Why The Matrix is Just a Chess Game Between Computers (and Why Neo is Not The One)

Everybody who watches The Matrix to the end is angry and confused about Neo losing and Agent Smith exploding. It feels like a cheap ending to an otherwise awesome trilogy.

Let’s go over the reasons why those things happen.

Not for the reasons that you think, either.

When people think of The One, they think of Neo.

One is an anagram for Neo, after all.

Neo, in the first Matrix, reborn with new abilities. Credit: Matrix.

We think of the man being reborn after death. We think of the man who believes to be greater than himself.

Who falls in love with Trinity.

Who follows the theology of Morpheus.

But Neo is not The One.

Alright, let’s go over what the hell this trilogy was about.

1. Humans created Aritificial Intelligence.
2. Artificial Intelligence grew far too smart.
3. Humans struggled to control it.
4. Nobody knows who first attacked who, but a war started.
5. AI was winning, so humans ‘darkened the sky’.
6. AI began to use humans as energy (this part is weird).
7. AI puts humans into a balanced video game…