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'''Solipsil''' (Serial number: SLP 0391-5<ref name="FoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''' (2010), ''bonus content''</ref>) was a [[UNSC]] [["Smart" AI|"Smart"]] [[Artificial Intelligence]] construct during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. Little is known about it, other than it held the position of a loan/contract AI in the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]. | '''Solipsil''' (Serial number: SLP 0391-5<ref name="FoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''' (2010), ''bonus content''</ref>) was a [[UNSC]] [["Smart" AI|"Smart"]] [[Artificial Intelligence]] construct during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. Little is known about it, other than it held the position of a loan/contract AI in the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]<ref name="CfU">''[[Conversations from the Universe]]''</ref>. | ||
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In a [[Conversations From the Universe#Cortana and Solipsil|conversation]] between Solipsil and [[Cortana]] in [[2550]], they compared AIs to [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartans]].<ref | In a [[Conversations From the Universe#Cortana and Solipsil|conversation]] between Solipsil and [[Cortana]] in [[2550]], they compared AIs to [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartans]].<ref name="CfU"/> | ||
:'''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.'' | :'''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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Solipsil (Serial number: SLP 0391-5[1]) was a UNSC "Smart" Artificial Intelligence construct during the Human-Covenant War. Little is known about it, other than it held the position of a loan/contract AI in the Office of Naval Intelligence[2].
Operational history
Interrogation of Subject 386
On December 25, 2530, after the Battle of the Great Bear, Solipsil recorded the ONI Directorate Memorandum Interrogation Findings, a log of the interrogation of Subject 386.[1]
Conversation with Cortana
In a conversation between Solipsil and Cortana in 2550, they compared AIs to Spartans.[2]
- 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.
- AI-SOLIPSIL> She has a point, 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-SOLIPSIL> Yours too, Cortana. Programmed, rather than bred of course.
- 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-CORTANA>And Spartans do?
- 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 existence. Spartan-IIs are equipment. And for better or worse, they're effectively brainwashed.
- 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.
Trivia
- Solipsil's name is probably derived from the concept of solipsism; the philosophical notion that "My mind is the only thing that I know exists." The name is rather appropriate, given Solipsil's nature as an AI.
- It is quite odd that this AI was operational for at least twenty years, considering that most smart AI have an operational lifespan of seven years.
List of appearances
Sources
- ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach (2010), bonus content
- ^ a b Conversations from the Universe
