The internet of today would prove to be an integral piece in the evolution to

the world of the matrix. The transfer of information, instant messaging and search

Engines are elements of the internet, which would allow such an evolution. Today, most people access the internet via hard lines. In the movie, the crew accessed the matrix via a hard line. To communicate with Tank, the crew used cell phones which are similar to instant messaging. They also acquired information through the lines. An example of this is when Morpheus asked Tank for a blue print to the building when they were setup, and when Trinity needed to learn how to operate the helicopter. Tank had to search for this information via his connection just as we search for information on the internet using search engines.

The matrix is a complex computer program, a neural interactive simulation used to mask the truth.  The matrix evolved through artificial intelligence, which spawned a race of machines. The machines depended on solar power, humans blocked the sun to weaken the machines, but the machines found an alternative energy source, humans. Humans were now batteries, fuel to the machines. The matrix was built to keep the human race under control, blind them from the truth. They were living in a dream world, sleep, serving as a source of energy to the machines, mere batteries.

Artificial Intelligence indicates the ability of a machine to perform the similar functions that characterize human thought. An example of A.I in today’s society is the program “Deep blue” designed by IBM, a chess program which defeated chess champion Gary Kasparov using “look ahead”, a math occupation for the program and other player.

I don’t believe the world will become like that of the matrix. Films like “the matrix” are evidence that this concept is pondered. Such films introduce people to different theories and possibilities of evolution or the world as we know it. In exploring the concept of “the matrix” in a negative light, the thought of evolving to anything similar will be remote and force mankind to watch the steps of its advances in technology.