Silo Season 2 Episode 9, The Safeguard, is now accessible for streaming on Apple TV+. Those that have watched it have possible come away with extra questions than solutions. Certainly one of these questions in all probability includes the eponymous Safeguard positioned on the mysterious AI-esque entity Algorithm.
Right here is every little thing you have to know concerning the Algorithm’s Safeguard in Silo Season 2.
Silo Season 2’s Algorithm Safeguard defined
Woard the tip of Silo Season 2 Episode 9, Lukas Kyle makes use of Salvador Quinn’s copy of the Pact to decipher the opposite man’s letter. Lukas goes all the way down to the underside of the Silo and discovers a metallic construction or tunnel. When he tries to discover a method into the tunnel, the algorithm’s voice addresses him. It tells him to take a couple of steps again. The brand new IT shadow was launched to the Algorithm in episode 7 of the second season after Bernard took him to the bunker room in order that he may have entry to all digital recordsdata. In episode 9, the Algorithm reveals to Lukas that he’s the fourth individual to search out the tunnel after Salvador Quinn, Mary Meadows, and George Wilkins. The algorithm didn’t work together with Wilkins. Nonetheless, it gave the identical directions to the opposite two that it now does to Lukas. It implies that if Lukas tells anybody concerning the tunnel and their dialog, it would set off the “Safeguard.”
Lukas guarantees that he’ll comply with the Algorithm’s directives, however it stays unclear precisely what this “Safeguard” is. Lukas informs the Algorithm that he is aware of concerning the Safeguard. So, it’s doable that he discovered about it after studying Quinn’s letter.
The Safeguard possible refers to a protocol that the Algorithm can provoke to neutralize all residents of the silo in case of maximum circumstances. In Hugh Howey’s authentic works (spoilers forward), each Silo in that fictional world comes with protocols of self-destruction, and the Safeguard generally is a reference to that. We’ll in all probability study extra about it in Season 2.