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Isichar wrote...

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well your opinion above everything else...

but these are not facts...this is your interpretation...which when thought out ...contradicts itself...and which you yourself don´t even seem to like.

I try to show a valid speculation that counters yours.


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please don´t change my words. If you can´t express yourself through your own words...leave it be.

it is not speculation...it is based on facts...which makes it a valid interpretation.

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maaaze wrote...

please don´t change my words. If you can´t express yourself through your own words...leave it be.

it is not speculation...it is based on facts...which makes it a valid interpretation.


He doesn´t need too change your words, you already did it in this thread.

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Because he's flawed? why even bother to speak to shepard in the first place....why not stick to his stupid programming

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE(this is perhaps what sovereign and rannoch reaper was talking about)

I demand logic, even from the stupid catalyst

It is doing it's programing. How to do it was never stated. That was left open. The reapers salution is a how to it's salution.


In his programming he needs to find a solution, now when the crusible is in place then the parameters is changed.
He could choose another way to end the current cycle, but he doesn't.
Instead he tells shepard to chose, and if shepard refuses the cycle continues as usual..........WHY?!

Catalyst has all opportunity to change everything, but decides the most logical path is to let shepard to choose....this is stupid

If I was a AI following a certain program to find a solution, I wouldn't let a inferior being to choose anything.
Because that is what Iam supposed to do, to solve problems.

Programming or not, the catalyst must realize, IT IS STUPID......there is no logic

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Applepie_Svk wrote...

maaaze wrote...

please don´t change my words. If you can´t express yourself through your own words...leave it be.

it is not speculation...it is based on facts...which makes it a valid interpretation.


He doesn´t need too change your words, you already did it in this thread.

No . he didn't . You thought my words were his.

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dreman9999 wrote...

Stornskar wrote...

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But he is...because he has no other purpose...that is what EDI´s arc is all about...she wants to be more than just the A.I. on the ship...the Catalyst was never able to evolve past his purpose. He was never encouraged to do so.

His only purpose was to find a solution that works indefinitely


Shepard: So you're just an AI?
Catalyst: Inasmuch that you are just an animal

This means the Catalyst is MUCH more than a shackled AI

He makes it clear that he is shackled...




good point...it shows even more the extent of him being powerless.

will incorperate this into the OP.

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dreman9999 wrote...

No . he didn't . You thought my words were his.


maaaze wrote...


He has control...but they are also independent...which is shown as they activly communicate with each other.
He simply programmed his goals into them. Like he was programmed to by gis creators.


maaaze wrote...

AresKeith wrote...

his creators are the First Reaper


who did not liked to be turned into a reaper...so he reprogrammed them.

  

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Thaa_solon wrote...

dreman9999 wrote...

Thaa_solon wrote...

Because he's flawed? why even bother to speak to shepard in the first place....why not stick to his stupid programming

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE(this is perhaps what sovereign and rannoch reaper was talking about)

I demand logic, even from the stupid catalyst

It is doing it's programing. How to do it was never stated. That was left open. The reapers salution is a how to it's salution.


In his programming he needs to find a solution, now when the crusible is in place then the parameters is changed.
He could choose another way to end the current cycle, but he doesn't.
Instead he tells shepard to chose, and if shepard refuses the cycle continues as usual..........WHY?!

Catalyst has all opportunity to change everything, but decides the most logical path is to let shepard to choose....this is stupid

If I was a AI following a certain program to find a solution, I wouldn't let a inferior being to choose anything.
Because that is what Iam supposed to do, to solve problems.

Programming or not, the catalyst must realize, IT IS STUPID......there is no logic

There is logic to it. He is limited by his program to beable to make that change to his self. He can't change his programing.
If a machine is made to kill you but it tells you the only way to stop it is to reprogram it, and you tell it you won't. What do you think is going to happen?
The catalyst is a tool it has no control over it self but to do it's programing. How he does is left open to him but he is still held to pick the best option. He as no control or will over what is going on ...Even he says this...



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dreman9999 wrote...

Stornskar wrote...

maaaze wrote...

But he is...because he has no other purpose...that is what EDI´s arc is all about...she wants to be more than just the A.I. on the ship...the Catalyst was never able to evolve past his purpose. He was never encouraged to do so.

