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Offworld: The Potential and Problems of Spaceship A.I.

How realistic are pop culture depictions of artificial intelligence on board spaceships? From Star Trek to 2001: A Space Odyssey, we discuss the potential of spaceship A.I. to assist astronauts, along with what research is being done on board the ISS to incorporate digital assistants.

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  1. Interesting panel discussion. One correction, Dark Star was an early work of John Carpenter, not James Cameron.

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