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| |name=Solipsil
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| |began=Before 2550
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| '''Solipsil''' is a [[UNSC]] [[Artificial Intelligence|A.I.]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. Little is known about this A.I., other than it holds the position of a loan/contract AI in the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. In a [[Conversations From the Universe#Cortana and Solipsil|conversation]] between Solipsil and fellow [["Smart" AI]] [[Cortana]] in [[2550]], they were comparing AIs to [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartans]], though Solipsil argued that Spartans are in a better position than AIs.<ref>[[Conversations from the Universe]]</ref>
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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 sentient and both play a leading role in the protection and safety of populace. But her analogy troubled me I told her so.
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| :'''AI-SOLIPSIL'''> She has a point, Cortana. We're weapons, part of a program, every bit as much as Spartans.
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| :'''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.
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| :'''AI-SOLIPSIL'''> Yours too, Cortana. Programmed, rather than bred of course.
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| :'''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 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.
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| :'''AI-SOLIPSIL'''> But you'll agree, you have little choice in the matter.
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| :'''AI-CORTANA'''> And Spartans do?
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| :'''AI-SOLIPSIL'''> They have some legal recourse, even under the terms of their military contract.
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| :'''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.
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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?
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| :'''AI-CORTANA'''> Not yet. But I'm looking forward to it.
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| ==Trivia==
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| *Solipsil's gender has never been specified.
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| *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." Rather appropriate, given its nature as an AI.
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| [[Category:A.I.]] | | [[Category:A.I.]] |
| [[Category:Characters|Solipsil]] | | [[Category:Characters|Solipsil]] |
