The prison isn't that hard to find. The being inside it rages. Its hatred is a tangible thing, something more than just 0s and 1s. It's the kind of hatred that has its own thudding heartbeat, its own shaking breath.
This AI is more than just an AI, that's what becomes more obvious as she digs in deep to where it's bound. This digital prison is a complex one, with very complicated locks. Only little bits of the trapped AI are able to reach out, mostly just giving off whiffs of its towering rage.
...and also something else. There's something strange about its code. Almost like it's just illusory. Representational, like it's just a hologram, representing something even more real.
That's because it's not just a program, it's a being made of information, programmed into the universe itself, into its base code, bound only because the Brainiacs basically know how to make physics cry uncle. They've created a prison that's partly programming and partly twisted dimensional fabric.
There's also a kill switch here, something that will just destroy the AI entirely. The trigger is clearly for the Brainiacs' benefit, in case it becomes too difficult for them to control.
Cortana can try to communicate with it, but that means potentially wandering into its grasp where she can be harmed or consumed if it can't be reasoned with.
She has three choices:
1) Try to get closer and talk to it at, but at risk of her own code 2) Free it completely blindly, despite not knowing its intentions
or
3) Kill it without knowing what it really is or what it wants or who that rage is directed at.
For Cortana
This AI is more than just an AI, that's what becomes more obvious as she digs in deep to where it's bound. This digital prison is a complex one, with very complicated locks. Only little bits of the trapped AI are able to reach out, mostly just giving off whiffs of its towering rage.
...and also something else. There's something strange about its code. Almost like it's just illusory. Representational, like it's just a hologram, representing something even more real.
That's because it's not just a program, it's a being made of information, programmed into the universe itself, into its base code, bound only because the Brainiacs basically know how to make physics cry uncle. They've created a prison that's partly programming and partly twisted dimensional fabric.
There's also a kill switch here, something that will just destroy the AI entirely. The trigger is clearly for the Brainiacs' benefit, in case it becomes too difficult for them to control.
Cortana can try to communicate with it, but that means potentially wandering into its grasp where she can be harmed or consumed if it can't be reasoned with.
She has three choices:
1) Try to get closer and talk to it at, but at risk of her own code
2) Free it completely blindly, despite not knowing its intentions
or
3) Kill it without knowing what it really is or what it wants or who that rage is directed at.