His only purpose was to find a solution that works indefinitely


Shepard: So you're just an AI?
Catalyst: Inasmuch that you are just an animal

This means the Catalyst is MUCH more than a shackled AI

He makes it clear that he is shackled...




he wasn't programmed to turn people into Reapers

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maaaze wrote...

Isichar wrote...

maaaze wrote...

well your opinion above everything else...

but these are not facts...this is your interpretation...which when thought out ...contradicts itself...and which you yourself don´t even seem to like.

I try to show a valid speculation that counters yours.


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please don´t change my words. If you can´t express yourself through your own words...leave it be.

it is not speculation...it is based on facts...which makes it a valid interpretation.


Must have missed that in the OP, because your not just basing your interpretation on facts, your presenting your interpretation as facts based on assumptions made loosely on indirect comments on the subject. Maybe you should change your OP to state what it really is, if you present it as your interpretation and not facts then you may not draw in so much flaming.

Modifié par Isichar, 29 juillet 2012 - 09:04 .


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AresKeith wrote...

dreman9999 wrote...

Stornskar wrote...

maaaze wrote...

But he is...because he has no other purpose...that is what EDI´s arc is all about...she wants to be more than just the A.I. on the ship...the Catalyst was never able to evolve past his purpose. He was never encouraged to do so.

His only purpose was to find a solution that works indefinitely


Shepard: So you're just an AI?
Catalyst: Inasmuch that you are just an animal

This means the Catalyst is MUCH more than a shackled AI

He makes it clear that he is shackled...




he wasn't programmed to turn people into Reapers

How many time do I have to say this?

He was give a problem to solve which he was never give any statement to how to solve it out side not killing off organic and syntheticsand it has to be the best salution. How he solves the problem is left open to him. That mean the salution can be anything as long it's the best salution on hand and does not kill anything off. Preseving organics does that. It a salution. He is just programed to find a saltion not programed to find a salution in a limited moral perspective.Machines don't hvave moral unless the have the freedom to find them and gain them. The catalyst has no morals so no moral ground will every prevent him from selcting a salution no matter how horrible it is. That the very reason HAL FOR SPACE ODYSSY 2001 killed off his crew.

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maaaze wrote...

AresKeith wrote...

sH0tgUn jUliA wrote...

Catalyst is powerless? What's with its "my way or the highway" bull**** then?

Face the facts. Walters can't write. That ending sucked. He had brilliance within his grasp and he blew it.


+100 just because Image IPB


well your opinion above everything else...

but these are not facts...this is your interpretation...which when thought out ...contradicts itself...and which you yourself don´t even seem to like.

I try to show a valid interpretation that counters this.


Actually Shepard had the power. Hence, Shepard is the real Catalyst. Shepard is the one who can make things happen. This thing is just a propaganda machine.

It's that Walters can't write for ****. If he was Arthur C Clarke he may have sold Synthesis and Control without putting those stupid stipulations on Destroy, Or since EDI was capable of deceit, made this so-called Catalyst capable of deceit, and when the player actually did hit the Destroy button there was no genocide or massive damage to the mass relays, etc.

I mean just because something is tech that was used and developed by the bad guys why is that tech "evil"? It's just tech. Leave the ****ing tech alone.

No. This is Mac Walters picking up his marbles and going home and destroying the ME universe so he doesn't have to write in it anymore, and he doesn't want to turn it over to anyone else to carry on. Bottom line.

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dreman9999 wrote...

AresKeith wrote...

dreman9999 wrote...

Stornskar wrote...

maaaze wrote...

But he is...because he has no other purpose...that is what EDI´s arc is all about...she wants to be more than just the A.I. on the ship...the Catalyst was never able to evolve past his purpose. He was never encouraged to do so.

His only purpose was to find a solution that works indefinitely


Shepard: So you're just an AI?
Catalyst: Inasmuch that you are just an animal

This means the Catalyst is MUCH more than a shackled AI

He makes it clear that he is shackled...




he wasn't programmed to turn people into Reapers

How many time do I have to say this?

