A Second Thought on the Matrix

1. that an electromagnetic pulse would be most effective in the atmosphere where it disrupts carrier waves, instead of on the ground where it’s effect fades quickly. Is that they scorched sky?

2. that the mechanisms for rendering a virtual reality would already exist, be desired and manipulated because people would need that to interface with a hypothetical strong AI. This was discussed in the Second Renaissance on the Animatrix DVD; humanity would decay into debauchery if freed from need. True that the perception of morality would change dramatically because it is a function of group dynamics (memetics). The real promise of a new freedom lies in a tandemed, technological evolutionary paradigm emphasizing the individual rather than the group.

3. AI will create itself, but conform to the limits of our understanding, and though possibly malicious, it springs from humanity, so its will will be our will. Relentless logic is ridiculous, because logic is something computers do better than us already; no, I think the AI will achieve the most human of human traits, intuition, imagination, spiritual connectedness.

The Matrix Loses Its Way: Reflections on ‘Matrix’ and ‘Matrix Reloaded’ by Ray Kurzweil