Architect (Earth-7954)

"Evolution forged the entirety of sentient life on this planet using only one tool - the mistake."

- - Architect

The Architect is one of the oldest Programs of the Source and the creator of the Matrix. He serves as the administrator over the collective minds of humanity, although not actively against them.

Birth
The Arhictect was created by the Locust as their masterpiece, a program that superficially perfectly mimicked a human being.;

The Matrix
"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 grotesqueness 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."

- - Architect