Growing Up Artificial

Last week we took a look at aging characters and now we do the same but with Artificial Intelligence​ in Star Trek

Characters age just like actors. Some get taller, larger, thinner, change their hair, or get wrinkles; except when they don't.
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This week we discuss Data and The Doctor. How they changed, grew up, modified their own programs, and experienced pain. Both have a lot in common beyond being artificial. They both aspire to be more human, to be larger than the sum of their parts, and they both have experienced loss.