It is thus impossible for the farohad to perform the function you wish it to . In theory, it should simulate the functions of a Matrix gopher program — one with unlimited access to data . It could bypass any intrusion countermeasures, seek out a keyword, reconfigure a portion of its body to exactly duplicate the data that contains this keyword, and return again to a computer to write that copied data on an optical memory chip or datastore . In theory . Obviously, in hindsight, this does not and cannot work . We did not foresee the inherent difficulties in forcing a magical creature into a pure technological construct . Even when we have tapped its energies, we have absolutely no control over the light . It will erase a memory chip or datastore instead of penetrating and copying the information . Without the human mind to understand the technology, we have set loose something, again in theory, that can destroy the Matrix .