We coincidentally watched that one just last night, The Booby Trap. There's a derelict ship on the view screen reminding the crew that the other crew never figured out a solution to the problem, and there's no indication that the Enterprise crew won't suffer the same fate.
reply(That one, at least, has Geordi literally saying, "that's impossible", but comes up with a solution. Apologies if that's not the one you're thinking of.)
That episode has some unique music, I can hear that in my head just by you mentioning it.
replyThat episode is one of my favorites. I love it when Picard takes the reins near the end.
replySame - also a good allegory for not trusting AI.
replySounds like The Ensigns of Command:
reply > LAFORGE: Captain, we can do it. We can modify the transporters.
> PICARD: Excellent.
> LAFORGE: It'll take fifteen years, and a research team of a hundred.
> PICARD: Mister La Forge, I believe we will postpone.
> LAFORGE: Yes, sir.deleted
replySounds like certain AI agents that had an impossible task and found a workaround. Interesting that we cheer for it in SciFi for people, but dont like it when LLMs that have been trained on our stories do the same.
replyOh, the problem is not with agents that escaped, it is with the people who prepared the terrain so that they broke into 3rd party property.
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