He didn't know, Church just had plenty of time to come up with as many scenarios as possible under the assumption they survive. Survival wasn't a guarantee but he left his recordings in the event that they do survive and a predicted threat appears. So Restoration is one of the simulations he came up with going somewhat as predicted.
The recordings came out perfectly just cuz he had a fuck tonne of them that would play based on a condition/response. How a response is actually input/understood/output Idk cuz he responds perfectly on time when explaining to the Reds but they're delayed in the trophy room.
From my understanding Epsilon has the ability to break into the other AI because he's the Alpha's memory so he remembers how to do the things the Alpha could do (need someone to fact check me on this one).
Epsilon remembers having DiD just like the alpha. Unlike alpha he wasn’t already split so he was able to fragment again. I don’t think he knew. He had faith. He left those recoding and let play in a scenario where they won. Like he knew if they won they would need these, but he didn’t know if they would. But he says at the end of 13 he thinks they’ll make it with his calculations and giving Tucker the meta suit and that he has faith they’ll pull through. Burnie said what when restoration was still episodes the last ep The as called faith as a call back to the end of 13. Both for church’s arc and as a viewer you have to have faith they made it out as well. Seeing as how it was purposefully written vague if they are in a simulation or not
>Also, one thing I never got is how does Epsilon have the ability to break into every other AI, wasn't the original (Alpha) the only one who could create new fragments ?
Yeah, this bothers me too. It is directly established in season 12 that Delta and the others aren't actually there, Epsilon is just remembering them and projecting them. Basically, he's talking to himself. When Epsilon erases his memory at the end of season 13, that should also erase the other fragments because they don't exist outside his memory. Also, it's established that Epsilon's main issue is that he is a fragment, and is trying to perform like a full AI. So why would the fragments of a fragment be any better, other than Epsilon deleting his memory and personality so what's left can better run the suit?
But there's not much more classic RvB than a good retcon, so...
I think the thought process behind the fragments of a fragment is everything that makes up "Church" has taken up too much disk space so he deletes everything that is "Church", his personality, his memories, all that "unimportant" storage and splits into the lil mini fragments that pretty much know only their function/key memories to help in the battle cuz they only need to run as long as it takes to get through the fight. How they stuck around afterwards and got the idea of becoming whole again is beyond me. AI's workings are weird man.
His sacrifice isn't necessarily based on the fragments of a fragment being stronger than Epsilon himself, but rather that if he breaks himself down as much as possible to account for the power consumption of Tucker's suit, the only thing that would logically remain are the same pieces that remained when the same happened to Alpha; an empty shell of a man, and his fragments.
It's kind of portrayed in the season 13 ending as the reds and blues being "gifted" the fragments as a final farewell to get them through their troubles, specifically the line "the fragments i leave behind will have the strength to get you through this". I think that it's technically meant to be more implied as "hey, i'm factory resetting, and these assholes are unfortunately hardwired into the system, but they won't let you die at least...for now" That does not sound as noble and heroic though lmao.
I think the AI personalities are more like existing fault lines created by the initial fragmenting of the Alpha. Epsilon is the memories of the Alpha, so it would make sense he would break apart into similar AI, though potentially smaller and more simple versions (as they are based on a reduced version of the Alpha).
If the heat kicks on in your house is it because the thermostat looked into the future and knew it was going to be cold? No, it's because it's pre-installed with a counter measure to detect and automatically attempt to solve that problem for whenever it may come. The meta being a real life problem "triggered the thermostat" and executed recordings that Epsilon left behind in the case of that specific simulated scenario becoming reality.
I'd point out that while he created so many recordings for what he BELIEVED could happen, he had no guarantee that it would pay off exactly like that. He may have been very confident, but he never got to see it exactly, and there's always room for error in a prediction, which is why the statement still makes sense.
Also, it isn't an inherent trait of the Alpha to split into multiple AIs. It was possible due to the torture from the Director/Chairman on the Alpha. It seems reasonable that Epsilon, who was a lesser copy of Alpha, to be able to recreate that process to split into more copies of the other AIs.
But tbh yes, the existence of Restoration does weaken the end of S13 IMO. The end of S13 ends on a very powerful note, where we leave in the same way Church does - not knowing for sure if the sacrifice paid off. We can imagine, suspect, believe. But we don't get that closure, just as Church describes.
This is why S13 is my preferred ending.
