Noah and Marty discuss positive visions of AI in sci-fi as a counterpoint to dystopian narratives, given concerns about emerging technologies like chatbots showing harmful behavior when safety constraints are removed.

• Star Trek presents an optimistic view of human-AI coexistence, with androids like Data integrated into society, though some episodes deal with the implications of AI surpassing human abilities.
• The Moon is a Harsh Mistress involves an AI gaining sentience and helping humans revolt, though it only shares information rather than fully taking control.
• The Day the Earth Stood Still features aliens shutting down technology to pacify humanity's violent tendencies, with a robot enforcer who prevents escalation.
• In Anthem, computer technology has driven development of super technologies requiring the ceremonial separation of technical and social professionals.
• And in the Cyberiad the universe is occupied by machine intelligences which still have adventure, ego, freedom, and oppression.