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Originally Posted by SoldierOfDarkness
I tend to think of it like will smith's I, ROBOT.
In that the computer core, VIKI, was programmed with the 3 laws which prevented her from harming any humans.
However, she eventually evolved to a different understanding which led her to cause a revolution where the robots would take over. The reasoning for this is because as time went on she couldn't get humans to stop killing each other (murders, wars, etc.) so the only logical conclusion she came to was to take control.
For the catalyst, he couldn't figure out a solution to the problem so therefore he came up with the Reapers and took his creators into it regardless of their objections.
Oh wait...that would mean that Mass Effect took their ideas from I, Robot....so much for artistic integrity. 
What I don't understand is why they went that route and not just destroy synthetics in that era. In Warhammer 40K, robots rebelled against humanity which led to humanity destroying robots and banning AI outright. |
That's how I interpreted...I thought maybe their creator created them to stop the killing all together, but maybe the AI took a more literal meaning to their programming and therefore they unwillingly became the first reapers...It can be interpreted different ways though...