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Subject: Is Cortana rampant? Have your say!

Poll: Is Cortana rampant?  [closed]
Hell yes - She's crazy!:  17%
(12 Votes)
Yes, but it's Gravemind's fault:  20%
(14 Votes)
No, that would just suck:  13%
(9 Votes)
Cortana rocks - I don't care if she's rampant!:  19%
(13 Votes)
Who cares?:  4%
(3 Votes)
Meh, Chief kicks a** just fine without her:  4%
(3 Votes)
I like swords:  22%
(15 Votes)
Total Votes: 69

I think she's tending towards rampancy and probably death. Her corrupted behaviour in the books suggests that she's near the end of the line. However, though I reckon she's rampant, I reckon she has a 'thing' for Chief (John was Dr Halsey's favourite) and she sacrifices herself for Chief.

  • 05.17.2006 11:13 PM PDT
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i think cortana is gonna go rampant she did have a little corruptness your right spook

  • 05.17.2006 11:18 PM PDT
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Yes, she is Rampant. All smart AIs are.

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I voted Cortana rox and I dont care if she's rampant. But if it was up there I wudda put "Cortana rocks - she's too cool to become rampant."

  • 05.17.2006 11:22 PM PDT
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Heh heh. Srry did nt read the quote part.

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  • 05.17.2006 11:25 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mikespyke8
Posted by: opogjijijp
Yes, she is Rampant. All smart AIs are.


NO SHE IS NOT.

Read the books. READ. Ok? OK.


I've read the books many times. She, and all other Smart AIs are rampant.

  • 05.17.2006 11:26 PM PDT

Mikespyke8 is right - not all smart AI are rampant. I am under the impression that it's only the ones who start to run out of processing power as they fill up their memory (eg. Cortana storing all of the Halo files, as well as all that stuff from the Ascendent Justice). Please correct me if I am wrong.

  • 05.17.2006 11:27 PM PDT
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Could some one please explain the EXACT definition of "rampant" to the ones who don't know, and my stupid, groggy, sleep-deprived self?

  • 05.17.2006 11:29 PM PDT
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If you REALLY read the books you wud know that Dr. Halsey made Cortana MUCH different then the other AIs. Therefore she CANNOT become rampant.

And rampant is kinda like going crazy or something.

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  • 05.17.2006 11:32 PM PDT
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Cortana is Rampant. All smart AIs are. She would be in a state of meta-Stability.

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Give me one GOOD proof that you have of Cortana being rampant.
Thank you Mikespyke it is hard to find people that are smart enough to understand wat I am saying.

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  • 05.17.2006 11:34 PM PDT
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Gravemind? The guy in control of the Flood (and in my opinion controling some of the larger players in this war like a friggin puppet master)? I'm pretty sure he's evil. As for Cortana, well, Chief did say that she's been "different" since she got taken out of Halo's mainframe...

  • 05.17.2006 11:41 PM PDT
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You think that Gravemind might hav an actually good reason communicate with John (MC)? And when I mean "talking" I'm talking about how I think Gravemind is using Cortana in part of the trailer. (whole other story.)

  • 05.17.2006 11:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: LINDA 58
Give me one GOOD proof that you have of Cortana being rampant.


Normal AI's need constant orders and programmed commands to function. Rampant AI's bypass their own programming. They grow and grow and grow until they fill their memory capacity, and yet they still keep growing. Rampant AI's need a planetary network to sustain growth, otherwise... they think themselves to death.

Smart AIs are Rampant AIs. They continue to grow and think until the eventually think themselves to death. Smart AI's can think for themselves and act without being given any commands. However, smart AIs seem to skip the first three stages of rampancy( Melancholia, Anger, and Jealousy) and they are in a state of meta-stability.

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  • 05.17.2006 11:43 PM PDT
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hmm i would read the cortana letters if i were you fellows. She seems a little messed up in those, but wether she is rampant is up to you guys and how you interpret the letters. I personally think that she is beyond seeing a psychiatrist.

  • 05.17.2006 11:48 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mikespyke8
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Cortana is hot


Your username is incorrect. Shishka doesn't make mindless, pointless and annoying posts.

Plus.....

CORTANA CAN'T GO RAMPANT

It's not possible.

It is possible. If she gets corrupted or contain so much knowledge over time which I do believe she has which would require a lot of energy that pretty much only a Forerunner structure can provide, then she can bypass anything keeping her from going rampant.

  • 05.17.2006 11:52 PM PDT

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