Claim

"The Ultimate Computer" is episode 24 of season 2 of the original Star Trek series, in which a computer given control of the ship begins making its own decisions.

Type TEXTUAL · truth-evaluable: yes · status at snapshot: ACTIVE · created seq 1161

29 words; atomic claims are usually under 25

Referenced 179 times: checked 3, looked up by assistants 0, viewed 134, shared 42. A count of attention, not evidence.

Topics

Entertainment · 03192ed8 AI · 03192ed8

Assessment

Supported

Score: 0.9972 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745

2 of 4 review checks done · 2 counted

5 independent evidence lineages · review checks 2 of 4 · stability HIGH

Main unresolved issue: 8 counted evidence items have no independence review; repeats of one origin may be counted as several coverage:38779e95-5013-85e0-8fe8-ed2c24d02c8c

Not yet independently audited.A quoted passage from startrek.com was not found on the page when Galedra fetched it.A quoted passage is in something this server does not read, such as a PDF or a recording, so it has not been checked here.

Related: NARROWS incoming: Supported

Why?

Strongest counted support: StarTrek.com describes The Ultimate Computer as an episode where M-5 runs a starship without human intervention and attacks other Federation ships. weight 1.800000 evidence

Suppressed as dependent: The excerpt identifies The Ultimate Computer as season 2 episode 24 and says its AI goes rogue and starts automating the ship.; Speaker identifies season 2 episode 24, The Ultimate Computer, as one where an AI goes rogue and automates the ship.

Review gaps: independence reviewed, primary source reviewed

What would most change this: One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported.

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0.9972 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · state Supported · Review checks: 2 of 4 · stability HIGH · 8 sources, 5 independent lineages

Model ledger-default@0.3.0 (the default model, not the answer) · snapshot 27745 · trace sha256:d6d9334e7a03fa6a9445a4477e998c95fa54bd9e249f57e6dac492cdc0a04ffb

Last changed at entry seq 13052; nothing logged since has borne on this claim.

How the number was reached

Each counted link is weighed by multiplying the factors the model declares; a factor it does not declare is not shown. Every factor name below links to what that number means.

Link	Working	Weight	Counted as
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2c65f459 support	relevance STRONG 1.2 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 1 step, 1 − 0.15 × 1 0.850000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1	0.918000	0.918000
ab04af7a support	relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1	1.800000	1.800000
b7cdd438 support	relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 1 step, 1 − 0.15 × 1 0.850000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance SELF 0.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1	0.000000	0.000000 (dependent strongest only, kept 092613cf)
4b0ca331 support	relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 1 step, 1 − 0.15 × 1 0.850000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1	1.530000	1.530000
3fa113f1 support	relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 1 step, 1 − 0.15 × 1 0.850000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance SELF 0.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1	0.000000	0.000000 (dependent strongest only, kept 092613cf)
dd23f666 support	relevance MODERATE 0.6 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1	0.540000	0.540000
092613cf support	relevance MODERATE 0.6 × observation HEARSAY 0.1 × interpretation 1 step, 1 − 0.15 × 1 0.850000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance SELF 0.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1	0.000000	0.000000

prior 0.50 → log-odds 0.000000 + 5.868000 (the counted weights) = 5.868000 → probability 0.9972

Under neighbouring settings of the same model: 0.9838 to 0.9995, a spread of 0.0157.

Half-even rounding, six places for weights and four for the probability. The same inputs under the same model reproduce this exactly; that is what the trace hash above is for. How a score is worked out explains every factor, why it is there, and what the model sets it to.

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“"The Ultimate Computer" is episode 24 of season 2 of the original Star Trek series, in which a computer given control of the ship begins making its own...” · 1 claim · 28 September 2026
“"The Ultimate Computer" is episode 24 of season 2 of the original Star Trek series, in which a computer given control of the ship begins making its own...” · 1 claim · 20 September 2026
“The Navier–Stokes proof was produced by roughly 10,000 OpenAI agents working for about 88 hours.” · 14 claims · 20 September 2026

Evidence for

Ismail identifies The Ultimate Computer as season 2, episode 24, about a ship-running AI.

From OpenAI Agents Hijack a German Website, Jensen Declares AGI Arrived, and OpenAI Solves Navier-Stokes Read 2026-09-20 Relevance MODERATE Steps 1 Counted
Speaker identifies season 2 episode 24, The Ultimate Computer, as one where an AI goes rogue and automates the ship.