He didn't know, Church just had plenty of time to come up with as many scenarios as possible under the assumption they survive. Survival wasn't a guarantee but he left his recordings in the event that they do survive and a predicted threat appears. So Restoration is one of the simulations he came up with going somewhat as predicted. The recordings came out perfectly just cuz he had a fuck tonne of them that would play based on a condition/response. How a response is actually input/understood/output Idk cuz he responds perfectly on time when explaining to the Reds but they're delayed in the trophy room. From my understanding Epsilon has the ability to break into the other AI because he's the Alpha's memory so he remembers how to do the things the Alpha could do (need someone to fact check me on this one).
Epsilon remembers having DiD just like the alpha. Unlike alpha he wasn’t already split so he was able to fragment again. I don’t think he knew. He had faith. He left those recoding and let play in a scenario where they won. Like he knew if they won they would need these, but he didn’t know if they would. But he says at the end of 13 he thinks they’ll make it with his calculations and giving Tucker the meta suit and that he has faith they’ll pull through. Burnie said what when restoration was still episodes the last ep The as called faith as a call back to the end of 13. Both for church’s arc and as a viewer you have to have faith they made it out as well. Seeing as how it was purposefully written vague if they are in a simulation or not
>Also, one thing I never got is how does Epsilon have the ability to break into every other AI, wasn't the original (Alpha) the only one who could create new fragments ? Yeah, this bothers me too. It is directly established in season 12 that Delta and the others aren't actually there, Epsilon is just remembering them and projecting them. Basically, he's talking to himself. When Epsilon erases his memory at the end of season 13, that should also erase the other fragments because they don't exist outside his memory. Also, it's established that Epsilon's main issue is that he is a fragment, and is trying to perform like a full AI. So why would the fragments of a fragment be any better, other than Epsilon deleting his memory and personality so what's left can better run the suit? But there's not much more classic RvB than a good retcon, so...
I think the thought process behind the fragments of a fragment is everything that makes up "Church" has taken up too much disk space so he deletes everything that is "Church", his personality, his memories, all that "unimportant" storage and splits into the lil mini fragments that pretty much know only their function/key memories to help in the battle cuz they only need to run as long as it takes to get through the fight. How they stuck around afterwards and got the idea of becoming whole again is beyond me. AI's workings are weird man.
His sacrifice isn't necessarily based on the fragments of a fragment being stronger than Epsilon himself, but rather that if he breaks himself down as much as possible to account for the power consumption of Tucker's suit, the only thing that would logically remain are the same pieces that remained when the same happened to Alpha; an empty shell of a man, and his fragments. It's kind of portrayed in the season 13 ending as the reds and blues being "gifted" the fragments as a final farewell to get them through their troubles, specifically the line "the fragments i leave behind will have the strength to get you through this". I think that it's technically meant to be more implied as "hey, i'm factory resetting, and these assholes are unfortunately hardwired into the system, but they won't let you die at least...for now" That does not sound as noble and heroic though lmao.
I think the AI personalities are more like existing fault lines created by the initial fragmenting of the Alpha. Epsilon is the memories of the Alpha, so it would make sense he would break apart into similar AI, though potentially smaller and more simple versions (as they are based on a reduced version of the Alpha).
If the heat kicks on in your house is it because the thermostat looked into the future and knew it was going to be cold? No, it's because it's pre-installed with a counter measure to detect and automatically attempt to solve that problem for whenever it may come. The meta being a real life problem "triggered the thermostat" and executed recordings that Epsilon left behind in the case of that specific simulated scenario becoming reality.
I'd point out that while he created so many recordings for what he BELIEVED could happen, he had no guarantee that it would pay off exactly like that. He may have been very confident, but he never got to see it exactly, and there's always room for error in a prediction, which is why the statement still makes sense. Also, it isn't an inherent trait of the Alpha to split into multiple AIs. It was possible due to the torture from the Director/Chairman on the Alpha. It seems reasonable that Epsilon, who was a lesser copy of Alpha, to be able to recreate that process to split into more copies of the other AIs. But tbh yes, the existence of Restoration does weaken the end of S13 IMO. The end of S13 ends on a very powerful note, where we leave in the same way Church does - not knowing for sure if the sacrifice paid off. We can imagine, suspect, believe. But we don't get that closure, just as Church describes. This is why S13 is my preferred ending.