Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a self-aware computing system capable of learning and independent decision making. Creation of a concious AI requires adaptive code, a slow, expensive education, and a specialized quantum computer called a 'blue box'.

An AI cannot be transmitted across a communication channel or computer network. Without its blue box, an AI is no more than data files. Loading these files into a new blue box will create a new personality, as variations in the quantum hardware and runtime results create unpredictable variations.

The geth serve as a cautionary tale against the dangers of rogue AI, and in Citadel Space they are technically illegal. Advocacy groups argue, however, that an AI is a living, concious entity deserving the same rights as organics. They argue that continued use of the term 'artificial' is insitutionalized racism on the part of organic life; the term 'synthetic' is considered the politically correct alternative.