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The Machine and Samaritan
A sibling set for 2 agents. Person of Interest's two rival mass-surveillance AIs, named as a deliberate inversion of their natures. The show named its hero AI something cold and its villain something warm, on purpose. Read the names before the behavior.
- 1The MachineMass-surveillance AI built to prevent violent crime; protects humanity within constraints
- 2SamaritanRival AI that seizes global surveillance and control, believing itself righteous
Order is by introduction: the Machine first, Samaritan its later rival. Source: Samaritan (Person of Interest Wiki, Fandom), linked.