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Subject: Is the SI mad?

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The Superintendent has gone rampant! All of these transmissions..... what does it mean? "Keep it clean" he says. Over and over and over again. He needs repair!

  • 06.11.2009 12:41 PM PDT

He is damaged by that EMP blast over the entire city

  • 06.11.2009 12:42 PM PDT

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I don't think 'Dumb AI's' Go rampant.

  • 06.11.2009 12:42 PM PDT

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Posted by: StP Scar
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It's a "Dumb" AI. In other words: It doesn't think freely like Cortana does, it just does what it's been programmed to do and very little other than that.

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I dont think he is a dumb AI... Why would they put a dumb AI incharge of an entire city? I think he is just damaged from the EMP blast and cant function normally.

  • 06.11.2009 12:47 PM PDT

So you went to the trouble of clicking on my profile, either to send a group invite or hate message, or to check my Halo stats and call me a BK. I like Peanut Butter Waffles.

Good point. I forgot the SI was a "dumb" AI and that he had been damaged.

  • 06.11.2009 12:47 PM PDT

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I don't think so. SI would just want to clean the city of the aliens.

  • 06.11.2009 12:48 PM PDT

He's just called dumb because it's an ordinary AI that doesn't have to take huge decisions like Cortana. But he isn't cinserely dumb just because of that.

  • 06.11.2009 12:49 PM PDT


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Posted by: Forge Fan92
The Superintendent has gone rampant! All of these transmissions..... what does it mean? "Keep it clean" he says. Over and over and over again. He needs repair!


Think of these super complex AI's computers as a huge RAID array. If you destroy a bit of it, it will still function with limited ability and duration.

It probably won't cause the AI to become rampant but probably start spewing none-sense.

  • 06.11.2009 12:50 PM PDT

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Posted by: Rogue Spartan108
I dont think he is a dumb AI... Why would they put a dumb AI incharge of an entire city? I think he is just damaged from the EMP blast and cant function normally.
He most likely is a "dumb" AI because "smart" AI's are normally only in the ONI and UNSC. Also, the SI most likely cannot gain any intellegence, like a "smart" AI like Cortana.

  • 06.11.2009 12:50 PM PDT

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Posted by: Forge Fan92
The Superintendent has gone rampant! All of these transmissions..... what does it mean? "Keep it clean" he says. Over and over and over again. He needs repair!


Think of these super complex AI's computers as a huge RAID array. If you destroy a bit of it, it will still function with limited ability and duration.

It probably won't cause the AI to become rampant but probably start spewing none-sense.


yes all the raid for killing the bugs

  • 06.11.2009 12:51 PM PDT

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Posted by: StP Scar
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Posted by: Rogue Spartan108
I dont think he is a dumb AI... Why would they put a dumb AI incharge of an entire city?

He is. Calling the SI dumb is an extreme understatement, he's still smarter than any human can be (It's a computer...) but it's not as smart as the current generation AI's like Cortana.
The reason why they put a dumb AI in charge of the city is because it has a longer life span than a smart AI, and for what he'll be used for he'll be fine. All he does is drive garbage trucks and control signs...

  • 06.11.2009 12:52 PM PDT


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Posted by: Forge Fan92
He most likely is a "dumb" AI because "smart" AI's are normally only in the ONI and UNSC.


Harvest had three planetary smart AIs. Mac, Sif, and Loki. A planet like Earth would probably also have many AI.

  • 06.11.2009 12:53 PM PDT

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Posted by: Rogue Spartan108
I dont think he is a dumb AI... Why would they put a dumb AI incharge of an entire city? I think he is just damaged from the EMP blast and cant function normally.
He most likely is a "dumb" AI because "smart" AI's are normally only in the ONI and UNSC. Also, the SI most likely cannot gain any intellegence, like a "smart" AI like Cortana.


No what sets "Dumb" and "Smart" AI's Apart are that Smart AIs are basically made from a Deceased Human Brain, making a electronic version of all the Neural pathways, Cortana is the Only exception to this as she was made from a brain Flash Cloned from Dr. Halsey and imprinted with her memories, so no other AI like Cortana has existed before.

  • 06.11.2009 12:54 PM PDT


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yes all the raid for killing the bugs


RAID not Raid

  • 06.11.2009 12:54 PM PDT

So you went to the trouble of clicking on my profile, either to send a group invite or hate message, or to check my Halo stats and call me a BK. I like Peanut Butter Waffles.

If the AI intellegence is copied from a human brain, therefore they can gain knowledge. A "dumb" AI has only knowledge of its programmed intellegence.

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Most harmful thing SI could do is to restrict access to some place. (Which most likely wouldn't contain anything important, and are left out of the game anyway.)

  • 06.11.2009 12:58 PM PDT

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Posted by: Zealot of Law
I don't think 'Dumb AI's' Go rampant.


Exactly. He may be malfunctioning and appears mad but they don't go rampant like Smart AIs.

  • 06.11.2009 1:01 PM PDT

They wouldn't put a smart AI incharge of a city incase it went rampant... also the superindendant* is not diplayed as a person= not smart AI.

edit: you bungie people post fast, dont you? xD

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  • 06.11.2009 1:02 PM PDT

Blah.

"Dumb" AI's are AI's that only have one function, in this case, the Superintendents function is to run the City of New Mombasa and its Orbital Space Tether. New Mombasa was the first city to be chosen as a "Tether City", once the Tether was complete, "New" Mombasa recieved an AI to run and oversee the City and its Tether. Superintendent has most likely been active for a few hundred years, maybe like 200 or 300? cant remember when Mombasa was chosen, so if its been going that long without being rampant, i doubt this thing even can go rampant. This thing still has its ability to reason seeing as how its telling the Rookie when to go, where to go, and what to do. Superintendent can still function like it always has, but instead of saying things that would normaly make sense, its messages are like a form of coding, you have to think about it before understanding it. Like at E3, in the gameplay of Dutch, when the charges are set, one of the ODST's says "Come on Super, unlock the keypad!", Si says "Respect Public Property." Now Si saying that, he just means he does not want there to be anymore damage to New Mombasa than there is already. Once the ODST's quickly explain what would happen if they dont blow the bridge, he unlocks the keypad and says "Toll accepted, have a nice trip." Now that to me means, lol, your not getting to me, have a nice day in hell.

With that in mind, Superintendent is still fine, its just that his ability to be understandable at times was compromised when the EMP blast damaged his data core.

(Also, dont flame at me for calling Si a he, Si comes off as a he to me.)

  • 06.11.2009 1:11 PM PDT