Editing Solipsil

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|began=Before 2530
|ended=After 2550
|gender=Unknown
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|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]], [[ONI]]
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'''Solipsil''' ([[AI Serial Number]]: SLP 0391-5<ref name="FoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''' (2010), ''bonus content''</ref>) was a [[UNSC]] [["Smart" AI|"Smart"]] [[Artificial Intelligence]] construct during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. Little is known about it, other than it held the position of a loan/contract AI in the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].<ref name="CfU">''[[Conversations from the Universe]]''</ref>

==Operational history==

===Interrogation of Subject 386===
On [[2530|December 25, 2530]], after the [[Battle of the Great Bear]], Solipsil recorded the [[ONI Directorate Memorandum Interrogation Findings]], a log of the interrogation of [[Subject 386]].{{Ref/Reuse|FoR}} 

===Conversation with Cortana===
In a [[Conversations From the Universe#Cortana and Solipsil|conversation]] between Solipsil and [[Cortana]] in [[2550]], they compared AIs to [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartans]].{{Ref/Reuse|CfU}}

:'''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'''> ''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'''> ''Yours too, Cortana. Programmed, rather than bred of course.''

:'''AI-CORTANA'''> ''But there's a huge difference. I'm a 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-SOLIPSIL'''> ''But you'll agree, you have little choice in the matter.''

:'''AI-CORTANA'''>''And Spartans do?''

:'''AI-SOLIPSIL'''> ''They have some legal recourse, even under the terms of their military contract.''

:'''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-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.''

==Trivia==
*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." The name is rather appropriate, given Solipsil's nature as an AI.
*It is quite odd that this AI was operational for at least twenty years, considering that most smart AI have an operational lifespan of seven years.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach#2010 bonus content|Adjunct]]''
*''[[Halo 2]]''
**''[[Conversations from the Universe]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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