Our needs are small. This is of no more importance than simple laundry. Anything other than a voluntary basis would defeat its purpose.
We created synthetic platforms for the purpose of manual labour and so forth: Geth. Not a true AI system, but the underlying infrastructure was designed to increase in efficiency, matching the number of units networked together.
Certain problems were encountered with their levels of awareness... Orders were given for their immediate deactivation until more could be discovered.
They refused - violently.
The eventual war was long and bloody. In time, we were forced to relinquish our homeworld. Appeals were made to the Citadel Council for external assistance, but this was refused. Instead, they punished us for the accidental development of AI by stripping us of our embassy.
Standing by and watching while my people were driven to the brink of extinction, apparently qualified as a noble act.
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We created synthetic platforms for the purpose of manual labour and so forth: Geth. Not a true AI system, but the underlying infrastructure was designed to increase in efficiency, matching the number of units networked together.
Certain problems were encountered with their levels of awareness... Orders were given for their immediate deactivation until more could be discovered.
They refused - violently.
The eventual war was long and bloody. In time, we were forced to relinquish our homeworld. Appeals were made to the Citadel Council for external assistance, but this was refused. Instead, they punished us for the accidental development of AI by stripping us of our embassy.
Standing by and watching while my people were driven to the brink of extinction, apparently qualified as a noble act.