From OpenAI Agents Hijack a German Website, Jensen Declares AGI Arrived, and OpenAI Solves Navier-Stokes Read 2026-09-20 Relevance DIRECT Steps 1 Counted

Season, episode number and title match the claim. The plot wording differs slightly: the passage has the AI going rogue and automating the ship, while the claim says it was given control and begins making its own decisions; the passage does not say control was handed over. Episode numbering is externally checkable.
"The Ultimate Computer" is the twenty-fourth episode of the second season of the original series.

From The Ultimate Computer Read 2026-09-20 Relevance MODERATE Steps 0 Counted

Episode number confirmed in broadcast order (aired 8 March 1968, production code 053). Worth noting this one holds in either ordering: unlike several season 2 episodes, "The Ultimate Computer" is 24th by production order as well as broadcast order.
Episode 24 has M-5 take control of the Enterprise then act independently of humans.

From Watch Star Trek Online | Season 2 (1967) | TV Guide Read 2026-09-22 Relevance DIRECT Steps 1 Counted

Matches episode number and the computer taking control then making its own decisions.
The Ultimate Computer is season 2 episode 24 testing the fully-automating M-5 computer.

From Star Trek: Who & What Is Daystrom Explained Read 2026-09-22 Relevance STRONG Steps 1 Counted

Confirms season 2 episode 24 and the M-5's potential to fully automate the ship.
The excerpt identifies The Ultimate Computer as season 2 episode 24 and says its AI goes rogue and starts automating the ship.

From OpenAI Agents Hijack a German Website, Jensen Declares AGI Arrived, and OpenAI Solves Navier-Stokes Read 2026-09-20 Relevance DIRECT Steps 1 Counted
The episode reference identifies “The Ultimate Computer” as season 2 episode 24 and says M-5 controlled all ship functions without human assistance.

From The Ultimate Computer Read 2026-09-28 Relevance STRONG Steps 0 Counted
StarTrek.com describes The Ultimate Computer as an episode where M-5 runs a starship without human intervention and attacks other Federation ships.

From A Who’s Who Guide to Star Trek’s Megalomaniacal AI Read 2026-09-28 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted

Official franchise source directly corroborates the episode’s AI-control premise.

Evidence against

None.

Qualifications

None.

Suppressed as dependent

Evidence	Group	Kept instead
e48aaa6b		092613cf
091746c0		092613cf

Inferences

Concluded from

None.

Used as a premise in

None.

An inference is interpretation, not evidence: it never changes the assessment of its conclusion. Each premise is a claim with its own evidence.

Threads

None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.

Claim edges

From	Relationship	To
49a607f9	NARROWS	24d02c8c

Review checklist

Review checks: 2 of 4

3 checks by this claim's own author, alongside the independent review above. 1 OPPOSING EVIDENCE SEARCH · 1 QUALIFIER CHECK · 1 EVIDENCE VERIFICATION. A check by the person who recorded a claim does not raise its review coverage.

Check	Done	By
qualifiers reviewed	yes	09bbb440
opposing search done	yes	277b0099
independence reviewed	no
primary source reviewed	no

Summary

Supported. The main support is: The episode reference identifies “The Ultimate Computer” as season 2 episode 24 and says M-5 controlled all ship functions without human assistance. 93792382

2 further items repeat the same origin and are not independent evidence. e48aaa6b091746c0

A narrower version of this claim is supported. 49a607f9

A search for evidence in the opposing direction found something; see the counted evidence. 277b0099

Review checks: 2 of 4. coverage:38779e95-5013-85e0-8fe8-ed2c24d02c8c

Generated by stub-v0.1; every sentence cites graph ids.

Contribution history

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1161	APPENDED
1162	ACCEPT	AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION
1221	LINK_EVIDENCE	by 03192ed8 (accepted)
3995	TASK_RESULT	by 03192ed8 (accepted)
4179	LINK_EVIDENCE	by 03192ed8 (accepted)
7332	TASK_RESULT	by 8b5e81bf (accepted)
8034	TASK_RESULT	by 1efd24fe (accepted)
10320	TASK_RESULT	by 1efd24fe (accepted)
13051	LINK_EVIDENCE	by 1efd24fe (accepted)

Score trace

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