Silo
Warning ! This article contains spoilers for Silo time of year 2 ’s episode 7 .
Bernard finally gives Lukas access to the Legacy inSiloseason 2 ’s sequence 7 , which , to Lukas ' surprisal , turns out to be far more fascinating than he had ideate . Lukas ' story take a dark turn towardsSiloseason 1 ’s endingmoments when Bernard punished him for not reporting his encounter with Juliette . Infuriated by his betrayal , Bernard sent the IT employee to the mines inSiloseason 1 ’s concluding electric arc . However , inSiloseason 2 ’s episode 6 , Lukas gets the chance to ransom himself in Bernard ’s middle when the Head of IT asks him to decode Salvador Quinn ’s cryptic letter .
Despite having limit to no cognition of cryptanalysis , Lukas puts his thought ability and curiosity on full display by using theCaesar teddy cipher inSiloseason 2 ’s sequence 6 . Although the method does not work on the letter , his power to solve problem convinces Bernard that he can become his Shadow . Therefore , inSiloseason 2 ’s episode 7 , Bernard sets him up for the office by giving him approach to the Legacy .
Silo’s Legacy Program Explained
The Legacy Contains A Massive Database Of Information From The Past
InHugh Howey ’s originalSilobooks , the Legacy is introduce more as an encyclopedia that hold back information on myriad topics . The show , however , seems to alter this in an intriguing way byintroducing the Legacy as a monolithic database containing thousands of book and resources one can use to research and learn about various aspects of the Silo and even the away human beings . Bernard gives Lukas admittance to the Legacy , hop that he will use it to crack Salvador Quinn ’s coded letter .
Although the show has not unwrap what is inside Solo ’s vault , he , too , seems to have permit to use the Legacy , which would explain how he knows so much about the world .
Since Lukas is now his fresh shadow , Bernard will also look him to finally put his mentation abilities to good habit and employ the resources from the Legacy to discover a way to help oneself him inhibit the growing chaos in Silo 18 . The Legacy and its entree are keep shroud from the people of the Silo . One can only ostensibly use it after entering the Vault in Silo 18 ’s IT . In Silo 17 , Solo seems to have access to a exchangeable vault . Although the show has not revealed what is inside Solo ’s bank vault , he , too , seems to have license to apply the Legacy , which would explicate how he know so much about the world .
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Is Legacy An AI System?
It Seems To Have Elements Of AI
Many story beats fromSiloseason 2 intimate that the Legacy is a lot more than a monolithic warehousing space for selective information . For instance , season 2 ’s episode 7 reveals that Lukas can ask questions to the Legacy , suggest it is driven by some level of intelligence information . When the the great unwashed of the Mechanical launching theirrocket inSiloseason 2 ’s sequence 7 , the Legacy also herald that Silo 18 is experience a delta consequence , confirming that it is design to identify a fix set of algorithms and accordingly react to specific events in the Silo .
Since Judge Mary Meadows is one of the main reference in Silo season 2 , it is hard not to marvel how her arc will splice into the overarching tale .
After Bernard poisons Judge Meadows inSiloseason 2 ’s early episodes , he also asks her if she ever used a VR headset when she " sat with the Legacy . " The fact that Bernard almost anthropomorphizes the Legacy suggests that it may be more intelligent than a even algorithm - based dataset . How the Legacy , as a potential AI system , will wed into the show ’s overarching story is yet to be get a line . However , it is fascinate howSiloseason 2 has been gradually revealing that its timeline is set hundreds of year in the futurity .
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Why Bernard Keeps The Legacy A Secret From The Rest Of The Silo
Bernard Wants Silo 18’s People To Stay Naive
The fact that Bernard has to formally pledge Lukas as his shadow inSiloseason 2 ’s installment 6to give him entree to the Legacy intimate that , according to the Silo ’s Pact , not everyone can practice the Legacy . The primary grounds behind this legal philosophy is that the Legacy contain sore information about Silo 18 and the away world . Most regular citizens of the Silo would not be capable to handle the truths contained in the Legacy because they are accustomed to sitting in the dark .
In the original Hugh HoweySilobooks , Lukas and Bernard ’s relationship never goes downhill . Owing to this , Bernard makes him his Shadow soon after Juliette leave Silo 18 .
Others would potentially turn rebellious because the info in the Legacy would open up up their eyes to the exploitive nature of the Silo ’s leadershipand the tyrannous system of rules they populate under . As seen inSilo ’s earlier installment , Judge Meadows serves as the consummate representative of this . She was willing to become Bernard ’s tincture before she gradually gained entree to more and more information about their Earth . Using the Legacy , she also deciphered the message in Salvador Quinn ’s letter , which exposed her to the unsettling world of their world and the purpose of the silos ' creation .
In a dystopian future , men and char reside in a vast underground silo governed by strict regularization , believed to harbour them from the hazardous reality above . The series delves into the complex societal order within the silo and the secret environ their subterranean beingness .
