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:'''AI-SOLIPSIL'''> ''Yours too, Cortana. Programmed, rather than bred of course.'' | :'''AI-SOLIPSIL'''> ''Yours too, Cortana. Programmed, rather than bred of course.'' | ||
:'''AI-CORTANA'''> ''But there's a huge difference. I'm | :'''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-SOLIPSIL'''> ''But you'll agree, you have little choice in the matter.'' | ||