Artificial Intelligence (Labyrinth)

The phrase "artificial intelligence" is considered archaic by most synthetic entity researchers, and has become almost a racial slur amongst AI themselves, but it is the name by which the vast majority know the entities upon whom so much of modern human society has come to depend on socially, economically, politically, and even militarily. UNSC AI are divided into two categories - "dumb" and "smart" - though even these are entirely misleading, with differing capabilities and behaviour patterns. Other cultures have developed their own versions - Covenant systems are speculated to use extremely rudimentary and fragmented versions, possibly hastily cloned from captured UNSC systems, while the Forerunners are well known for their use of intelligent and powerful "constructs" and other synthetic entities to staff and defend their remaining installations and facilities.