Tag: Star Trek anniversary
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Minds, Machines, and Moral Questions: Four Episodes That Make AI Ethics Impossible to Ignore
What does a robot pitcher from 1959, a holographic lounge singer, a Starfleet android’s courtroom hearing, and a man exiled alone on an asteroid have in common? They ask the questions that AI researchers, legislators, and ethicists are still arguing about today. This guide walks through a four-episode Current Events Debate unit using The Twilight…
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Star Trek: First Contact at 30: A Teacher’s Journey Through Time, Memory, and the Borg
Thirty years ago this year, Star Trek: First Contact premiered in theaters and fundamentally changed what Star Trek could be. Released on November 22, 1996, Jonathan Frakes’ directorial debut took the optimistic crew of the Enterprise-D into darker territory than the franchise had dared to explore on television; it gave us a Star Trek film…
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