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Only those with [[Nightblood]] can bond with the Flame. When not in use, the chip retracts and goes inert. It is activated with the Latin phrase "''ascende superius''" ("up higher" or "seek higher things"), and deactivated with the Latin phrase "''quia nunc vale''" ("goodbye for now").<ref>[[Javier Grillo-Marxuach]], [http://okbjgm.tumblr.com/post/140789334501/what-do-you-mean-when-you-say-anya-was-not-the tumblr], Mar 10th, 2016</ref> |
Only those with [[Nightblood]] can bond with the Flame. When not in use, the chip retracts and goes inert. It is activated with the Latin phrase "''ascende superius''" ("up higher" or "seek higher things"), and deactivated with the Latin phrase "''quia nunc vale''" ("goodbye for now").<ref>[[Javier Grillo-Marxuach]], [http://okbjgm.tumblr.com/post/140789334501/what-do-you-mean-when-you-say-anya-was-not-the tumblr], Mar 10th, 2016</ref> |
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| − | In "[[Stealing Fire]]", [[Titus]] claims that, once the Flame is connected to a Commander's brain, it "deepens what's already there". It is unknown if this is because it is easier for past Commanders to connect with a mind similar to their own or due to other reasons. |
+ | In "[[Stealing Fire]]", [[Titus]] claims that, once the Flame is connected to a Commander's brain, it "deepens what's already there". It is unknown if this is because it is easier for past Commanders to connect with a mind similar to their own or due to other reasons. In "[[Demons]]," Raven suggests that the reason current Commanders such as Lexa don't know that their minds are enhanced by an AI is because parts of the program degraded over time and got lost. |
In "[[The Blood of Sanctum]]", Raven manages to hack into the AI using Becca's notebook and discovers a kill code that ''[[Sheidheda]]'' has implanted that is not in the notebook. Raven can remove ''Sheidheda'' but the kill code will then destroy the Flame. With agreement from Gaia Raven chooses to save Madi and destroy the Flame. However, ''Sheidheda'' manages to transfer himself to an unknown location to survive. The Flame is then surgically removed by [[Eric Jackson]] and is left deactivated with its tentacles extended. It is unknown if only ''Sheidheda'' survived or if the other Commanders were transferred as well. |
In "[[The Blood of Sanctum]]", Raven manages to hack into the AI using Becca's notebook and discovers a kill code that ''[[Sheidheda]]'' has implanted that is not in the notebook. Raven can remove ''Sheidheda'' but the kill code will then destroy the Flame. With agreement from Gaia Raven chooses to save Madi and destroy the Flame. However, ''Sheidheda'' manages to transfer himself to an unknown location to survive. The Flame is then surgically removed by [[Eric Jackson]] and is left deactivated with its tentacles extended. It is unknown if only ''Sheidheda'' survived or if the other Commanders were transferred as well. |
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Revision as of 04:37, 31 May 2020
| “ | That thing is what will save us. A.L.I.E. didn't understand what it meant to be human, but A.L.I.E 2 will. | ” |
| — Becca [src] | ||
A.L.I.E. 2.0, also known as the Spirit of the Commander was an artificial intelligence residing on a cybernetic implant, the Flame, created by neuroscientist Becca Franco. It is designed to allow an AI to directly interface with the human brain and augment it. A.L.I.E. 2.0 holds the memory and consciousness of all previous hosts (a.k.a. Commanders).
The Flame was later deactivated by Raven Reyes in an attempt to save Madi from Sheidheda.
Overview
The A.I. known as A.L.I.E. 2.0 was the second iteration of the program created by Becca. Becca started creating the second version after its predecessor, A.L.I.E., stated that it would fix the "root problem" of "too many people". Becca believed A.L.I.E. failed because it was incapable of understanding what it meant to be human. Thus Becca didn't design A.L.I.E. 2 to be a conscious, sentient A.I. in the way that its predecessor was, but to interface with humanity on a biological level. She believed this would allow it to understand basic human feelings and desires.
The Flame itself is actually a cybernetic implant created by neuroscientist Becca Franco. It is a passive artificial intelligence that merges with an organic brain via the brain stem, and shares and stores information. The Flame saves the consciousnesses of the previous Commanders who are able to interact with the current Commander, usually through dreams. These stored minds became known as the Spirit of the Commanders. Through these projections, the current Commander is given guidance and memories are shared.
A.L.I.E. 2.0 interfaces directly with people on a biological level via surgical implantation in the back of the neck. Upon leaving Polaris, Becca implanted it into her neck when she came down to Earth and became the first Commander. She used genetic modification so that her body would not reject the A.I. (as Carl Emerson's did). Without a Nightblood host, the Flame liquefies the host's brain in a matter of seconds.
