12/23/2023 0 Comments Dcommander dataJust like some real-life AI, Data’s exposure to a heteronormative culture arguably predisposes him to favor that identity himself. Real deep-learning AI actually uses an early form of the technology that runs Data’s brain neural networks. His identity is a result of his cumulative experiences that are stored and analyzed in hardware that is modeled after the human brain. While his gender identity can be referred to as AMAB, Data’s sexuality and orientation are not hard-coded. Data did not retain a sex drive after the external influence dissipated, and later episodes, particularly “ Legacy”, address the fact that while Data no longer had any sexual attraction to Tasha Yar, he did retain a strong memory of the emotional connection and considered it a positive memory. At this point it is revealed that Data is anatomically correct and “fully functional”, a revelation played with an almost Pythonesque self-awareness. That said, TNG’s second episode, “Naked Now”, sees external influences that cause Data, as well as almost everyone else, to have not only a sex drive, but an overactive one, and he ends up having sex with Tasha Yar. Literally any aspect of human biology that is related to sexuality is absent in Data. He has no sex drive, no hormones, and no ability to reproduce sexually. “The best part about sexual relations is, amiright captain?!” (Screengrab from TNG.)Data is, in an almost excessively literal way, asexual.
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