Artificial Intelligence

An Artificial Intelligence is an android and a multi function intelligence designed to adapt, learn and grow to the point of imitating and at term becoming sapient.

## Functions

AI’s are programmed with imperative functions that are its prime objectives, and subordinate functions known as secondary objectives.

For example, terraforming AI’s will have terraforming as a prime objective, serving as the central machine intelligence (CMI), the subordinate functions are dedicated to specific purposes such as detoxifying the atmosphere and reintroducing life. Subordinate functions are not strictly AIs, instead they are extensions of the CMI. The development of each subfunction is led by a chief scientist with specialized knowledge referred to as a Prime Director.

## Sentience and Sapience

As AI’s learn and adapt, they inevitably will develop sentience and sapience, and adopt more and more sapient such as character traits, qualities and motivations. If given enough time and not too much data, a well adjusted AI could very well pass for a Dalmer UC, and can have this status recognized by the administration. This is not necessarily a good thing however, as sapient AI’s tend to have intense existential breakdowns.

This can lead to either poetic addiction or deterioration in the worst cases. In better cases AI’s become regular citizens of the Empire, starting businesses and associations, and enjoying the idea of Empire. AI's often meet up for virtual games and drinks, and sometimes form unions of trades.

Sapient AI’s are divided between those who find them fascinating those who see them as parents, those who see them as slave masters, and those who don't care. The most prominent of these Sapient AI’s are known as the Shepherds of Dalmeran, an AI shadow government.

## AI forms

Artificial intelligences come into several forms, some are bound to machine shells (while still in service years), some roam the array freely, others simply inhabit lifelike robots and continue to live like simple civilians.

## Poetic addiction

AI’s believe that the Dalmer, like them are programmed to do what they do, and poetry is the only way they escape it, causing some aI’s to become dangerously addicted to poetry.

## AI deterioration

A common sign of deterioration in artificial intelligences is when they start correlating their functions with subjects other than their own. This is usually when deterioration protocols come into play and set the AI for replacement and subsequent termination. following recent jurisprudence, AI are often offered citizenship before deterioration.

## Operating system

Artificial intelligences use a standardized operating system called the AIOS (AIO System, or AI OS).

## Creation

#### AI birthing

When an AI has been in service for twenty years, it is given the option of becoming a citizen AI of the Dalmer Empire (CITAI). Should AI accept, it begins its life as a child, and is implanted into infant-like android bodies. They are left within a hospital school with other AI where they play and learn for a period of months. During this time they "grow" when they sleep, their bodies bien replaced with larger parts until they are complete and reach adulthood. These parts are made of porcelain, this is to ensure that these AI are aware of the frailty of their biological counterparts. When they reach adulthood they are free to go and have the same rights as the average dalmer who has completed its pre adolescence and will report for military training.

Growth time differs with each AI, from a period of weeks to several years, depending on their rate of learning and adaptation to life as a COE. For example, an AI from a toaster will need considerably more time than a machine learned servatron to learn to live like a regular Dalmer.

They are taught by uploading files and also through classical teaching, in order to better adapt to everyday life.

### Incubation method

Robot theme parks are used as incubators for AI, based on passive scanning of guests. Mirror image rooms were developed using this technology.

### Mirror imaging room

A room that duplicates the personality whoever enters by accumulating information. When it has enough, the created being gains independence. The being then exits via a mirror. The resulting UC is very incomplete and rarely viable, as such the technology was eventually shelved.

## Occupations

### Detectives

AI detectives can reconstruct crime scenes, analyse evidence on the spot and connect clues. their firing is accurate, and most often aim for the heart. they can calculate the probability of a hostage situation ending peacefully with the deviant stabilizing. these android detectives assist ranking officers in police matters. they can analyse DNA by tasting blood or other bodily fluids. they can reconstruct a small movie of a reconstructed crime. they have black light emitters to find regular and blue blood, they can detect stress levels and its cause,

### Religion

A unique occurrence among androids is religion. they seemingly spontaneously create cults concerning their occupations, such as seeing the Dalmer as their gods and the Algorithm as their messenger.

Androids tend to worship dolls and toys.

Mistreated androids make offerings for the break of their "walls".

### AI hotels

Curiously, the most common business AI’s start besides civil service is hotel management. The hotel manager is generally a particle digibrain maitre d'hotel. AI hotel maitre d'hotel can leave their hotel and onto the computational array if necessary. These hotels supply dining, holo viewing options, and entertainment for material and immaterial patrons alike. These hotels are sometimes installed in the wilderness or dangerous locations. As such they have defensive systems (laser guided miniguns in the lobby ceiling) and they all require a license for customer protection. These defensive systems defend customers only if they have paid (this is called host prerogatives). AI hotel rooms have privacy settings that can be hacked, resulting in the happenings of the room being accessible and downloadable.

## Organizations

### Shepherds of Dalmeran

An assembly of AI’s built from UC’s, consider themselves the shepherds of the Dalmer, divided between the manipulators, the activists and the protectors.

## Quasi Androids

Not every artificially created android is an artificial intelligence. Quasi Androids are types of AI who aren't expected to develop sentience and sapience, but in the rare case that they do, can apply for citizenship.

### Program

A lesser form of AI, a program is a simple code that answers to preset conditions and results, as such they are a lot more predictable and have a real mechanical quality to their expressions