>>212342436By Robocop reference I mostly meant the pen scanning scene at the beginning of the first movie, which should have been intentional. I think the difference is, the M3gan tech was intended as kids stuff before spiralling into a murder spree (including a kid and a dog, even if they were assholes), killing a foreign dignitary, and M3gan pulling a gun in the middle of a crowd.
The corrupt, sleazy guys behind Am3lie are the closest to OCP but they still operated in the shadows because there's no public angle to push here. There's still AI helpers because that can't be avoided, and Gemma's speech at the end is all about adapting to them. So I think the Matrix route is really plausible.