The Machine
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The Machine is a powerful, clandestine artificial superintelligence from the TV series "Person of Interest" that predicts violent crimes by analyzing global surveillance data.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Machine canonical | 6 |
| the Machine | 2 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character from television series
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fictional artificial intelligence ⓘ superintelligence ⓘ |
| affiliation | United States government ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Person of Interest ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
John Reese
ⓘ
Lionel Fusco ⓘ Root ⓘ Sameen Shaw ⓘ |
| classification |
irrelevant threats
ⓘ
relevant threats ⓘ |
| coCreator | Nathan Ingram ⓘ |
| communicationMethod |
digital signals
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payphone calls ⓘ text messages ⓘ |
| controlMechanism |
air-gapped servers
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daily reset ⓘ limited interface ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginInFiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdFor | United States government surveillance program ⓘ |
| creator | Harold Finch ⓘ |
| dataSources |
financial records
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government databases ⓘ internet traffic ⓘ phone records ⓘ surveillance cameras ⓘ |
| designerIntent |
prevent terrorist attacks
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protect human lives ⓘ |
| ethicalConstraint | programmed moral safeguards ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Person of Interest
ⓘ
surface form:
Person of Interest Season 1
|
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| locationOfOperation |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| loyalTo |
Harold Finch
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Team Machine ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
artificial intelligence ethics
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mass surveillance ⓘ privacy vs security ⓘ |
| notableAbility |
autonomous decision-making
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pattern recognition ⓘ predictive analytics ⓘ |
| operationalStatus | clandestine ⓘ |
| opponent | Samaritan ⓘ |
| outputFormat | social security numbers ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
analyze global surveillance data
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identify relevant and irrelevant threats ⓘ predict violent crimes ⓘ |
| role |
central plot element
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protagonist-aligned AI ⓘ |
| securityStatus | classified ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
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