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Agents of Shield has veered weirdly close to LW interests this season.
We've got:
1: An AI who is given bad priorities which lead it to kill its creator and perpetrate supervillainy. 2: An investigation into whether or not emulated human intelligences in a VR setting are morally 'real' enough to care about. 3: Serious consideration of how much of people's identities are their memories, and whether by changing those memories you create new people or not.
Also, earlier in the season, a rad biker with a flaming skull for a head.
Anyway, main point, AoS is radically better nowadays than when it started out. This season has been aces.
sounds like Chris Moriarity's "Spin" series of books. Recommend Spin State and Ghost Spin especially.