Summary
The Machine is an artificial superintelligence built and designed by Harold Finch and Nathan Ingram for a secret operation within the United States government known as Northern Lights.
The Machine is able to analyze and predict human behavior, allowing it to foresee future crimes and terrorist attacks.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-C. 7-C via weapons, possibly up to 6-C
Name: The Machine, Research
Origin: Person of Interest
Gender: Genderless (Regarded as Female)
Age: 10 years old
Classification: Artificial superintelligence
Powers and Abilities: Inorganic Physiology (Type 2), Genius Intelligence, Information Analysis, Clairvoyance, Technology Manipulation (Can access and alter any networked device), Hacking (Can hack any device), Precognition (Can simulate possible futures), Data Manipulation, Resistance to Hacking (Repeatedly blocked hacking attempts from US Government agents), Duplication (Created a compressed copy of itself)
Attack Potency: Street level (Employs highly skilled human agents). At least Town level via weapons (Can launch cruise missiles), possibly up to Island level (Implied to be able to access nuclear weapons)
Speed: Unknown (Can instantly access any device on the planet), Supersonic reaction speed
Durability: Unknown when housed in a server farm. Below Average Human level when housed in electrical boxes spread throughout New York City, confined to a suitcase, or contained in networked Playstations
Range: Planetary (Can access any networked device on the planet)
Standard Equipment: Inapplicable
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Can predict deaths before they occur. Prevented at least 54 terrorist attacks. Simulated an entire alternate world where The Machine did not exist, with 96.8% accuracy.)
Weaknesses: Only able to output a social security number. Can be destroyed by the ICE-9 virus
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