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Star Cops
1987 · TV series · 50 min episodes · 1 season
Created by Chris Boucher
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Star Cops is a British science fiction TV series created by Chris Boucher, set in 2027 where the International Space Police Force (ISPF) maintains law and order in a newly colonized solar system, overseen by Commander Nathan Spring. Known for its hard science fiction approach and realistic portrayal of space travel, the series was canceled after one season due to poor ratings and production issues. Retrospectively, it has been critically reappraised.
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Do you mean a bit like this episode from Star Cops?
https://youtu.be/_ECXWIxt0sQ
The AI catastrophe will be how our oligarchs will choose to use it. As far as I can tell, there are no moral qualms amongst the powerful against using it for total surveillance and continual automated policing (can't wait to get a phone call from an AI asking me about the content of a tweet.)
Star Cops thought about it more than our popular journalists or philosophers seem to think we should:
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Michael: ...it was slightly sensitive material, and in my field one is aware of the vulnerability of carrier waves.
Nathan: Is that what you do here?
Michael: It wouldn't be wise to read too much into a casual remark, Commander.
Nathan: That's your principal research area here, isn't it? Communications monitoring.
David: Not more buggers and supersniffers...
Nathan: More impressive than that. We've always been able to hear more than we can listen to. Are you developing intelligent listening systems?
David: Sounds impressive.
Michael: I must suggest that to go on could be a foolish risk.
David: Threats, Doctor?
Michael: Observation, merely.
Nathan: Machines that listen to everything and decide for themselves what's worth passing on? Is that where your BHG information came from? Did you do a test running? Did one of your new computers pick it up from the babble of all the world?
Michael: Commander, it's a pleasure meeting you.
David: Well, tireless attention to every word spoken? No possibility of human error. You can tell it to listen to the bad guys, it'll listen to everyone and identifies the ones you [won't like.]
Star Cops, Episode 3 [1987]
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https://youtu.be/G3RVPQyMCoY?t=713
I did want to bank this thread skywards, but of course there's "Star Cops".
Is there any other hard science fiction series set in space?
The sets are a tad shoddy, but they are good enough; a shame about the last episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWWFwLWJZEc&list=PL5nu0EE47YsMSaI7NPCzqLFfChR6nUaU9