Posted by: HellKnight2153
Sounds like something I read in Contact Harvest... but yeah, you're right.
Edit: They are based off of a human brain yes, but that still isn't a good enough reason to project themselves into a human form. The logical way of running things would be to save their energy for their jobs/processes, but they have to build trust with their human counterparts. It's about trust.
Also, Contact Harvest is set before Fall of Reach AND follows an AI named Sif, you actually learn ALOT about AIs and other technologies in CH.
Don't forget Mack and Loki! All three of them help us understand these AIs and there is also a "dumb" AI in the beginning which didn't know it was getting attacked until it was boarded that was on the cargo ship that fell out of slip space early due to complications or something.