Obadiah wrote...
I'd argue with the notion that the problem just came out of left field. Sure, it had not been specifically identified as a problem to Shepard before then, but once the Catalyst articulated it, to me, from just a cursory recollection of ME1, ME2, and ME3, it was pretty damn obvious that the problem was there and the end result would be as the Catalyst described.
Only when I got this forum did I realise that other Shepards:
- Just didn't believe the problem existed
- Were pissed that the narrative threw them a curve ball and basically wanted a different story
- Did not want to make this choice
Looking back on it, it kinda reminds me of Neo meeting the Architect in Matrix 2 and watching all these other versions of himself rail against what the Architect was saying. (BTW I only remember that scene because someone linked it in on this forum).
The idiotic thing about it is that sure the problem exists, but not in some vacuum of "it must always exist and is always potentially deadly for all organic life". Thing is there are other conflicts that are even more sure than this one because there's at least the initial and even continual possibility for a variety of synthetic lifeforms that could be created just as there are a variety of individual organic people with an almost infinite variety of proclivities-the good and the bad that exists already. It's like saying a child will get angry with its parents and I'd say, of course. But how many of those children will take out an axe and chop off their parents' heads? If it's 1 or 10 do we then assume every single one of them will? Or that this will lead to the deaths of parents everywhere? And then is the solution to kill the parents and then every single person that reaches that parental stage?
Sure, some synthetic lifeforms may have conflict with organic lifeforms just as surely as all individuals have the ability to argue, but the converse is just as true-they may decide not to. And that is THE most relevant thing that does exist as a large story in the game saying "don't ignore me", but that gets ignored.
The AI on the Citadel in ME1 wanted to stowaway on a geth ship and was willing to kill a lot of people if he was stopped. But he was stopped and no one had to die. EDI was on Luna, going a bit crazy, but wow look what EDI became or could become-a person wanting to help organic lifeforms and even falling in love with one. The geth wanted to be alive and were being put down for that egregious act and went too far in their self-defense, but they retreated and showed themselves capable of far more nuanced understanding than the quarians--they had remorse and acted as caretakers for Rannoch awaiting the day when the quarians would come home. Every single tale of synthetics going awry has a really good reason as to why it happened and outcomes that range from terminating them to making peace with them through dialogue and communication-not a forced understanding but a show of faith that they need not always be mistrusted.
And that's far more intelligent than trying to create some artificial symbiotic existence. The use of trust and a willingness to listen even in the face of overwhelming power that could snap you like a twig means far more and leads to a more solid coexistence than does some internal implanted connection that forces you to understand one another. It creates growth and relationships--just like what happened with EDI. Shepard in my game could have consistently told her what to do and she'd have complied, but she would not have learned and might not have become a real person by forming her own responses and feelings to things. It's about deciding what to do rather than being made to do it.
Anyone who's ever raised a child may have at one time confronted something similar with them. It's amazing the first time this happens. When they're growing up they may want to do something bad but see you looking at them and so maybe they won't do it. But at one point, they're out of your view, and have to decide for themselves between right and wrong. They may tell you about it or someone else might, and explain how they made the right choice and did a good thing. The point is that is priceless. Your child made a decision for the good without you telling them what to do. It's kind of the same thing with forming bonds between synthetics and organics based upon a growth of trust and a decision to work together. It creates a better more authentic bond.
. Trust Krogan? Eh... yeah, ok. Trust Geth? Hmmm.... it could go wrong, but I'll take that chance. Reapers? ..... lol.... no...... these guys are flawed from the core, not by circumstance.
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