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Person of Interest TV show highlights AI, surveillance, and big data interdependence

The TV show "Person of Interest" is a narrative that intricately weaves together surveillance, big data, and algorithmic inference, highlighting their interdependence. The show's premise relies on the availability of vast amounts of data, collected through widespread surveillance, to power its AI systems. This interconnectedness is likened to a combination of the Patriot Act, Oracle, and Palantir, illustrating how these elements form a single functional system. AI

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Person of Interest TV show highlights AI, surveillance, and big data interdependence

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Person of Interest is about # Surveillance , # BigData , *AND* # AlgorithmicInference ( # AI ). There's no story without those three elements in equal proportio

    Person of Interest is about # Surveillance , # BigData , *AND* # AlgorithmicInference ( # AI ). There's no story without those three elements in equal proportion. Without widespread (1. surveillance there isn't enough (2. # data for the (3. AI to function. It's all one system. If…