Possible Story Ideas

[Kid]

I notice a small short circuit in what Architect says:
"its every living inhabitant terminated, its entire existence eradicated [...] The function of the One is now to return to the source, allowing a dissemination of the code you carry reinserting the prime program. [...] After which you will be required to select from the Matrix 23 individuals 16 female, 7 male, to rebuild Matrix. Failure to comply with this process will result a cataclysmic (?) system crash killing everyone connected to the Matrix which couple with the extermination of Zion will result the extinction of the entire human race"

So you (we) need of 3 conditions:
A) One, who will sacrifice himself (?)
B) 23 individuals (who?)
C) success of process

Connect A, B and C. I base my theory on that. This time there wasn't a new One to sacrifice and Matrix wasn't closed correctly, so, [C] the process wasn't completed. Machines could analyze the DNA of humans, and if\when they found right ones, they could put them in Matrix. So, where should the difficulty be? In my opinion, that is not a casual opportunity. One is able to do a thing better than Machines: either Machines already believe in a total unconditional surrender by Humans or they seriously have difficulties everytime Matrix crashes. In every case Humans are useful for Machines.

Or! there's an other suggestion about Laws of Asimov, in particular first one:
1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm

The first part was broken (ie. Smith Vs One), the second one already is solid.. I guess. Deux Ex doesn't kill Neo immediately, he leaves a chance to Neo.
An iron system (like Matrix) can only induce somebody to fight against the authority. Indeed, on the one hand you see Machines who don't permit the total released of Humans enslaved, on the other hand you see some programs (like Rama Kandra or Smith) who are disposed to sell their "souls" either to leave Matrix or to permit to somebody else (ie. Sati) to have a life in the real world. And... Only Merovigian is able to do that.

lol Merovigian had the KeyMaker, maybe he left a last small gift.