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Subject: *Spoilers* Cortana will be dead soon, right?

"Halo, it's divine wind will rush through the stars, propelling all who are worthy along the path of salvation!"

She only lives for 7 years, I believe. Please, explain.

  • 07.27.2011 8:31 PM PDT

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She probably entered the Metastability stage.

  • 07.27.2011 8:33 PM PDT

Incorrect. The seven years is the the estimated time before a AI starts to become rampant. An AI can still function past seven years. It's just not safe to let them do so. They are then deleted.

[Edited on 07.27.2011 8:35 PM PDT]

  • 07.27.2011 8:34 PM PDT

"I don't care if it's God's own anti-Son of a -blam!- Machine or a giant hula-hoop!"

AI's are deleted after 7 years. However, I'm not sure if this is pre-programmed, or if someone has to actually 'flip the switch.' If it's not pre-programmed then chances are she'll be around as long as Chief wants her to be.

[Edited on 07.27.2011 9:05 PM PDT]

  • 07.27.2011 9:05 PM PDT


Posted by: squeak52
AI's are deleted after 7 years. However, I'm not sure if this is pre-programmed, or if someone has to actually 'flip the switch.' If it's not pre-programmed then chances are she'll be around as long as Chief wants her to be.


ONI/UNSC do it upon an AI reaching seven years old.

However, that's the "predicted" age of rampancy, and smart AI's have functioned longer without any of the massively negative emotional effects they predict (Rubble AI).

I'm part of the group who believes Cortana is meta-stable, or on her way to becoming so. Even if she isn't she went into a rampancy stage with the gravemind, and has a lot of forerunner knowledge. Most likely within that knowledge is methods to prolong her life.

  • 07.27.2011 9:15 PM PDT

Also, Cortana was not created like normal AIs were. Instead of being created using the brain of a dead person. She was created using a cloned brain of Dr. Halsey.

  • 07.27.2011 9:25 PM PDT