VOY s6e10 "Pathfinder"
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Back in the day, Isaac Asimov said that by strict definition, a mousetrap was a 'robot.'
It's a machine that can act without a human controlling it, to perform a specific task.
'The Doctor' was designed to provide a wide variety of functions, with access to a vast array of medical/social/spiritual information, plus the capacity to diagnose new diseases.
On the other hand, the entertainment holograms Reg was dealing with were little better than current day AIs like Siri or Alexa.
imho
Agreed. The Doc, Moriarty and Vic Fontaine are definitely sentient beings but that doesn't mean people who go into a holodeck to spar or to fuck are committing murder and sexual slavery.
Even the Doctor wasn't adverse to using basic holodeck characters in the same way as the rest of the crew did. I doubt he'd even have a problem with what the Hirogen were doing if they weren't specifically creating holograms who could experience fear and pain.
The B~~i~~ynars would beg to differ, but I understand the argument.
Edit: spelling
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bynar#Appearances
ACCCCCCCTualy it's 'Bynars'
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