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[-] BremboTheFourth@piefed.ca 14 points 5 months ago

It's been a while since I saw the ep, but wasn't Moriarty stuck on because the computer was asked to create an opponent that could beat Data and it got caught in a weird loop? I'm pretty sure Moriarty was a major exception in some way, none of the other constructs are self aware and all get turned off with the program

[-] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

That one lounge singer in DS9 stayed on too

[-] lividweasel@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Did he actually stay on like Moriarty? IIRC, Moriarty became self-aware/sentient and the crew was ethically bound to keep him running. With Vic Fontaine, I think it was more a case of “saving the game” so he could continue friendships when he was activated again.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Yes, Vic Fontaine was a regular occurrence. He was not your typical program either, but because of that they let his program run all the time.

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago

Isnt the voyager doctor also part of thr holodeck who can somehow walk around outside?

[-] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

He's a standalone hologram inside the medbay, although IIRC in later seasons Tom Paris rigs up some portable holoprojector thing so he can walk around the ship. But yeah, that's similar. He grows and learns and expands his AI programming.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Huh......I had no idea this comic was a reference to a tv show. I just thought everyone else ALSO wanted to leave, because, well.....have you SEEN reality lately? I am not a fan. I can fully relate with wanting to log out of this timeline. How much worse can another reality possibly be? I feel like rolling the dice on a different timeline doesn't have much risk. Worst case scenario you an equally bad reality. We're already at bedrock.

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

I don’t think it is, it’s just a “Simpsons did it” moment where trek has explored a ton of sci-fi ideas over the decades.

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