Comparing AI to Star Trek: Just tell the computer to create an expert engineer
TheZvi · x · 2026-08-21
TheZbi cites an observation that on Star Trek, no one understands how warp drives or holodecks work, suggesting humanity has entered the age of "Vibe-Engineering." The author argues that evidence suggests you could simply tell a computer to "create a hologram expert warp drive engineer genius" to fix the drive, and it would work—much like modern AI—though people only think to do this sporadically.
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