AI

AI, or Artificial Intelligence, is the term given to machine intelligences that can do some form of reasoning on their own, without human interference. Generally, AIs are broken down into three Categories

Machine Intelligence
These are the least sophisticated AIs, generally being used in mining and manufacturing. They know little outside of their specialized profession, and generally have no operational capacity beyond that.

Examples:
 * DRILL - a common AI used to govern mining lazers.
 * MARY-ANNE - The base intelligence included in all Mercer Corporation M-Series robots.

Personal Intelligence
A middle of the road AI, PIs are virtual assitants, who can be programmed with a number of "priorities" and make decisions to satisfy the most priorities at once. There are thousands of PIs available on the market.

True AI
These are intelligences that can pass a Turing Test, and are often indistinguishable from humans when they wish to be. Each True AI is unique, and there are less than 10 in existence, as it takes decades for the personality to develop in one.

Known True AIs:
 * Ophelia
 * Ted
 * Ronald
 * Walter
 * Yensid