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Because humanity is a [[Technological Achievement Tiers|Tier 3]] civilization and [[Cognitive Impression Modeling|requires]] a human brain's neural map for the creation of a [[Smart AI|"smart"]] [[Artificial intelligence|AI]], the brain of a deceased person is used. There is one known exception however: [[Cortana]] was modeled after a flash clone of Dr. Catherine Halsey's brain. Halsey used the same mothballed equipment used to clone the Spartan candidates to create twenty clones of herself. However, she enhanced the neural physiology at the expense of the rest of their bodies, leaving them seriously malformed.<ref name="journal"/> Only one clone brain (designated "H-7") survived, which was then used to create Cortana. Three specimens were placed in cryogenic suspension until a future time when technological advancements made Halsey's plans for them possible. The use of a clone and memory transfer allowed Halsey to provide a brain used for the mapping of the AI's "mind" with no undue effects on the donor.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 18''</ref> Despite this advantage, the cloning of a human being, particularly for this purpose, is highly illegal and unethical.<ref name="journal"/>