#The Ultimate Computer

[buglvr24]

the ultimate computer is an excellent star trek episode and the obvious takeaway is that computers cannot replace humans

however it does make me giggle how upset kirk is when the m-5 gives its landing party recommendation and it doesn’t include kirk and bones. like buddy i have to agree with m-5 on this one. maybe we shouldn’t have the captain, first officer, and cmo on every single away mission

[starberry-cupcake]

'the ultimate computer' aka uncannily precise vision of the future in which starfleet wants to replace jim with ai but spock and bones are not having it

I am going feral at all the times ai is being a menace in this show and how accurate it is to the bs present we're living in

[departmentq]

Fans celebrate the casting of Nichelle Nichols as Uhura as a moment for actors of color, which they should be.

But I also wanted to spotlight the casting of these iconic guest starring characters, seen in episodes of TOS.

Percy Rodriguez was cast as flag officer Commodore Stone, who was Kirk's superior in the chain of command. Stone is one of the officers that presides over Kirk's court martial.

Booker Bradshaw was the original Dr. M'Benga, seen in two episodes of TOS. at the time, M'Benga was Starfleet's first and only medical specialist in Vulcan Physiology, having spent a year's residency on Vulcan.

One of the finest minds in computer technology in the 23rd century, and creator of the duotronic computer, Dr. Richard Daystrom, was played by William Marshall, whose work in Shakespeare, and his roles as Paul Robeson and Frederick Douglass, added to the gravitas of his portrayal.

A flag officer, a specialist in Vulcan medicine, and one of the finest minds in a field of technology, played by actors of color, during the turbulent 1960s.

[borgcast]

Spock- "The M-5 itself has not behaved logically."

McCoy- "please, Spock, do me a favour and don't say it's fascinating."

S- "No... but it is... interesting."

[trek-tracks]

Come on, Spock, what mysterious relative is it this time?

[mephistopheles]

thing is, the original star trek correctly predicted a lot of the technology we have today. cell phones, which probably exist because of star trek. automatic doors. synthesised female-voiced computers that you can ask questions to, and they'll collate information to give you a response. digital styluses. touch screen tablets. search engines. speech-to-text dictation software. skype. one episode, 'the ultimate computer,' even features a decision-making AI so advanced that certain people argue it can successfully replace a human. but star trek also predicted that by the time we had these technologies, we'd be better than we are. we'd be kinder, peaceful, a "united earth." i dont know, man. i dont know

[dmynte]

why have they got the people’s princess commanding the fucking starship

[electronickingdomfox]

Kirk thinks that McCoy is so shakeable:

Laughable?

But I think that McCoy has other things in mind here...

[lichqueenlibrarian]

Bitch

[missanthropicprinciple]

The Ultimate Computer:

Mr. Spock: Practical, Captain? Perhaps. But not desirable. Computers make excellent and efficient servants; but I have no wish to serve under them. Captain, a starship also runs on loyalty to one man, and nothing can replace it, or him.

The Way to Eden:

Irina: I could never obey a computer.  Chekov: You could never listen to anyone. You always had to be different.  Irina: Not different. What I wanted to be. There is nothing wrong in doing what you want.  (Chekov gives in, and kisses her)

Conclusion: Kirk should have kissed Spock in The Ultimate Computer. Q.E.D.

[penandtheducks]

"Loyalty to one man, and one man only."

"To Captain Dunsel."

"To James T. Kirk, Captain of the USS Enterprise."

is this episode trying to kill me with how Bones and Spock both support Jim in his existential crisis in their own ways?

[jim-kirks-bubble-butt]

boyfriends

[69mossytrashcat69]

McCoy in The Ultimate Computer

[self-made-purgatories]

[lilascribbles]

If I had a nickel for every time Kirk convinced an AI to kill itself I'd have four nickels. Which is kind of a lot when you consider the context of their peaceful mission of exploration

[nature-girly]

I'm watching TOS and rewatching Voyager right now so I thought this line was funny.