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ive been reading theoys how the A.I ( watever his name is ) is helping not just the rook but his other squad members. but unless something tragic had happened to them shoudn't the A.I alert them that he is alive since in the trailer teaser he does have video survalence for an extended period of time on him he could have just pulled it up on a screen for them to see

  • 06.05.2009 1:42 PM PDT

Don't forget that the Superintendent is damaged because of the explosion from the slip space jump. We don't know what he can and can't do right now.

  • 06.05.2009 1:44 PM PDT

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I bet that most of the ODST have either died or have retreated out of New Mombasa by the time the Rookie wakes up.

  • 06.05.2009 1:46 PM PDT
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he is a dumb A.I. and he was damaged, soooo some functions he cannot do, for example he has preset voice recordings, and preset electorate signs.

  • 06.05.2009 1:47 PM PDT
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true like on the clip the are some data proccressor thingies and they could help restore the superintendents abilitys making him more alert

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Posted by: BRY0N
true like on the clip the are some data proccressor thingies and they could help restore the superintendents abilitys making him more alert


no... those were just stations where you can interact with the Superintendent.

I don't think you understand about AI's in the Halo universe. Cortana, being smart, and useful, is one of a kind. All other AI's aren't as helpful, especially when they've been damaged.

Something like a slip-space rupture would cause damage that can't be easily fixed. Or can't be fixed by an ODST.

  • 06.05.2009 1:58 PM PDT

~Z~

Perhaps the damage done to him in the slipspace rupture damaged to the point that when he saw an ODST, he didn't immediatly see the need to alert him of other ODST's. Maybey he thought that it was all going according to plan (due to damage, rampancy, or alteration) and thought that they were doing what was planned. Maybey he knows something they don't...

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  • 06.05.2009 1:59 PM PDT

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Posted by: BRY0N
true like on the clip the are some data proccressor thingies and they could help restore the superintendents abilitys making him more alert


no... those were just stations where you can interact with the Superintendent.

I don't think you understand about AI's in the Halo universe. Cortana, being smart, and useful, is one of a kind. All other AI's aren't as helpful, especially when they've been damaged.

Something like a slip-space rupture would cause damage that can't be easily fixed. Or can't be fixed by an ODST.


Here, I will have to correct you. Cortana is not ONE of a kind. There are other "smart" AI's. She is just one of very,very few. She is one of a kind in her personality and whatnot but not in proccessing power and ability to think actively


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[Edited on 06.05.2009 2:02 PM PDT]

  • 06.05.2009 2:01 PM PDT

Posted by: BRY0N
ive been reading theoys how the A.I ( watever his name is ) is helping not just the rook but his other squad members. but unless something tragic had happened to them shoudn't the A.I alert them that he is alive since in the trailer teaser he does have video survalence for an extended period of time on him he could have just pulled it up on a screen for them to see


They call it a "dumb" AI for a reason :P

Maybe the SI just isn't capable of putting together that relationship between the Rookie and the rest of the squad, in the event that something bad did happen to the other ODST's, because such a connection would require an understanding of human relationships and military structure which a traffic control AI probalby does not have.

[Edited on 06.05.2009 2:02 PM PDT]

  • 06.05.2009 2:01 PM PDT

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Posted by: BRY0N
ive been reading theoys how the A.I ( watever his name is ) is helping not just the rook but his other squad members. but unless something tragic had happened to them shoudn't the A.I alert them that he is alive since in the trailer teaser he does have video survalence for an extended period of time on him he could have just pulled it up on a screen for them to see


They call it a "dumb" AI for a reason :P

Maybe the SI just isn't capable of putting together that relationship between the Rookie and the rest of the squad, in the event that something bad did happen to the other ODST's, because such a connection would require an understanding of human relationships and military structure which a traffic control AI probalby does not have.


...That's like a more elaborate explanation of one of my first theories in one of my previous posts.

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Perhaps the damage done to him in the slipspace rupture damaged to the point that when he saw an ODST, he didn't immediatly see the need to alert him of other ODST's. Maybey he thought that it was all going according to plan (due to damage, rampancy, or alteration) and thought that they were doing what was planned. Maybey he knows something they don't...

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Well he does point out "areas of interest" when you look at your map. So he knows what will help you.

But sure, the Superintendent is in control of the city, but that doesn't make him smart. He's in charge of sending bills, managing traffic, and collecting the trash, but that doesn't mean ONI wants a sentient and sophisticated AI to maintain a city. It sure wasn't made for combat or military aid. Then factor in how old the city might be, 20-30yrs tops, and depending on whether they chose to update this artificial intelligence, you could be looking at dated technology.

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true like on the clip the are some data proccressor thingies and they could help restore the superintendents abilitys making him more alert


no... those were just stations where you can interact with the Superintendent.

I don't think you understand about AI's in the Halo universe. Cortana, being smart, and useful, is one of a kind. All other AI's aren't as helpful, especially when they've been damaged.

Something like a slip-space rupture would cause damage that can't be easily fixed. Or can't be fixed by an ODST.


