Credit: Mikhail Nilov / Pexels by Arun Ramanathan and Abbas Manjee Originally published by EdSource From the first shows in the late 1960s, “Star Trek” presented a positive vision of humanity’s relationship with technology. On the Starship Enterprise, crew members use the latest tech to travel and communicate and understand one another, alien civilizations and the universe itself. Artificial intelligence (AI) is omnipresent; the ship’s computer can answer any question.