Jacqui wrote:
If Orac had been given the choice in the so-named episode would it have preferred to go with Servalan or with Blake? Orac shows enough understanding (as distinct from awareness) to make a reasoned choice.
(The choice might be between doing 'nothing but Federation work' or 'exploring the galaxy.)
The Federation would have dismantled him to see how he worked. He would have lost his uniqueness.
Jenny
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Jacqui asked:
If Orac had been given the choice in the so-named episode would it have preferred to go with Servalan or with Blake? Orac shows enough understanding (as distinct from awareness) to make a reasoned choice.
POV Avon, Orac is "just a machine"--in other words, doesn't even qualify for his slimline view of human rights--but shouldn't have Blake been worried about the freedom of the honest AI to think and speak?
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