»Mouse - Ethical quandry or missed opportunity?«

Another post concerning the woman in the red dress got me thinking once more. Mouse devises this woman to be some sort of interactive programme. He mentions that she speaks and responds, just not all that much, but enough, i am sure, for his needs. There are no other mentions of programme construction in the same vein as this. Guns and such are mundane and fairly simple, but the woman is of a higher order entirely. It is possible, then, that Mouse has made a basic machine programme, ie, a very limited and simplistic version of that which the humans are fighting.

Ethically, what does this make mouse? Is he consorting with the enemy? Is he holding a hostage upon which he experiments?

Also, would there be a use for these women in the matrix. Programmes of limited intellect could be used as cannon fodder against the agents, perhaps. Would agents even attack that which they might see as their own kind, or would they strike them down as exile targets? Would the women even be usable in a matrix. We know that guns can be exported there but anything more complex is uncertain.

Thoughts?

Hmm, maybe this is where Revolutions closes the circle.

perhaps mouse had to go INTO the matrix to truly enjoy his work. He could load up the woman in the red dress within the loading program.