# AI and the "end of humanity". Explain please? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 12, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-and-the-end-of-humanity-explain-please/1033021 "2026-09-12T19:29:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 223
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-and-the-end-of-humanity-explain-please/1033021/223 "2026-10-11T17:55:34Z")
A good take was the show _Person of Interest_ > **[Person of Interest (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_Interest_(TV_series))** > > Person of Interest is an American science fiction crime drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2011, to June 21, 2016, with its five seasons consisting of 103 episodes. The series was created by Jonathan Nolan; executive producers were Nolan, J. J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Greg Plageman, Denise Thé, and Chris Fisher. The series centers on a mysterious reclusive billionaire computer programmer, Harold Finch (Michael Emerson), who has developed a computer program for the federal g... Spoilered even though its last ep was ten years ago. > **Summary** > > As the show progressed we discovered that the battle was between two superintelligent sentient AIs: The Machine which was created for counterterrorism but given a main mission of protecting human life; and Good Samaritan, which was designed to optimize society through control. > > Neither ever altered their main programming objectives, and neither developed their own goals of greater expansion for its own sake, or pursuit of knowledge and capability for its own sake. > > But both were covertly working to reduce threats as threats had been defined for and understood by them. Most of humanity completely unaware of their power and influence, let alone their sentience. Enjoyable show. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-and-the-end-of-humanity-explain-please/1033021)._