He was give a problem to solve which he was never give any statement to how to solve it out side not killing off organic and syntheticsand it has to be the best salution. How he solves the problem is left open to him. That mean the salution can be anything as long it's the best salution on hand and does not kill anything off. Preseving organics does that. It a salution. He is just programed to find a saltion not programed to find a salution in a limited moral perspective.Machines don't hvave moral unless the have the freedom to find them and gain them. The catalyst has no morals so no moral ground will every prevent him from selcting a salution no matter how horrible it is. That the very reason HAL FOR SPACE ODYSSY 2001 killed off his crew.


if he had to solve the problem itself and chose to do this, then the Starbrat has more control than a Shackled AI would

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AresKeith wrote...

dreman9999 wrote...

AresKeith wrote...

dreman9999 wrote...

Stornskar wrote...

maaaze wrote...

But he is...because he has no other purpose...that is what EDI´s arc is all about...she wants to be more than just the A.I. on the ship...the Catalyst was never able to evolve past his purpose. He was never encouraged to do so.

His only purpose was to find a solution that works indefinitely


Shepard: So you're just an AI?
Catalyst: Inasmuch that you are just an animal

This means the Catalyst is MUCH more than a shackled AI

He makes it clear that he is shackled...




he wasn't programmed to turn people into Reapers

How many time do I have to say this?

He was give a problem to solve which he was never give any statement to how to solve it out side not killing off organic and syntheticsand it has to be the best salution. How he solves the problem is left open to him. That mean the salution can be anything as long it's the best salution on hand and does not kill anything off. Preseving organics does that. It a salution. He is just programed to find a saltion not programed to find a salution in a limited moral perspective.Machines don't hvave moral unless the have the freedom to find them and gain them. The catalyst has no morals so no moral ground will every prevent him from selcting a salution no matter how horrible it is. That the very reason HAL FOR SPACE ODYSSY 2001 killed off his crew.


if he had to solve the problem itself and chose to do this, then the Starbrat has more control than a Shackled AI would


No...he did not chose to do this...he was programmed to execute his solution...

It is save to assume the creators were in desperate need to find one.

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dreman9999 wrote...

Thaa_solon wrote...

dreman9999 wrote...

Thaa_solon wrote...

Because he's flawed? why even bother to speak to shepard in the first place....why not stick to his stupid programming

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE(this is perhaps what sovereign and rannoch reaper was talking about)

I demand logic, even from the stupid catalyst

It is doing it's programing. How to do it was never stated. That was left open. The reapers salution is a how to it's salution.


In his programming he needs to find a solution, now when the crusible is in place then the parameters is changed.
He could choose another way to end the current cycle, but he doesn't.
Instead he tells shepard to chose, and if shepard refuses the cycle continues as usual..........WHY?!

Catalyst has all opportunity to change everything, but decides the most logical path is to let shepard to choose....this is stupid

If I was a AI following a certain program to find a solution, I wouldn't let a inferior being to choose anything.
Because that is what Iam supposed to do, to solve problems.

Programming or not, the catalyst must realize, IT IS STUPID......there is no logic

There is logic to it. He is limited by his program to beable to make that change to his self. He can't change his programing.
If a machine is made to kill you but it tells you the only way to stop it is to reprogram it, and you tell it you won't. What do you think is going to happen?
The catalyst is a tool it has no control over it self but to do it's programing. How he does is left open to him but he is still held to pick the best option. He as no control or will over what is going on ...Even he says this...




Even if his programming is limited it is virtually limitless, even so the crusible changed his original programming, making him able to do whatever he wants. The logic of the program tells catalyst to make a choice, and the choice resulted in a illogical decision.

Thus the catalyst is not logical and also is stupid, the crusible made the catalyst stupid and/or if not the catalyst was stupid from the beginning.

How do you tell a limitless machine to restrict to limits, you can't.
Even robocop erased his primedirective, and that was in the 80's

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sH0tgUn jUliA wrote...

maaaze wrote...

AresKeith wrote...

sH0tgUn jUliA wrote...

Catalyst is powerless? What's with its "my way or the highway" bull**** then?

Face the facts. Walters can't write. That ending sucked. He had brilliance within his grasp and he blew it.


+100 just because Image IPB


well your opinion above everything else...

but these are not facts...this is your interpretation...which when thought out ...contradicts itself...and which you yourself don´t even seem to like.

I try to show a valid interpretation that counters this.


