[Jamie]

Originally Posted by listopencil

In regards to the spoiler part of your post, there is definitely a very important chunk missing in the motivations of the characters actively working against synthetic life forms. The series has moved plotlines based off of an ancient mystical hatred of AI from some of the Romulans as well as the massacre on Mars, but the vision that was given to Scrunchyface Murdergirl from that Federation officer was very generic. Too generic to (for me) to justify her killing Maddox. So either we weren't given an accurate portrayal of the vision or Scrunchyface Murdergirl has knowledge that makes that vision more of a believable outcome.


Like...

Spoiler!

...maybe she knows that Maddox set up shop with Lore and made the twin girl androids. Maybe several people know and allowed it to happen but eventually figured out that Lore's plan was to create a new 'race' of Borg based on androids. Or any number of possibilities. But something important is still missing.

Spoiler!

I mean, in his last TNG episode he was trying to put positronic brains into Borg bodies, so...

Originally Posted by Mennonite

There is speculation over at a Trek board that this will tie into a major storyline from Discovery season 2.

I've wondered if it's going to tie into Control from Discovery season 2. Speaking of which, "AI is bad" seems to be a bit of a running theme in this iteration of Star Trek.