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igor.kh

The conversation between Finch and Greer was fascinating. We actually learn that Greer's motivation is not that far different from Root's. What do you think would have been Root's path if Samaritan was the first AGI that Root met, instead of Finch's Machine? In this conversation, Finch mentions that he never sought to control his Machine, because he knew that it would be futile trying to keep up with a system that can improve its own capabilities and intelligence exponentially (meaning doubling at a constant rate, for instance). He doesn't name it, but this is precisely the scenario of the "Technological Singularity" that has been popularized by certain futurists in the media. The idea has come back into the public eye with all the recent attention on AI. Credit to POI for possibly being the first sci-fi show to expose people to the cool science-fictional idea of the Singularity. Another nod to the nerds in this episode is a mention of the Stuxnet virus. Root determines that Vigilance is using a variant of this virus to attack the city's power grid. Stuxnet was a piece of malware that was spreading itself on the internet in the late 2000s. To this day, it is considered one of the most sophisticated computer viruses that was ever discovered. There has never been any official confirmation, but it is widely believed that Stuxnet was created as part of a cyber-warfare attack by the United States against Iran. While the virus spread itself pretty promiscuously, it was designed to cause damage only under specific circumstances. In this way, Stuxnet was believed to be the cause of several industrial accidents around 2010-2012 (not long before POI went on the air) that significantly slowed down Iran's nuclear industry. Lastly, what do you think Root is up to with those computer servers she stole from Samaritan? :-)

BabyMac

I feel like I just don't have much to say about this episode. I'm feeling a little exhausted with all the antagonist groups. I sometimes find "villain" or antagonist arrogance exhausting and there is so much of that right now in this show. Vigilance assuming they know what's going on well enough to condemn everyone as "wrongdoers" when they don't actually know everything (the same thing they're angry at the government for doing - using their surveillance without all the information). Greer and his arrogance that Samaritan will create a better planet when it doesn't seem as though he's been programmed with ethics, morals, or even an objective. It's all tiring for me. I suppose in the end, I have only one question: who was it that texted Peter before he became the face of Vigilance?

Wanda Did Nothing Wrong

Hope next episode cures your exhaustion. I think Greer prefers that Samaritan hasn’t been programmed with any ethics, morals or an objective, as all of those can be bias depending on who did the programming. He wants a blank slate, something completely logical and objective “Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered.”