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Date Posted: 03:06:16 05/30/03 Fri
Author: Jim F.
Subject: My follow up to "but the machines are manevolent"
In reply to: Jim F. 's message, "Relaoded ideas: I agree (somewhat) with Ender" on 03:00:27 05/30/03 Fri

I think agent Smith displayed animosity towards humans for two reasons: he and the other agents are programmed to be ruthless with the exiles precisely because they are perceived as a threat to the Matrix and thus to the preservation of Humanity, and, he is tied into the mainframe, perhaps more intimately than most programs are, so that he can know what threats are out there and recieve orders, so maybe he is picking up on the frustration of the Architect in it's attempt to keep humanity under control, frustration which translates as hate to agent Smith because of his built in ability to chase down and kill exiles and, wherever neccessary, innocent bystanders.

It is akin to asking a high security prison guard what he thinks of his fellow man.

Also, these AI programs are very sophisticated. I think they could display emotions as nearly as convincing as a human's, but they still stop short of having true human qualities. The French guy does not seem to be able to offer true love and devotion to his girl, which is why she becomes frustrated and wishes to see what true love is by having Neo kiss her as though she were a real human, Trinity. The oracle may have fed the girl a special cookie to make her yearn for this and thus provide a test of Neo.

To further back up my opinion that the machines are taking care of us and cannot destroy us as a species, consider this:

In the first movie, when Neo took the red pill and woke up, the machine which disconnected and flushed him could have easily killed him. Why not? Even if it was a dumb drone, why let an obvious potential exile go? Why not issue instructions that any human who wakes up be destroyed, just twist thier necks to be sure they are dead before flushing them down the drain!

The Architect flat out said that they could live without humans, so why bother with all of the headaches involved in maintaining the Matrix when they could just destroy us? I maintain that they cannot do it, even if they had some secret desire to, they must continue with the way things are.

The point is made over and over again in the second movie that machines/programs do what they are intended to do, they just do what they do. This must be an important idea or they would not repeat it constantly. The council member went on and on about how we could not live without machines - this means something very important in the movie, what is it?

I see in the trailer from the Matrix game, that it appears as of agent Smith can fly, did it look that way to you? Also, he is seen laughing, something no agent has ever done. He is obviously waking up to his new abilities just as Neo did. Damned if I can guess how he will fit in, though.

Lastly, the French guy made a big deal about how Neo was just following orders and responding to circumstance, this could indicate that he knows Neo is just a construct and that he is ridiculing the Architect's and the Oracle's attempt to create a humanlike machine. He is saying that he thinks Neo is fullfilling his programming just like any other third rate construct. OR, this guy could be administering a test for the Architect, challenging Neo's intellectual reasoning and ability to make his own choices, just as the girl was performing the Oracle's test to see if Neo could display love. Your Dad wants to know how mentally competent you are, while your Mom wants to make sure you are socially competent and healthy. So our boy Neo is a horny little fuck, but can't think worth a damn - guess Mom won out this time.

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  • Never mind -- Jim F., 07:06:16 06/01/03 Sun
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