How Person of Interest Predicted The Future

A look at how Person of Interest explored AI before it was cool.

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[RafidMahbub]

There is very little recognition for this brilliant show.

[Mangosteencountry]

Still one of the most intelligent series I've ever seen on TV. Glad I caught all 5 riveting seasons of it. I miss Reese n Finch. This show was incredibly prescient. Jonathan Nolan is a wonderful mind.

[marcux]

"can you hear me"? Most under-rated series ever!

[anasaroun]

The series is way ahead of our time.Its a pure work of Genius

[johnkearney]

This show left me speechless, I don’t know if there will ever be another one like it. Thank you, to the actors, Nolan, and of course, Ramon Djawadi.

[roza]

poi video essays are nearly nonexistent so this gave me such a rush of serotonin

[ballhawking]

One of the few shows that got better and better each season. Well written story and script.

[eduardogomez]

A year ago (during the first COVID-19 wave) I was re-watching POI, and watching the S05E08 called “Reassortment”, I couldn’t help but notice the resembling between the current pandemic and Samaritan creating an outbreak of this new Supervirus that targeted certain individuals through their genetic map. I was giggling, but at the same time lowkey concerned.

[titusxp]

I'm almost tempted to say they don't make TV Series' this amazing anymore

[corvus]

I always loved the small detail of how the Machine identifies people versus how Samaritan identifies people. The Machine outlines people with a box, while Samaritan outlines people with a triangle. A triangle is the 2D shape that has the least amount of sides and angles, possibly symbolizing how Samaritan uses the most direct and simple analysis, while the Machine tries to analyze people and situations from more angles in order to truly understand them.

[housel]

This show is the perfect combination of a crime drama, spy thriller, and science fiction in one

[completedissociation]

I used to watch this show with my grandfather ever week that a new episode came out. Sadly he passed away a year ago. I own all 5 seasons on Amazon. I watch poi on a regular basis at this point and being nearly 10 years older I have a huge appreciation for this shows themes and values. I now live with my father an I'm so glad that he's enjoying the show. He's never seen it and we currently are at 3x11. I'm glad that a show that has brought me so much joy has also brought me closer to my family.

[bigpod]

This series is so underrated and at least for me serves as reminder that while we should be scared of AI and its infinete possibilities it can be good/benevolent and that is why whenever i get in the AI is evil conversation i point to this show. We have so many AI bad guys in movies and TV serieses but almost no benevolent AIs/good AIs like Machine
Also great video

[rainbowcloudss_]

I will die on this hill saying that Person of Interest is the best underrated show ever made.

[andatoren]

Great video, this show is so underrated imo

[NotYurAverageJoe]

Criminally underrated essay. Thank you so much for putting my thoughts in video form.

[deepcow]

If you don’t believe you’re being tracked, talk about a particular product with a friend, wait 30 minutes and look at your favorite web site. You’ll see a pop up ad for the product you were talking about. Now imagine what the government could do.

[iantpls]

Without doubt the greatest series ever made. The pertinence of the all episodes is more relevant now than ever. Quite scary.

[connorduncan]

This show was so far ahead of its time and gets very little recognition for how good it was.

[DamnQuilty]

Fantastic video. The way technology is shown in PoI is great. It is cool how the Machine develops and grows over time both as a character and a 'tool'. This is my favorite series. I remember listening to a Podcast back in the day that took in-depth looks at the tech side of the series; it was cool noticing how so many things that at the time were fictional or not common to every day and quite real things. I mean it is still Science Fiction in parts, but some things have become a reality and that is quite neat. Overall is a fantastic series with a great script and a fantastic cast of characters. It's the type of series that you should watch more than once. Mildest spoilers: each and every episode has a different clip in the intro that fast-forwards to the episode and each episode has different sequences of city landscapes or sometimes going to audio or video archives. These all may seem like just the typical way to pad time in the episodes, but if you pay attention you will notice how the way the cameras and all look at things evolve and become more complex over time. And even shows the differences in how the Machine and Samaritan focus on things. Showing in a subtle way both the evolution of the former and how it is different from the other. Now apart from the Science fiction part of things, the series does a wonderful work introducing a cast of really broken and flawed characters that more or less make each other better and grow as people over time, taking the time to actually make fully-fledged characters.