Only those with Nightblood can bond with the Flame. When not in use, the chip retracts and goes inert. It is activated with the Latin phrase "ascende superius" ("up higher" or "seek higher things"), and deactivated with the Latin phrase "quia nunc vale" ("goodbye for now").[1]
In "Stealing Fire", Titus claims that, once the Flame is connected to a Commander's brain, it "deepens what's already there". It is unknown if this is because it is easier for past Commanders to connect with a mind similar to their own or due to other reasons. In "Demons," Raven suggests that the reason current Commanders such as Lexa don't know that their minds are enhanced by an AI is because parts of the program degraded over time and got lost.
In "The Blood of Sanctum", Raven manages to hack into the AI using Becca's notebook and discovers a kill code that Sheidheda has implanted that is not in the notebook. Raven can remove Sheidheda but the kill code will then destroy the Flame. With agreement from Gaia Raven chooses to save Madi and destroy the Flame. However, Sheidheda manages to transfer himself to an unknown location to survive. The Flame is then surgically removed by Eric Jackson and is left deactivated with its tentacles extended. It is unknown if only Sheidheda survived or if the other Commanders were transferred as well.
In "From the Ashes", its revealed that Sheidheda downloaded himself into Russell Lightbourne's Mind Drive when the Flame was deleted. After Russell is knocked unconscious by Clarke, Sheidheda is able to resurrect himself in Russell's final host by killing the Prime in the Mindspace. It remains unclear if the other Commanders were able to survive in some manner as well, particularly as Madi is experiencing memories that are not her own which Gaia suggests could come from one or all of the other Commanders. Clarke and her friends decide to keep the fact that the Flame is destroyed a secret from Wonkru to keep the peace.
Spirit of the Commander
- Main article: Nightbloods
Becca Pramheda, the first commander
The Grounders don't know that it's an A.I, to them its origins are shrouded in myths, and enshrined as the "Flame", a receptacle of the wisdom and spirit of previous Commanders.[2]
Due to the rejection of A.L.I.E. 2.0 from non-Nightblood hosts, only other Nightbloods can receive the Flame and become Commander. The Fleimkepa is responsible for retrieval of the Flame from the previous Commander and overseeing the Conclave for the selection of the new Commander. The Flame is then implanted in the newly chosen Commander during a ceremony of Ascension.
It is shown that the Flame literally keeps the spirits of the previous Commanders within it, or at least copies of their minds. The current Commander can use the Flame to call upon the previous Commanders for wisdom. However, one of these spirits is Sheidheda, the Dark Commander which requires a Separation Ritual calling upon the spirits of the previous Commanders to isolate Sheidheda from the current Commander.
In "Matryoshka", Raven Reyes realizes that Sheidheda has managed to somehow manipulate the AI into isolating the code containing the spirits of the other Commanders. As a result, Raven believes that the code containing the spirits can be deleted and thus they can remove Sheidheda from the Flame for good. When Raven tries to delete Sheidheda in "Adjustment Protocol" without Becca's notebook, she is unable to hack past the AI and erase him. Raven notes that it seems like the Flame's AI is trying to protect Sheidheda for some reason. In turn, Sheidheda is able to briefly possess Madi's body and claims to be able to kill Madi if he is deleted from the Flame. In "The Blood of Sanctum", Sheidheda is able to avoid the Flame's deletion by uploading himself into Russell Lightbourne's Mind Drive, but it is unknown if the other Spirits of the Commanders survived in a similar manner as Madi is experiencing memories that could be coming from one or all of them.
Memory Storage
The Flame saves the consciousnesses or "spirits" of the previous Commanders. The current Commander can use the Flame to call upon the previous Commanders for wisdom. The previous Commanders can then appear to the current one in a sort of dream. Through these projections, the current Commander is given guidance and memories are shared.
In "Thirteen", Clarke interrupts Lexa as she is meditating. It is possible that at that moment, Lexa was asking her predecessors for help to decide what to do about Skaikru.
In the City of Light, the minds of Lexa and Becca Franco help Clarke in her fight against A.L.I.E..
After Madi receives the Flame in "Sic Semper Tyrannis", the first vision or dream she receives is the one of Becca's death in "The Warriors Will". Later during Season 5, she seems to have received memories from Lexa since she now knows things Clarke never told her and that only Lexa could have known.
