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:'''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 sentinent and both play a leading role in the protection and safety of populace. But her analogy troubled me I told her so. | :'''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 sentinent and both play a leading role in the protection and safety of populace. But her analogy troubled me I told her so. | ||
:'''AI- | :'''AI-SOLIPSIL'''> She has a point [[A.I. Cortana|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-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- | :'''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 | |||
:'''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 odos, 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 existance 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-CORTANA'''> And Spartans do? | ||
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:'''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 existance. Spartan IIs are equipment. And for better or worse, they're effectively brainwashed. | :'''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 existance. Spartan IIs are equipment. And for better or worse, they're effectively brainwashed. | ||
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:'''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'''> Not yet. But I'm looking forward to it. | ||
[[Category: A.I.]] | [[Category: A.I.]] | ||
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