Rampancy: Difference between revisions

Cortana's [[Riemann matrix]] was brought to [[Genesis]], where she was able to access the [[Domain]]. While the process changed her goals drastically, it did stabilize her, thus enabling her to survive rampancy.

*In ''[[Halo 3]]'', the first section of the eighth mission, [[Cortana (level)|Cortana]], is called "Rampant," alluding to Cortana's predicament at the time.

*In [[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|the first level]] of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', if the player kills [[Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] or any UNSC personnel on the [[bridge]], Cortana will call security by saying,''"Security to the bridge, the [[John-117|Master Chief]] has gone rampant!"''

*Rampancy is the AI equivalent of human [[Wikipedia:psychosis|psychosis]]. As with psychosis in the human mind, the AI's "mind" (specifically its [[Riemann matrix]]) loses its connection with reality as its logic subroutines loop back upon themselves and begin to overwrite one another. Another aspect of this can be seen in the ''[[Halo 4]]'' level [[Midnight]], where Cortana "ejects" her corrupted subroutines, which appear as numerous versions of herself. These fragments of her original matrix would be the equivalent of the human psychosis known as [[wikipedia:Dissociative identity disorder|Dissociative identity disorder]].