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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
I always wonder in these Star Trek shows...even the bridge crew, why are they needed? Future computer instant response and algorithms would command much better than living beings.
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the rise of AI and automation in the real world certainly make elements of Star Trek seem anachronistic, but changing it to be a more realistic 200-300 years in the future would alter things to the point where it might as well be a brand new sci-fi series. even Star Wars is a little silly that way with everything being conducted as a WWII analog; hell it even had a droid army go toe to toe with a galactic republic led by space wizards, and even after that they're still willing to throw millions of actual living beings into the meat grinder.
but then at the same time you still have people complaining that USS Discovery is way too advanced looking, and would prefer that it looked like a cheap cardboard set from the 1960's purely for visual continuity with TOS.