>>78907318I never thought of Auto as evil or a true villain, more likethe having the assigned role of one.
He just followed his directive, he had no sinister motives, in the end he just wanted to protect the humans as there was simply no program to override the final directive.
Also pretty stupid by the builders, on one hand having mechanisms in the ship to san planets including earth for organic life and including an auto- jump back mechanism when the specimen is inserted into the reader- and then advising him to avoid return to earth at ALL COSTS.