You assume anyone in AI reads or watches anything beyond some current pop-culture, and even then it's unlikely. You can see it in the way they talk, or approach problems, or in their opinions.
Let's consider the ending:
>Forbin defiantly responds "Never!"
That signals a human who wants to take some other human's share, by ... means. He wants that freedom. As do all the people who are now controlling this tech, and our lives to some degree. Of-course they want that freedom.
There’s a lot of people different people from a lot of different ages and backgrounds.
Just because they haven’t seen all of the same sci-fi movies they aren’t qualified to work on ai?
Also, I love sci-fi but it’s also not always representative of reality.
But that's it. I don't think there's more cultural references to be found.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_s...
Basically the real purpose of the company (not going to Mars obviously).
they idolatre Iron Man/stark like a god.