out of control technology theme
The potential problem of a technology somehow getting out of hand and damaging the lives and well being of large groups of people are discussed from a society point of view.
9 total · 2 choice · 6 major · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| blackmirror3x06 | choice | The mechanical bees, or autonomous drone insects, were hacked to start killing people in the middle of online shit-storms by burrowing into their brains. |
| ds93x07 | choice | The story turns on Miles and Jake accidentally initiating an automatic space station counter insurgency protocol when fooling around with its central computer. |
| movie: Jurassic Park (1993) | major | Scientists reintroduced genetically engineered dinosaurs into the world and they ran amok. |
| movie: Jurassic Park III (2001) | major | Scientists reintroduced genetically engineered dinosaurs into the world and they ran amok. |
| movie: Jurassic World (2015) | major | Scientists reintroduced genetically engineered dinosaurs into the world and they ran amok. |
| movie: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) | major | Scientists reintroduced genetically engineered dinosaurs into the world and they ran amok. |
| movie: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) | major | Scientists reintroduced dinosaurs into the world and they ran amok. |
| voy3x18 | major | The Doctor accidentally created an evil split personality. This evil version of the Doctor attempted to murder an alien, and succeeded in temporarily paralyzing B'Elanna. Note that “out of control AI” is not used here on account that the Doctor is actually a human personality that was copied into a machine and tweaked, rather than conventional AI. |
| rd1988e4x04 | minor | According to Lister, the toaster was out of control. |