If she was already on another planet, then she wouldn't necessarily been as much of a security risk as she was on Earth. No matter how nice Ava was, no matter how much I liked the character, she was a replicator and IMHO couldn't be allowed to roam Earth freely. Even "under surveillance" wouldn't work, because of the $$$ and manpower it would take to watch one being - and what if she decided (we don't know the full extent of her programming) to give her "surveillance" the slip? If she was sentient and had free will, then she could've gone on and done anything.
I also don't think we should've dumped her on some uninhabited planet. Exiled to be alone forever? Didja ever see the Star Trek : TOS ep with the Librarian who "punished" the cave-living woman by making her live alone for the rest of her life? Is that a fate you would want Ava to have?
I think also a major reason they would put Ava in this VR, which isn't the best of situations, but is better than 99% of the alternatives, is that she was "bigger, stronger, faster" than humans. The IOA and SGC weren't threatened by Martin Lloyd.
I dunno. Maybe tomorrow I'll go argue the opposite, but for tonight, I'm thinking they gave her a chance to exist better than deleting her consciousness or locking her in a cell for the next several hundred years - or whatever her lifespan is.
Finally, could we puh-leeeeeze leave Hitler and Nazi *******s out of this conversation? Thanks in advance.
I also don't think we should've dumped her on some uninhabited planet. Exiled to be alone forever? Didja ever see the Star Trek : TOS ep with the Librarian who "punished" the cave-living woman by making her live alone for the rest of her life? Is that a fate you would want Ava to have?
I think also a major reason they would put Ava in this VR, which isn't the best of situations, but is better than 99% of the alternatives, is that she was "bigger, stronger, faster" than humans. The IOA and SGC weren't threatened by Martin Lloyd.
I dunno. Maybe tomorrow I'll go argue the opposite, but for tonight, I'm thinking they gave her a chance to exist better than deleting her consciousness or locking her in a cell for the next several hundred years - or whatever her lifespan is.
Finally, could we puh-leeeeeze leave Hitler and Nazi *******s out of this conversation? Thanks in advance.
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