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QBKooky · Decorated Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 281

[UPDATE] "Military" Conversation Snippets

**Posted:** Tue Jul 27, 2004 12:50 pm

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Rock Steady · Boot Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 19 Location: Concord, NH

Continuation of the last snippet:

ONI tech Kowalski: fr'instance - know what the single best correlate is for these babies, in terms of matching personality to service designation? Favorite game. 
Midshipman Arrelts: Favorite game? 
ONI tech Kowalski: You know, from before. Tag - that's regular navy, like destroyers. Command HQ is usually Truth or Dare, something like that. Red Rover -
Midshipman Arrelts: Light {p}icket? 
ONI tech Kowalski: Couriers, too. 
Midshipman Arrelts: (laughs) I never would have thought... So what about her? 
ONI tech Kowalski: The Operator? (coughs) File's classified.
Midshipman: Even for you? 
ONI tech Kowalski: Well, of course, Well... (whispers) Spin the Bottle. 
Midshipman Arrelts: (laughs) 
ONI tech Kowalski: (laughs)

**Posted:** Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:03 pm

CoffeeJedi

it seems like when an AI is developing, they play games with it, to determine where its abilities lie, then assign it to a duty... but even the Operator's favorite game is classified

**Posted:** Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:08 pm

Zedix · Veteran Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 93 Location: Ottawa

This might go before the text you assembled

**Posted:** Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:08 pm

QBKooky · Decorated Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 281

Here's the new assembled Conversation #2:

**Posted:** Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:09 pm

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Mukaikubo · Guest

That doesn't make much sense. What would an AI be playing Spin the Bottle for?

**Posted:** Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:09 pm

CoffeeJedi

i think that's just Kowalski and Arrelts flirting, the conversation turned to AI games, so they're asking each other what their favorite games are... ONI might even ask human applicants about games to judge their abilities

AndyA · Boot Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 14 Location: UK

**Posted:** Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:15 pm

Sirch · Guest

I think we can assume that we're viewing transcripts of intercepted communications here, rather than a conversation between AIs... we've only really seen first-hand evidence of one AI so far (ignoring Aunt M and Dana possibly being AIs)

**Posted:** Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:15 pm

QBKooky · Decorated Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 281

**Posted:** Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:17 pm

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CoffeeJedi

yeah, sorry, Arrelts was trying to get Kowalski to give up Op's favorite game, not his own, so he flirts with her and tells her spin the bottle... at this point, the Operator doesn't understand human emotions and interaction, so instead of flirting, she sees outright lying

at any rate... if we can find out what Op's favorite game is, we can learn alot about her nature, and what her role was in the future before she came to our time

**Posted:** Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:23 pm

Rock Steady · Boot Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 19 Location: Concord, NH

The Operator's Favorite Game...

Roc · Veteran Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 81

**Posted:** Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:36 pm

Roc · Veteran Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 81

( EDIT: trout of RockSteady's post. didn't see it when I searched for a snippet. )

**Posted:** Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:38 pm

Crispy · Greenhorn Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 6

In the Halo universe, 'smart' AI's like Cortana are created by copying the structure of a human brain, and then letting the pattern evolve. In Cortana's case, the template brain was Dr. Halsey's.

We can therefore assume that The Operator is a 'smart' AI of the same class as Cortana (which means she has a limited lifespan of only 7 years)

**Posted:** Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:43 pm