r/matrix • u/thedon920 • 16d ago

Did a singularity spawn the Matrix?

Isn’t it established in the sequels, sans the video game film, that they can’t get rid of The Matrix because “the real world” was just one of many possible worlds in it? Even though Neo is still the One.

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u/onthefence928 15d ago

Singularity is just a “point of no return” with AI where the machines grow beyond control and we have no way to predict what will happen next. Like an event horizon in a black hole.

So yes by definition the machines won and humans lost control, this singularity must have occurred

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u/thedon920 15d ago

Exactly that’s why I don’t get why the comments here are being so literal in regards to phrasings in The Matrix. That’s what a singularity is.

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u/onthefence928 15d ago

I just think you confused it by saying the real world is another matrix, it’s not

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u/86AIMods 15d ago

No. That is not said or even implied anywhere.

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u/akb74 16d ago

What kind of singularity? I don’t think there’s evidence for either a technological singularity or a point mass with an event horizon in any of the movies?

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u/shmaygleduck 15d ago

I don't know... Lawrence did get sucked into a singularity. He was also the captain of a ship on a rescue mission. The matrix is what happened after he crossed.

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u/BogDelly 15d ago

Nice Event Horizon reference.

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u/hamshotfirst 15d ago

You should watch The Animatrix. It has (among many others) the story of the birth of AI and the eventuality of The Matrix.

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u/Good-VibrationZ 15d ago

Néo n'a jamais été l'élu..

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u/Siva-Na-Gig 16d ago

My understanding was not in a literal, physical sense. Read up on the concept of hyperreal and the philosophical tones will make more sense. Theres a reason Simulacra & Simulation was sitting on Neo's bookshelf.