Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-4913740-20140331092208/@comment-24677150-20140409124115

Although I'm sure the idea has already occurred to Zero, I don't believe the AIs were created or even under development yet. The technology then would be vastly outdated by the early 2000s, so even if they were a complete system overhaul would have been necessary. If I'm not mistaken, DARPANET went online in the late 1980's, and we know the Patriots have their hands in that. I think at most what's going on is that Cipher is laying the groundwork for his Governance Without Borders. Up until now he's been using his funds to acquire resources, buy influence, control banks, corporations, and eventually even countries. DARPANET and its successor, the Internet, will take over as his primary means of monitoring the world wide flow of information, watching and guiding world events as they develop. The AI will come later, as a more efficient means of controlling information before it even reaches the public sector.