to have a story where a
>>> robot uses deductive reasoning to determine the cause of all the
>>> problems he has to fix, and traces them all back to human error.
>>> Therefore, to completely eradicate all errors in the future (its
>>> primary tasks) it kills all the people who can make the mistakes to
>>> begin with.
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>> Skynet.
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>>> There's also the "I'm damn tired!" plot, where the computer/robot
>>> gets tired of taking instructions and kills its master just so it
>>> can sit down and "die".
>>>
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>> Why would a robot get "tired"?
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> Because a human wrote the story.

You misspelled "bad writer".

-- Ken from Chicago