Late night thoughts...

[lizardbeth_j]

Possibly only rose_griffes will appreciate the awesomeness of this, but last night I had this moment of realization.

John Reese -- he of the show with the semi-sentient computer...

John Reese -- FATHER OF DEREK AND KYLE REESE y/y?

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[lizardbeth_j]

But then it would know wouldn't it? Harold programmed it in the first place and then corrected it, so with any sort of reasoning the Machine would also know the information isn't completely irrelevant, it only has to be sent to the people who can do something about it. In a sense, other than the designations themselves - the Machine merely has a sorting process: this potential murder goes to Box A (the NSA), and this potential murder goes to Box B (Finch). not to mention its primary mission is very much the prevention of mass murder, so while it might end up indifferent to individuals, I don't think it'd be indifferent to Robot Future Wars.

I mean, don't get me wrong, obviously, one could definitely make the Machine become a part of Skynet. Depending on which version of the post you saw it was actually my first thought, (before the coding got messed up and I had to rewrite a bit in the middle). But I guess it seems too obvious? Big Scary AI is usually evil.

hee, that bit of the fake show was SO FUNNY. I think that's why I want to use it in this fic so badly. :D