Actually Shepard had the power. Hence, Shepard is the real Catalyst. Shepard is the one who can make things happen. This thing is just a propaganda machine.

It's that Walters can't write for ****. If he was Arthur C Clarke he may have sold Synthesis and Control without putting those stupid stipulations on Destroy, Or since EDI was capable of deceit, made this so-called Catalyst capable of deceit, and when the player actually did hit the Destroy button there was no genocide or massive damage to the mass relays, etc.

I mean just because something is tech that was used and developed by the bad guys why is that tech "evil"? It's just tech. Leave the ****ing tech alone.

No. This is Mac Walters picking up his marbles and going home and destroying the ME universe so he doesn't have to write in it anymore, and he doesn't want to turn it over to anyone else to carry on. Bottom line.


But failure of the catalyst is not his...it is the failure of the creators.

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Im done here, its pointless

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dreman9999 wrote...

Stornskar wrote...

maaaze wrote...

But he is...because he has no other purpose...that is what EDI´s arc is all about...she wants to be more than just the A.I. on the ship...the Catalyst was never able to evolve past his purpose. He was never encouraged to do so.

His only purpose was to find a solution that works indefinitely


Shepard: So you're just an AI?
Catalyst: Inasmuch that you are just an animal

This means the Catalyst is MUCH more than a shackled AI

He makes it clear that he is shackled...




We have a different threshold on what is "pretty clear." That he would be forced to accept the space magic of the Cruicble does not mean he is shackled. Why didn't he say, "why yes I am a shackled AI Shepard" instead of using language that indicates he has transcended well beyond that

Primitive --------Advanced
Animal --------- Human
AI ---------------- Shackled AI?

Modifié par Stornskar, 29 juillet 2012 - 09:28 .


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Stornskar wrote...

dreman9999 wrote...

Stornskar wrote...

maaaze wrote...

But he is...because he has no other purpose...that is what EDI´s arc is all about...she wants to be more than just the A.I. on the ship...the Catalyst was never able to evolve past his purpose. He was never encouraged to do so.

His only purpose was to find a solution that works indefinitely


Shepard: So you're just an AI?
Catalyst: Inasmuch that you are just an animal

This means the Catalyst is MUCH more than a shackled AI

He makes it clear that he is shackled...




We have a different threshold on what is "pretty clear." That he would be forced to accept the space magic of the Cruicble does not mean he is shackled. Why didn't he say, "why yes I am a shackled AI Shepard" instead of using language that indicates he has transcended well beyond that



Shackeld means that he has no free will...which is shown here...

Or How would you describe what being shackeld means?

Modifié par maaaze, 29 juillet 2012 - 09:29 .


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Catalyst = glorified and arrogant UI

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Actually, Crucible is probably blasted in Refuse.

And, yeah. We do not see much evidence that Catalyst can do anything himself.

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Lord Goose wrote...

Actually, Crucible is probably blasted in Refuse.

And, yeah. We do not see much evidence that Catalyst can do anything himself.


Except operate the Citadel and control the Reapers. Oh yeah... he's powerless alright. <_<

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Catalyst without crusible: the forces of the universe bend to me also Im stupid

Catalyst with crusible: Laws of physics and logic don't apply anymore and also Im stupid

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Ticonderoga117 wrote...

Lord Goose wrote...

Actually, Crucible is probably blasted in Refuse.

And, yeah. We do not see much evidence that Catalyst can do anything himself.


Except operate the Citadel and control the Reapers. Oh yeah... he's powerless alright. <_<


like i said, he has no power over the Citadel otherwise shaperd would not be able to open the arms.

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maaaze wrote...

like i said, he has no power over the Citadel otherwise shaperd would not be able to open the arms.


But he opens it after the elevator takes Shepard up to him, which he also controls.

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Ticonderoga117 wrote...

maaaze wrote...

like i said, he has no power over the Citadel otherwise shaperd would not be able to open the arms.


But he opens it after the elevator takes Shepard up to him, which he also controls.


This is not the case...first Shaperd opens the arms...then the crucible docks...than shaperds falls onto the elevator.

what makes you think the catalyst controls the elevator?

wouldn´t it makes more sense that the crucible was the reason the elevator took of.

It brought him right in front of the crucible.