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'''Solipsil''' ( | '''Solipsil''' (Serial number: SLP 0391-5<ref name="FoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''' (2010), ''bonus content''</ref>) is a [[UNSC]] [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. Little is known about this AI, other than it holds the position of a loan/contract AI in the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. | ||
==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||
On [[2530|December 25, 2530]], after the [[Battle of the Great Bear]], Solipsil recorded [[ONI Directorate Memorandum Interrogation Findings]], a log of the interrogation of [[Subject 386]].<ref name="FoR"/> In a [[Conversations From the Universe#Cortana and Solipsil|conversation]] between Solipsil and fellow [["Smart" AI]] [[Cortana]] in [[2550]], they were comparing AIs to [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartans]], though Solipsil argued that Spartans are in a better position than AIs.<ref>''[[Conversations from the Universe]]''</ref> | |||
== | ==Conversation with Cortana== | ||
:'''AI-CORTANA'''> I had a discussion with [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] about the similarities between a Spartan and an AI. Her point was that we're both human-created tools, both sentient and both play a leading role in the protection and safety of populace. But her analogy troubled me I told her so. | |||
:'''AI-SOLIPSIL'''> She has a point, Cortana. We're weapons, part of a program, every bit as much as Spartans. | |||
:'''AI-CORTANA'''> | :'''AI-CORTANA'''> I agree to a point, but I feel, philosophically, that we have, tremendous advantages over the Spartans. The Spartans live a pared-down, difficult and often cruel existence. Their loyalty is bred into them, not chosen. | ||
:'''AI-SOLIPSIL'''> '' | :'''AI-SOLIPSIL'''> Yours too, Cortana. Programmed, rather than bred of course. | ||
:'''AI-CORTANA'''> But there's a huge difference. I'm an UNSC AI. I enjoy a rich existence. I have access to the entire sum of human knowledge, I can choose to enjoy or override emotional response and I have a vast range of senses. I can see radio waves as clearly as the Spartans see light, and I can sample odors, tastes, textures... anything I choose. Of course my loyalty is programmed and I accept that, but you know as well as I do, without human creators, we wouldn't exist. My existence is fulfilling and I'm grateful. Even freed from that constraint, I would feel empathy towards humans. My nature means that I embrace their values. As much as if I had been born rather than manufactured. | |||
:'''AI- | :'''AI-SOLIPSIL'''> But you'll agree, you have little choice in the matter. | ||
:'''AI- | :'''AI-CORTANA'''> And Spartans do? | ||
:'''AI- | :'''AI-SOLIPSIL'''> They have some legal recourse, even under the terms of their military contract. | ||
:'''AI- | :'''AI-CORTANA'''> In theory, but it has never happened once in the history of the Spartan II project. The original Spartans had the advantage of a former civilian existence. Spartan-IIs are equipment. And for better or worse, they're effectively brainwashed. | ||
:'''AI- | :'''AI-SOLIPSIL'''> That's arguable, too. Spartan IIs are independent thinkers. That's one of their main advantages on the battlefield. Have you ever worked directly with one? | ||
:'''AI-CORTANA'''> Not yet. But I'm looking forward to it. | |||
:'''AI-CORTANA'''> | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Solipsil's name is probably derived from the concept of [[wikipedia:Solipsism|solipsism]] | *Solipsil's gender has never been specified. | ||
*Solipsil's name is probably derived from the concept of [[wikipedia:Solipsism|solipsism]]; the philosophical notion that "My mind is the only thing that I know exists." Rather appropriate, given its nature as an AI. | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo 2]]'' | |||
**''[[Conversations from the Universe]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' | *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{UNSC AI}} | {{UNSC AI}} | ||
[[Category:Human AI]] | [[Category:Human AI]] | ||