YMMV / Star Trek: Voyager S7 E18: "Author, Author"

• Jerkass Woobie: The Doctor's ill feelings about his plight are legitimate concerns; it's just that the way he's expressing them, through his holonovel, is borderline slander. Again, Both Sides Have a Point, and it's still hard not to feel for the Doctor once he discovers his plight is even worse than he thought.
• Values Resonance: The end conflict of the episode surrounded a publisher feeling free to steal the Doctor's holonovel without permission because he is not legally considered a sentient individual. Later real-world experiments with Artificial Intelligence include feeding thousands of pieces of art, from paintings to novels, to a computer and being able to spontaneously create new art through piecing together that content through different tags. Some AI films have been made through filming the screenplay exactly as made (which are nonsensical), while AI digital art have won awards under the belief it was made by a human. This has caused some debate on the validity of the art and possible copyright infringement when it just slightly modifies an existing piece. Furthermore, potential stories and scripts written by AI is one of the many contentious issues that led to the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA both going on strike in 2023.

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