In The Matrix Revolutions, Agent Smith and the Oracle finally meet. Before he assimilates her, they have this conversation:
ORACLE: You are a bastard.
SMITH: You would know, Mom.
But earlier in the scene, Smith says the following:
The great and powerful Oracle. We meet at last.
...which implies they've never met. What exactly is their relationship, and why does he call her Mom?
Answer
Per the Architect in The Matrix Reloaded:
The first Matrix I designed was quite naturally perfect, it was a work of art, flawless, sublime. A triumph equaled only by its monumental failure. The inevitability of its doom is apparent to me now as a consequence of the imperfection inherent in every human being. Thus, I redesigned it based on your history to more accurately reflect the varying grotesqueries of your nature. However, I was again frustrated by failure. I have since come to understand that the answer eluded me because it required a lesser mind, or perhaps a mind less bound by the parameters of perfection.
Thus, the answer was stumbled upon by another, an intuitive program, initially created to investigate certain aspects of the human psyche. If I am the father of the Matrix, she would undoubtedly be its mother.
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