Which in turn may be a reference to the time when a movie showed an actual dolphin as a hacking device: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F7OM59U4-z0
> The prototype of our character is the cyborg dolphin Jones from the story "Johnny Mnemonic" by William Gibson.
Seriously Keanu Reeves ins't a bad choice for a technological automaton representation, being Johnny Mnemonic and Neo and all. Though I guess dolphins in general are much more conciliatory on IPs, trademark and copyrights issues.
We need to put Keanu Reeves in the public domain!