Episode Info:

Silicon Valley has made quite a few sly references to AI takeovers. In last season’s “The Patent Troll,” Gilfoyle referred to the friendly human-like voice of Seppen Appliances’ Smart Fridge as “the dumbing down of machines that are inherently superior.” Yet that machine was smart enough to replicate Dan Melcher’s data across its servers without being told. A more explicit reference would be season three’s “Daily Active Users,” where a member of the focus group testing Pied Piper 1.0 voiced his objections by stating “the problem is Terminator.” “Facial Recognition” is the first episode to showcase a real-world case of PiperNet’s potential evolution into SkyNet.

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