[Spoilers] Center of the Maze Theory

New to the sub, so not sure if this has been posted before, but I have this theory about the maze.

We know that Arnold became obsessed with the idea of creating consciousness. My theory is that he designed this "deeper game" of the maze in order to gradually lead the hosts to improvise and through his voice, follow a certain path.

The maze may be an analogy to the maze usually used to test artificial intelligence in robots. It is a test of the machine's intelligence to find an exit. In Westworld, the center of the maze is a man - a point where the hosts become full conscious and thus be an equivalent of a human, which is Arnold's goal.