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The Algorithm
The IT/AI layer that may quietly decide who is allowed to know the truth.
Updated through S2
The Algorithm is the silo's computational control system, surfaced through the Legacy and IT. Fans debate whether it is a records system, a governance engine, or a hidden authority sitting above even Bernard.
What's confirmed in canon
S2Emerges through the tunnel, the Legacy, and Lukas's discoveries as more than a passive archive.
Where the community lands
A major show-only theory treats the Algorithm as the true power in the silo - the thing successive Heads of IT serve rather than command.
Still open
Q1Is the Algorithm autonomous?
Q2Does it choose the Head of IT?
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