It's not even a clever analogy. There is nothing to the story there. Okay, it's an overreach in security, sure. Why is that bad? Because it would turn evil and kill everyone for no reason of course.
The Patriot Act isn't bad because it directly wants to kill people. Its bad because it allows people to use it for their own nefarious deeds such as spying and such, and erodes basic human rights to privacy.
In fact there's already an episode arc that did this already and it's called Homefront and Paradise Lost. And they're way better at portraying using a crisis to enact sweeping authoritarian edicts that erode rights in the name of "security" and it came out in 1996.
Control is the equivalent of some guy walking up to you and saying "Boy, the war in Iraq sure is bad, right?"
So yeah, I'm not overly impressed by "What if the Patriot Act blew up the world for no reason?" as a story hook.
Dude, the AI just turns evil for no reason lol
It's not even a clever analogy. There is nothing to the story there. Okay, it's an overreach in security, sure. Why is that bad? Because it would turn evil and kill everyone for no reason of course.
The Patriot Act isn't bad because it directly wants to kill people. Its bad because it allows people to use it for their own nefarious deeds such as spying and such, and erodes basic human rights to privacy.
In fact there's already an episode arc that did this already and it's called Homefront and Paradise Lost. And they're way better at portraying using a crisis to enact sweeping authoritarian edicts that erode rights in the name of "security" and it came out in 1996.
Control is the equivalent of some guy walking up to you and saying "Boy, the war in Iraq sure is bad, right?"
So yeah, I'm not overly impressed by "What if the Patriot Act blew up the world for no reason?" as a story hook.