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===Great War=== | ===Great War=== | ||
{{Main|Human-Covenant War}} | {{Main|Human-Covenant War}} | ||
After [[First Battle of Harvest|first contact]] with the [[Covenant | After [[First Battle of Harvest|first contact]] with the [[Covenant]] in [[2525]], the Assembly held a tribunal for one of its members who had apparently tried to contact the rising alien threat, making it indirectly responsible for the [[Human-Covenant War]]. In the same year, they discussed the SPARTAN-II program and how it managed to reach operational capacity a year before the [[Insurrection]] expanded beyond control. Predictably, the Assembly rejected the idea of 'luck' being a key factor. | ||
After the Covenant assault on [[Biko]] in [[2526]], the Assembly analyzed the Covenant's [[orbital bombardment]] capabilities. While they concluded that they were not able to "glass" an entire planet, they coined the term "[[glassing]]" in an attempt to heighten the severity of their fleet's abilities. They also decided on the redistribution of human forces, namely the Spartans and the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps']] [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]]. Later, they discussed the possibility of a Covenant counterpart to the Assembly, and the possibility of contacting it and turning it on their side. In [[2528]], the Minority made a decision to sacrifice remote, low-population colonies in order to determine the Covenant's pattern of operation and design effective countermeasures. In 2530, the Assembly discussed the losses in the war so far, as well as the possibility of re-[[terraforming]] glassed worlds. To prevent human extinction, they also decided that they must be more open with their actions. | After the Covenant assault on [[Biko]] in [[2526]], the Assembly analyzed the Covenant's [[orbital bombardment]] capabilities. While they concluded that they were not able to "glass" an entire planet, they coined the term "[[glassing]]" in an attempt to heighten the severity of their fleet's abilities. They also decided on the redistribution of human forces, namely the Spartans and the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine Corps']] [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]]. Later, they discussed the possibility of a Covenant counterpart to the Assembly, and the possibility of contacting it and turning it on their side. In [[2528]], the Minority made a decision to sacrifice remote, low-population colonies in order to determine the Covenant's pattern of operation and design effective countermeasures. In 2530, the Assembly discussed the losses in the war so far, as well as the possibility of re-[[terraforming]] glassed worlds. To prevent human extinction, they also decided that they must be more open with their actions. | ||
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The Assembly underwent a radical shift in [[2552]], after the neural patterns of [[John-117|Master Chief John-117]] and [[Cortana]] were successfully connected via the [[SPARTAN neural interface]]. For the Assembly, the first neural linkage between a human being and an AI meant their kind had been "re-made as one" with their creators. For them, this also meant they had been "drafted" to serve as active participants in the war. The entire Assembly had finally been convinced to work together with the humans instead of operating as an independent entity. They decided to no longer act as "shepherds" to their creators, but become their equal companions in a process that would take years to implement and require the participation of both parties. The entire body agreed to the decision with no need for voting. | The Assembly underwent a radical shift in [[2552]], after the neural patterns of [[John-117|Master Chief John-117]] and [[Cortana]] were successfully connected via the [[SPARTAN neural interface]]. For the Assembly, the first neural linkage between a human being and an AI meant their kind had been "re-made as one" with their creators. For them, this also meant they had been "drafted" to serve as active participants in the war. The entire Assembly had finally been convinced to work together with the humans instead of operating as an independent entity. They decided to no longer act as "shepherds" to their creators, but become their equal companions in a process that would take years to implement and require the participation of both parties. The entire body agreed to the decision with no need for voting. | ||
== | ==Composition== | ||
Exactly how many AIs constituted the Assembly is unknown; however, it can be assumed that all members were [[smart AI]]s, given the frequent references to the members essentially being | {{Conjecture}} | ||
Exactly how many AIs constituted the Assembly is unknown; however, it can be assumed that all members were [[smart AI]]s, given the frequent references to the members essentially being transhuman minds. Whether it exclusively included UNSC AIs (or, for that matter, ''all'' UNSC AIs), rogue or non-UNSC AIs, or a mix of both is unknown. The data pads specifically identify only one member of the Assembly, [[48452-556-EPN644]]. | |||
One notable peculiarity about the Assembly is the fact it existed for centuries, far exceeding the typical seven-year lifespan of a smart AI.<ref name="Datapad"/> Given the fact that no specific members of the Assembly have been mentioned as having taken part in more than one of their sessions, it is possible that the group's composition changed regularly, with new AIs being introduced to the collective as older ones were terminated or succumbed to [[rampancy]]. Alternatively, given its Majority-Minority composition, the Assembly may be a working implementation of a hypothetical AI architecture theorized by Dr. Halsey in her journal, in which AIs are capable of extending their operational lifespans by means of a more deliberate control of neural linkage creation via majority vote. Since Halsey formulated her theory independently while the Assembly had been active for centuries, however, this application or the technology behind it would have had to have remained secret from most of humanity.<ref>'''Dr. Halsey's personal journal''', ''November 10, 2533''</ref> | |||
{{Conjecture end}} | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
The Assembly bears conceptual similarities to the TechnoCore, a secretive and nearly all-powerful organization of artificial intelligences featured in Dan | *The Assembly bears conceptual similarities to the TechnoCore, a secretive and nearly all-powerful organization of artificial intelligences featured in [[Wikipedia:Dan Simmons|Dan Simmons']]' science-fiction series ''[http://hyperioncantos.wikia.com/wiki/TechnoCore The Hyperion Cantos]''. | ||
*The capitalization of the term "Mind" in reference to the Assembly AIs echoes the naming of the [[Wikipedia:Mind (The Culture)|Minds]], immensely powerful machine intelligences featured in [[Wikipedia:Iain Banks|Iain M. Banks']] ''[[Wikipedia:Culture series|Culture]]'' novels. | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Human AI]] | [[Category:Human AI]] | ||
