I’m now convinced that most holodeck malfunctions are the result of end users, who don’t know what they’re doing, using AI to generate poorly-written software they’re ill-equipped to debug or even really understand.
Really just one person- Geordie- through an accidental misphrasing of a request to the computer.
I would have never used that computer again. Or at least given it a complete overhaul. You shouldn’t be allowed to do the sort of thing you’d request of Dall-E in order for the computer to create intelligent life.
Yeah, they could stand to at least add a, “This request will result in the creation a sentient being, are you sure you wish to proceed?” warning.
Really, a lot of Star Trek problems could be averted with a “are you sure you want to do this?” before someone does something with the computer or the holodeck. Starfleet apparently never learns. That’s why in Prodigy-
spoiler
Janeway goes back to the Delta Quadrent in a different ship of a different but similar-looking class renamed Voyager.
