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Enterprise inStar Trek: The Next Generation.
No android before or since has been as suave as Data.
Well… until Maeve ofWestworldmaybe.
Her origins are no more strange than any other aspect of technology on the show.
None were more endearing, however, than poor Rommie.
Once her objective was achieved, though, she discarded her female human affectations and became the bad-ass protector.
Dorian became a mirror for many social issues from discrimination to social oppression to fear of technology.
Ethan Extant, 2014-2015
Extantnot only explored the nature of artificial intelligence, it also examined what constitutes life.
On the surface, the Android provided many of the same elements as her above counterparts.
Dolores Westworld, 2016-present
This is most notably the case with the hosts, as theyre called, ofWestworld.
However, among the hosts who are self-aware, Dolores is unlike any other.
Father is a service model, built to care for the children in his charge.
Mother, on the other hand, as wonderfully played by Amanda Collin, is a reprogrammed war machine.