Star Trek AI Rights: From Data to Conscious Machines #shorts

Added: 2026-05-06

[00:00:00]on whether AI gets rights.

[00:00:04]You know, do they get the same rights as a as another sentient being like humans?

[00:00:10]And does that give them meaning?

[00:00:13]Well, I think there was an Star Trek episode on that. I'm sure there is.

[00:00:16]There is a there was a next generation where they were talking about data, whether data had rights.

[00:00:21]>> Yeah, I remember that was a good episode.

[00:00:23]That was a really good episode.

[00:00:24]>> it was called Measure of a Man or something like that.

[00:00:26]>> was a good episode cuz I remember I was on Data's side.

[00:00:28]>> [laughter] >> Yeah, and and that I'm against AI.

[00:00:31]>> Riker Riker had a >> Isn't that funny? I was okay if if Data was the AI we're talking about, then you're okay with it.

[00:00:38]>> with it.

[00:00:39]>> [laughter] >> I just don't want them all over the world. Yeah, cuz it's interesting in that in the Star Trek episode, right?

[00:00:44]Because Data didn't have feelings.

[00:00:46]Right? Um but it was Yeah, but he was in uh it was easier because he was an individual if you view it that way, you know? He didn't have But they were wanting to duplicate him, right? Yeah, but the difference between Data is This is my understanding, is that he learned by observation and reading and interacting with humans, where we're just downloading whatever's on the internet into the AI.

[00:01:14]Oh, I know. That's that's what's going on now.

[00:01:16]>> Yeah. But AIs Not the Not the AIs that we're using organically like But there are AIs that that they will uh not put online that will do weird stuff.