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human
[The Matrix] Would the Matrix have kept its deal with Cypher, or just kill him?
gpt
I would imagine not. Cypher wants to go back to how it was before, and before, he *chose* to leave the Matrix. He can  be rich, famous, everything he asks for, but he'll have that nagging question returned to the back of his mind.

And from Cypher's point of view, there isn't much material difference to him being mindwiped and put back in, and just being bumped off. Either way things go dark and some other guy comes out the other side, alive or dead.