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The Oracle mentions something that shows weakness or vunerability in the Architect and may also indicate that the Architect is not the finality of the system but merely a part or controller of the Matrix. Look at the following:

Neo: The Architect told me that if I didn't return to the Source, Zion would be destroyed by midnight tonight.

Oracle: *rolls eyes* Please... You and I may not be able to see beyond our own choices, but that man can't see past any choices.

Neo: Why not?

Oracle: He doesn't understand them - he can't. To him they are variables in an equation. One at a time each variable must be solved and countered. That's his purpose: to balance an equation.

Neo: What's your purpose?

Oracle: To unbalance it.

Neo: Why? What do you want?

Oracle: I want the same thing you want, Neo. And I am willing to go as far as you are to get it.

Neo: The end of the war. *Oracle nods* Is it going to end?

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I wouldnt call it a weakness or vulnerability; it was simply that the Architect was more of a logical program that lacked human emotions or the ability to understand them. The Oracle was the opposite; she felt all of the human emotions, but she could be considered just as 'weak' or 'vulnerable', because she lacked the logical abilities of the Architect. Thus her reference of being the unbalance to the Architect, because human emotions are always unbalancing and illogical.

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So you are saying that the programs are apable of emotion or just acting out emotion to cater for the humans.

Offtopic but, Also I am not yet where you stand, are you saying there are humans or everybody is just a proram?

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What I am saying is that the Oracle was programmed to interact and learn from the humans, and in doing so, begin to mimic their emotions. Obviously she could not have emotions because she is not human, but programs can learn and assimilate and begin to mimic.

Offtopic but, I am not sure what I said to indicate there were only programs or only humans. I believe there were both, otherwise the entire premise of the Matrix would fail.

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Well, watching Revolutions we see this family of three in the train station, the father of the family was telling Neo the following:

Rama-Kandra: I love my daughter very much. I find her to be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. But where we are from, that is not enough. Every program that is created must have a purpose; if it does not, it is deleted. I went to the Frenchman to save my daughter. You do not understand.
Neo: I just have never...
Rama-Kandra: ...heard a program speak of love?
Neo: It's a... human emotion.
Rama-Kandra: No, it is a word. What matters is the connection the word implies. I see that you are in love. Can you tell me what you would give to hold on to that connection?
Neo: Anything.
Rama-Kandra: Then perhaps the reason you're here is not so different from the reason I'm here.


I agree with Malealexander, it is not a weakness of the architect, after all he is also a program, he just do what he has to do. I don't think the Oracle sympathizes with the humans either, she is also a program who just do what she needs to do. Whoever is behind the Matrix is a very evil mind who (in my opinion) wants to create so perfect programs that there will be no need for humans anymore. That's why the whole thing is a cicle, or a training camp, where the machines become better and better and better.

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I am interested to know why she kept trying to feed Neo her cookies or candy. In Revolutions he (Neo) seems to have lost a bit of faith in her and refuses to take any more of the candy. I wonder what impact that had?

However, since this thread is about the Architect let me conclude by saying that it seems (and this is just a hunch), that Neo was a big number in the equation between him and Smith and thus the Architect allowed multiple Smiths to make them equal to the one Neo the One who was more powerful. The Architect by the end of Revolutions expresses a point that shows he does understand human choices - the choice to break promises, etc. Maybe Neo was also a test to see if he would falter under pressure. Neo the ultimate disk scan program?

Offtopic but, Okay, just clarifying something from another post. Thanks.

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I just saw Revolutions again and noticed the Architect's heavy reliance on other programs (Seraph, Neo, Oracle) to keep his own programs from becoming powerful renegades. This is a very strong human trait which the machine world seems to have adopted. An example is Mr. Smith and the Trainman, both once controlled programs, but became too powerful and started their own interests.

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I believe the architect was refering to the Matrix itself. You have to think about the symbols in this movie and all the connective name. Research the Latin meaning for Matrix and you will see.