Film

The most famous choice in science fiction is epistemically impossible to make rationally. Morpheus offers Neo ’the truth’ but gives him no way to evaluate the offer. Cypher’s decision to go back is more philosophically coherent than the films acknowledge.

The Oracle is the most interesting character in The Matrix for anyone who thinks about AI alignment. She systematically lies to Neo for his own good. The films present this as wisdom. I think it is a cautionary tale the Wachowskis didn’t know they were writing.