ME:A Puts the Lie to ME3 and the Reapers (minor spoilers maybe)

The organics that coded the Reapers in the first place gave them information that when combined with the cycles they witnessed told them that synthetics always fought against their creators.

The Reapers made the wrong conclusion from the data they were given. Which can happen to any computer program if given incomplete data.

Andromeda having advanced civilizations that appear to have gone extinct from not a synthetic vs organic war does not mean the MET Reaper explanations were bogus.

The Catalyst's argument is that that conflict is inevitable and that it will happen eventually. Just because we haven't seen it yet doesn't disprove his thesis.

Also, what AI did the Remnant create? The only AI I can remember is the one on Voeld. Truth be told, I was surprised the Kett didn't have any of their own and even thought at one point they were going to steal the one on Voeld.

Wait a minute. People actually thought that the Catalyst was right about the supposed problem?

I didn't like ME3's ending, either, but this post is full of speculation and inaccuracies.

The AI on Voeld was called specifically called "angaran", but I have my doubts. There are hints that the angara were once more than they now are, or rather that the Jardaan might've created them in their own image. Whatever the case, that AI is very advanced for a 500 year old species.

The Reapers don't have impeccable timing; they use social/technological engineering to maximize efficiency. They place the Relays and leave behind precisely enough tech to ensure that societies advance perfectly apace along their desired paths. They've been doing this for millions of years. The leviathan explains that 50k year cycles weren't always a thing.

I didn't see anything about the remnant being that old, and I am very completionist and attentive. The remnant in Heleus are only about 400 years old, as every scan reminds us. I don't recall much speculation regarding the Jardaan being made, since we have so little information about them. Maybe I missed something, in that regard?

That was such a pointlessly vague statement.  Conflict will happen... eventually.  Well no kidding there will be differences in ideologies, perspectives, and opinions and some may get to a point of conflict.  However, believing that the only possible outcome is absolute domination by synthetics as a result of that conflict is exceptionally narrow minded and even the star child admitted their solution was no longer working.  The silly thing about that thesis is the fact that they know technology will develop along the paths they decide so naturally the thesis will be proven because they set down the only possible technological pathways for every species in that galaxy which basically funneled everyone into predictable paths and ultimately to their destruction.  Until the anomaly of Shepard and his team came along and began investigating and deviating from the desired pathways.  It was a self fulfilling prophecy up to the point someone decided to say eff that, and did something different.

Never said it was a good one.

Well, you cannot disprove it ever because it is stated to happen at some random point in the future. This is not a thesis at all, it's more like belief system really.

The ability to unequivocally prove or disprove it is one core prerequisite for any hypothesis.

If I recally correctly, the Catalyst (and the Reapers) said they had observed this pattern repeat itself countless times. True, just because it has repeated itself 10,000 times doesn't mean it will repeat itself again 10,001. We don't have the same information as the Catalyst so that puts us in a bit of a quandary.

They show up in the nick of time because they've engineered it, and left behind a sentinel to observe and call for its buddies when it's time.

Definitely share, if you can. I feel like there might be a few things I missed while chasing Meridian. The fights were frequent and heavy, and the pacing "urgent", so I wonder if I missed some text, somewhere.

It was clearly supposed to be a writer's sock puppet.  Just like Vigil in ME1 and EDI in ME2.

They all essentially functioned as Expositron9000s

It did, as did the leviathan. The "problem" was identified before the Reapers even existed, as the Catalyst observed an unspecified number of these wars culminate in the loss of one or more species. They eventually started engineering the precise Cycles for the sake of efficiency. Before they invented the Cycles, the timeline was all left to chance.

I never saw a point in arguing with the Catalyst. It's hundreds of millions of years old, at least, and far more intelligent than Shepard. Most importantly, arguing achieves nothing. We can't convince the Catalyst that it's solution has always been wrong. The only other species that can be faintly compared to it, in perspective, is the leviathans. Tellingly, they don't disagree with the Catalyst's conclusions.

It was flawed logic. We all knew that. They clearly were experiencing some kind of feedback loop.