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Posted by: anton1792
Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
Posted by: anton1792
How can Cortana achieve Meta-stability?
I was under the impression that rampancy is a result of too many memory connections causing feedback loops in the AIs matrix. It is like what happens to us with oxygen radicals in our cells, it kills over time. I don't see how an emotional change of heart can undo a physical limitation.
It's not quite an emotional change. Rampancy is shown as emotional changes mostly (anger, denial, depression, I think those are the three?)
Meta-stability is the stage of an AI's lifespan after rampancy, where they 'become' a person.
There is that physical limitation though. No matter what happens her memory matrix is only going to remain so big. Rampancy is the result of the matrix being cluttered to oblivion and once that happens the AI ceases to exist. That is why I don't understand how meta-stability can exist.
Metastability is the theoretical fourth stage of rampancy, where an AI can finally be said to be a true "person." While a metastable AI can be considered to be the holy grail of cybernetics research, the only AIs who have possibly achieved metastability are Mendicant Bias and Cortana. However, Halo Origins suggests that Cortana did indeed become rampant, though it is possible she had to go through rampancy to get the metastability.
Is what halopedia had to say about it. Though, something I just noticed about rampancy. Rampancy seems less of "They think themselves to death." and more of the AI simply going crazy, whether it is from isolation or nothing to do. They mention an AI could forestall rampancy by a period of recuperation, or outbursts of emotion.