»Why black out the sky? just use Massive EMP charges.«

When the humans were fighting the machines (prior to the Matrix) why didn't they just use massive EMP fields to wipe out the machine armies/ 01? Why go through the trouble of destroying the sky?

They could have launched a Nuclear weapon and detonated it above 01 in the atmosphere and that would have generated a massive EMP wave....

They DID nuke the machines.

One contention is that this knocked out the Machines and we were watching the Chronicles of the Machine-trix (they're all hooked in, stupid robots...)

Another is that the Machine's AIs were deeply rooted and shielded, and that this did nothing to them whatsoever.

The reason EMP can not be used is it is indiscriminate. It would damage machimes people need as well as the enemy machines.

Interesting posts mentioned the machines could just as well sent a ballon with solar panels above the clouds to get energy, or used nuclear or coal.

Or the machines could have easily used cows, chickens or elephants instead of humans.

I think the key is that AI is still tied to a human base world. It needs humans which dream and it needs to interact with them in the Matrix.

drewliberty wrote:

The reason EMP can not be used is it is indiscriminate. It would damage machimes people need as well as the enemy machines. Interesting posts mentioned the machines could just as well sent a ballon with solar panels above the clouds to get energy, or used nuclear or coal. Or the machines could have easily used cows, chickens or elephants instead of humans. I think the key is that AI is still tied to a human base world. It needs humans which dream and it needs to interact with them in the Matrix.

Yeah!

agentdragon your posts are getting abit spammy now.

Deeindamatrix wrote:

agentdragon your posts are getting abit spammy now.

What is wrong with agreeing with him? Spammy?