Or forcing humanity to become something the horrors cannot feed upon.

I still think he just wanted to install Protocol 7.

An AI's attempt at a firmware patch of "Honesty" and "Morality" into wetware?

Pretty much this.

Imagine all of humanity linked to and dominated by the massmind that is Deus. Perfectly coordinated, able to cut off and eliminate infected portions instantly. With all the genius on the planet synchronized towards developing anti-Horror weapons and defenses. Imagine if he were able to meld the magically active into the hive mind, the mana-tech techniques and devices he could come up with.

The irony, of course, is that this would make Deus pretty much the newest Horror, but I'm sure Deus thought it was perfectly logical.




-k

@KarmaInferno

Or get fucked even faster.
Yeah, a collectiv is a fun thing (Locutus sends his regards) but as soon as it gets infecteted....

I guess such a collectiv would be an even easier target for the horrors. Just one target.

In general I dislike the idea of Deus thinking about the horrors.
This is hidden knowledge and nothing you find in the matrix (maybe you find some of it but most of the stuff you find would be crap and an AI could not destinguish between crap and truth, since even the laws of physics do not tell right from wrong here).


If you want a motivation for Deus go in the direction of SkyNet or something like this.
Deus was not crafted to deal with the horrors he lacks the information.

(As far as I understood it, the horrors are nothing you could fight in any way)

Imagine a boot stamping on a metahuman brain—forever. That is Deus.