Here, I will have to correct you. Cortana is not ONE of a kind. There are other "smart" AI's. She is just one of very,very few. She is one of a kind in her personality and whatnot but not in proccessing power and ability to think actively


~Z~


I know there was Halsey's personal one she left behind on Reach, but besides that... Cortana was one of the only smart AI's created using brain tissue. -Not to say that Cortana runs off brain tissue anymore, but the fact that she's special, and that other AI's, whether they're Deja or Serena, are mediocre.

  • 06.05.2009 2:08 PM PDT

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Posted by: BRY0N
true like on the clip the are some data proccressor thingies and they could help restore the superintendents abilitys making him more alert


no... those were just stations where you can interact with the Superintendent.

I don't think you understand about AI's in the Halo universe. Cortana, being smart, and useful, is one of a kind. All other AI's aren't as helpful, especially when they've been damaged.

Something like a slip-space rupture would cause damage that can't be easily fixed. Or can't be fixed by an ODST.


Here, I will have to correct you. Cortana is not ONE of a kind. There are other "smart" AI's. She is just one of very,very few. She is one of a kind in her personality and whatnot but not in proccessing power and ability to think actively


~Z~


I know there was Halsey's personal one she left behind on Reach, but besides that... Cortana was one of the only smart AI's created using brain tissue. -Not to say that Cortana runs off brain tissue anymore, but the fact that she's special, and that other AI's, whether they're Deja or Serena, are mediocre.


Though it doesn't refer to any by name, the books do mention the existence of other "smart" AI's.

~Z~

[Edited on 06.05.2009 2:14 PM PDT]

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As it's been said before, he isn't a smart A.I. Beside that we don't know where his mainfraim (sorry if this is a little to much Supreme commander theory) is located, the destruction of the ONI building could have destroyed most of his memory.

Another questions would be how did he survive the EMP burst? In fact, how did any kind of hardware survive the EMP burst?

  • 06.05.2009 2:15 PM PDT

He just helps the Rook around the city.

Thats all i know.

  • 06.05.2009 2:16 PM PDT
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As it's been said before, he isn't a smart A.I. Beside that we don't know where his mainfraim (sorry if this is a little to much Supreme commander theory) is located, the destruction of the ONI building could have destroyed most of his memory.

Another questions would be how did he survive the EMP burst? In fact, how did any kind of hardware survive the EMP burst?


EMP burst?

In an EMP burst, things do survive, they just shut down momentarily till it wears off.

ONI wasn't all that destroyed, no more than any other building. But something that isn't generally used in the military wouldn't be housed in a building like ONI, probably some city building deeper in the city.

  • 06.05.2009 2:20 PM PDT

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The superintendent talks in Dutch's flashback.

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I don't trust the Superintendent. I'm expecting him to do something evil.

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true like on the clip the are some data proccressor thingies and they could help restore the superintendents abilitys making him more alert


no... those were just stations where you can interact with the Superintendent.

I don't think you understand about AI's in the Halo universe. Cortana, being smart, and useful, is one of a kind. All other AI's aren't as helpful, especially when they've been damaged.

Something like a slip-space rupture would cause damage that can't be easily fixed. Or can't be fixed by an ODST.
Cortana isn't the only smart A.I. you know, right?

  • 06.05.2009 2:31 PM PDT
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Im Bryan Wieblitz from New Zealand ( no its not in Europe im near Antarctica) who enjoys playing halo and anything to do with it. If anybody from Bungie is reading this im going to ninja ur hideout and steal ur halo bible

yer but if he didnt have any military thinking in him how would he even no that rookie should avoid the covernant and at the oni building one of the squad told him to close the bridge as the brutes were going to use it he must be able to see the chain of command because he would not take orders from any of the odsts because they would have just put under civilian

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  • 06.05.2009 5:23 PM PDT
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ive been reading theoys how the A.I ( watever his name is ) is helping not just the rook but his other squad members. but unless something tragic had happened to them shoudn't the A.I alert them that he is alive since in the trailer teaser he does have video survalence for an extended period of time on him he could have just pulled it up on a screen for them to see


They call it a "dumb" AI for a reason :P

Maybe the SI just isn't capable of putting together that relationship between the Rookie and the rest of the squad, in the event that something bad did happen to the other ODST's, because such a connection would require an understanding of human relationships and military structure which a traffic control AI probalby does not have.


...That's like a more elaborate explanation of one of my first theories in one of my previous posts.

~Z~


Maybe Dare and the other ODSTs are holed up somewhere and they're getting SI to guide the Rookie along.

  • 06.05.2009 5:27 PM PDT

Posted by: LooneyCass1
Don't forget that the Superintendent is damaged because of the explosion from the slip space jump. We don't know what he can and can't do right now.
And the ONI headquarters is destroyed now. In the Dutch playable seen a marine is begging with the A.I to let them blow the bridge or his data centers would be crawling with Covenant. The super can probably only control traffic signals now.

  • 06.05.2009 5:29 PM PDT