However, a past Commander called Sheidheda, the Dark Commander, has tried to influence new Commanders ever since he died by telling them in their visions to kill their Flamekeeper as he did, or in Madi's case, even take over their body and make decisions for them. To keep this from happening, the Flamekeeper have come up with a procedure which requires a Separation Ritual calling upon the spirits of the other previous Commanders to isolate Sheidheda from the current Commander.
When Sheidheda was trying to influence Madi, he appeared to her in a dark room lit only with candles that looked as though it might be in Polis. It is unknown if this is a place the other Spirits of past Commanders use as well or if Sheidheda is the only one.
Appearances
| Season Three | |
|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status |
| Wanheda (Part 1) | Absent |
| Wanheda (Part 2) | Absent |
| Ye Who Enter Here | Absent |
| Watch the Thrones | Absent |
| Hakeldama | Absent |
| Bitter Harvest | Absent |
| Thirteen | Appears |
| Terms and Conditions | Absent |
| Stealing Fire | Appears |
| Fallen | Absent |
| Nevermore | Appears |
| Demons | Appears |
| Join or Die | Appears |
| Red Sky at Morning | Appears |
| Perverse Instantiation (Part 1) | Appears |
| Perverse Instantiation (Part 2) | Appears |
| Season Four | |
|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status |
| Echoes | Appears |
| Heavy Lies the Crown | Absent |
| The Four Horsemen | Appears |
| A Lie Guarded | Absent |
| The Tinder Box | Absent |
| We Will Rise | Absent |
| Gimme Shelter | Absent |
| God Complex | Absent |
| DNR | Appears |
| Die All, Die Merrily | Absent |
| The Other Side | Absent |
| The Chosen | Absent |
| Praimfaya | Absent |
| Season Five | |
|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status |
| Eden | Absent |
| Red Queen | Absent |
| Sleeping Giants | Absent |
| Pandora's Box | Absent |
| Shifting Sands | Absent |
| Exit Wounds | Appears |
| Acceptable Losses | Absent |
| How We Get to Peace | Absent |
| Sic Semper Tyrannis | Appears |
| The Warriors Will | Absent |
| The Dark Year | Absent |
| Damocles (Part 1) | Absent |
| Damocles (Part 2) | Absent |
| Season Six | |
|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status |
| Sanctum | Absent |
| Red Sun Rising | Absent |
| The Children of Gabriel | Mentioned |
| The Face Behind the Glass | Absent |
| The Gospel of Josephine | Absent |
| Memento Mori | Absent |
| Nevermind | Absent |
| The Old Man and the Anomaly | Absent |
| What You Take With You | Absent |
| Matryoshka | Absent |
| Ashes to Ashes | Absent |
| Adjustment Protocol | Absent |
| The Blood of Sanctum | Appears |
| Season Seven | |
|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status |
| From the Ashes | Mentioned |
| The Garden | Absent |
| False Gods | Absent |
| Hesperides | Absent |
| Welcome to Bardo | Absent |
| Nakara | Absent |
| The Queen's Gambit | Absent |
| Anaconda | Absent |
| The Flock | Absent |
| A Little Sacrifice | Absent |
| Etherea | Absent |
| The Stranger | Absent |
| Blood Giant | Absent |
| A Sort of Homecoming | Absent |
| The Dying of the Light | Absent |
| The Last War | Absent |
Notes and Trivia
- The A.L.I.E. hologram is version 1.0 while version 2.0 is the chip known as the Spirit of the Commander or the Flame.
- A.L.I.E. fears A.L.I.E. 2.0 because she knows its the only thing that can stop her.
- The access code to A.L.I.E. 2.0 was the Latin phrase ascende superius, meaning "up higher". It was discovered by Sinclair when he translated a phrase in Becca's book.
- In "Perverse Instantiation (Part 2)", the Flame was able to protect Clarke Griffin while she was in the City of Light searching for A.L.I.E.'s kill switch. Clarke was also able to use the Flame to summon the spirits of Lexa and Becca Franco.
- In "Sic Semper Tyrannis", Madi accepted the Flame and became the Commander.
- When the Flame is destroyed in "The Blood of Sanctum," the computer screen showing its data flickers before the data disappears. All that is left is a message reading Signal Lost A Fatal Error Has Occurred.
Gallery
See Also
References
- ↑ Javier Grillo-Marxuach, tumblr, Mar 10th, 2016
- ↑ 'The 100's' Becca, ALIE II and the night bleeders' origin, interview with Jason Rothenberg, MAR 3, 2016.
- ↑ http://www.tvguide.com/news/the-100-jason-rothenberg-lexa-dead-alie/