- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Mabian
If Rampancy is anything like it used to be, it seems to begin with a deterioration (the A.I. seems to be a child in the first stage), then the A.I. evolves intellectually.
I've heard about the 7 years, and I am not sure if it ends with death or Rampancy, but either way it would be possible for an A.I. to escape its normal programming to become Rampant before those 7 years are up, or even become Rampant and escape the programmed death.
What happens with a smart AI is that, as they procure more knowledge and experience, they start to think more and more. 7 years is the time it takes for that thinking to exceed the normal backround limits of a smart AI and start taking up foreground proccessing power. Soon afterwards, the AI will be so involved in thinking that all of its processes will go in to thinking, and it will no longer be capable of interaction or menial tasks.
Most AI have about 7 years, based on the time it takes for them to work up to that level of activity. However, when Cortana interfaced with Instillation 04, the immense ammount of data accelerated that growth. Therefore, it is easily possible that cortana has reached 7 years.