Talk:A.L.I.E. 2.0/@comment-89.115.57.24-20170914023925/@comment-121.214.134.48-20190331101142

I think that it was less that it was as smart, more that ALIE chips created a hive mind so it was a collective intelligence, the whole 'what one hears they all hear' so if there was a problem faced by one, then another in the collective intelligence with the skill set to solve the problem may have shared the information. It also took away most of their memories and their emotions because ALIE deemed them 'harmful'. Whereas ALIE 2.0 carried the memories of the previous commanders that can be shown but the chip itself and only 'amplifies what's already there' which was why Ontari becoming the Commander would have been...bad. It was made to be more background than the original was, the memories aren't bombarded on the user, more an internal council of 'elders' that show you their memoires to teach, influence or warn to user from making the same mistakes they did.

And it wasn't 'the more you care the more stupid you are' it was pointing out that when you're in a position of power than those who want to hurt of manipulate you will often use those closest to you as pawns, like Costia, using your love of affection to their advantage. Loving someone means putting them in the firing line of your enemies.