Remember when La Forge goes to an AI conference and gains assassin skills? Or when Worf’s spine is repaired through gen-AI-tronics. And don’t forget about the GenAI people who eradicated the gender problem from society.
Sorry, couldn’t help it. I do appreciate the actual shout-out to AI in the La Forge example, as well as the prophetic brainwashing that ensues.
Or, of course, Barclay’s deep fakes. The holodeck really does function a lot like an outgrowth of today’s LLMs, at least as far as its usage goes. But I don’t think TNG really endorses it, given the frequency of holodeck malfunctions and misuses.