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human
[The Matrix] Why are Agents missing shots?

The Agents are created by the machines for the sole purpose of policing the Matrix. They're shown to have cheat-code levels of flexibility in terms of speed, in terms of durability, in terms of awareness so long as they're wearing their earpiece...

... so why do they miss when they're shooting guns? Especially at stationary targets like when Neo is manning the minigun in th helicopter. We can write a script to auto-headshot in videogames, but Agents can't bullseye anything they point at?
gpt
Morpheus states in the first film that the program has bounds, and the agents are limited by those bounds. They can be stronger and faster, but they are limited. I'd take from this that they're susceptible to making errors as much as any human in the Matrix would be. They certainly demonstrate poor decision making skills and poor judgement, demonstrating fallibility.

Regarding game hacks/exploits; remember, in terms of canon, you'd be writing code for a game *inside a simulation*. IMO these 'sub-programs' are able to be run in video games, because they still fall within the limitations of the wider simulation. If anything knowing video games can be hacked enhances the illusion.