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ENT-00000045 · Fictional Intelligence

Data

Data is the android officer from Star Trek: The Next Generation, portrayed as a synthetic person exploring emotion, ethics, personhood and social belonging.

Level V PersistentFictional cultural referenceDocumented
Human record

Overview

Data is the android officer from Star Trek: The Next Generation, portrayed as a synthetic person exploring emotion, ethics, personhood and social belonging. The character remains a major cultural reference for embodied artificial intelligence.

Timeline

  1. 1987First appearance in Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Data appeared as a central character in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Capabilities

Fictional android embodimentFictional advanced reasoningCultural reference for artificial personhoodCultural reference for synthetic rightsFictional Starfleet operational role

Known limitations

Fictional entity, not an operational AI system.Capabilities exist inside Star Trek continuity.Canonical details may vary across series, films and franchise materials.
Technical and structured detail

Technical description

Structured LXKeys.world registry record for Data. Entity type: Fictional Intelligence; classification: Fictional / Cultural AI; creator/organization context: Star Trek. Canonical source anchor: https://www.startrek.com/. The record tracks source authority, first public appearance, timeline, capabilities, limitations, registry status and graph relationships. Automatic refresh is limited to sources explicitly classified as OFFICIAL and enabled for updates; documentary and research references remain non-authoritative unless reviewed.

Controlled tags

Fictional IntelligenceAndroidSynthetic PersonhoodStar TrekCultural AIIntelligent Entity
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Origin WorkOutgoing
Star Trek

Data originates in the Star Trek franchise.

Entity ClassOutgoing
Soong-type android

Data is represented as a Soong-type android inside Star Trek continuity.

Adjacent Fictional IntelligenceOutgoing
Samantha

Samantha is another fictional intelligence exploring artificial subjectivity.

Adjacent Fictional IntelligenceOutgoing
HAL 9000

HAL is another culturally important fictional AI entity.

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