AI

Artificial intelligence refers to any computer system that can "think" or make decisions for itself. AIs in in Valhalla include Alopex, Tikaris, and a spoiler for Book 3.
Laws concerning manufacture of realistic androids vary drastically, ranging from all out bans to subsidies for research in other regions. But in general, the ability to create a Data-level android, at least in body mechanics and walk cycles, is extant, a little better given that they can grow human skin and somehow that Dr. Soong overlooked, they can actually get synthetic vocal adapters to use contractions. The most popular use of these techniques are of course for Sorayama style sex-bots. There’s no shortage of sex robots and it’s generally assumed that if someone mentions an android or gynoid, they’re referring to a sex toy. These are limited to very simple AIs. 
There are no AI-controlled humanoids walking around and living normal lives just yet. That’s a few years off, but less than a decade from happening. There are AIs advanced enough to control humanoid bodies and almost pass for human, but without brains they’re still a bit fake. And if the AI controls a brain, they begin to think for themselves and can act unpredictably, and are pretty much a new lifeform, so most decent people have avoided making them. Others are attempting to forge slave armies and fake celebrities, with growing success.
There are no androids in 2230, but there are about to be.
Category:Technology