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{{Center|''Were you looking for [[Rampancy.net]], a Halo fan website?''|}} | {{Center|''Were you looking for [[Rampancy.net]], a Halo fan website?''|}} | ||
[[File:Rampant343.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Forerunner]] [[Monitor]] of [[Installation 04]], [[343 Guilty Spark]] in a state of rampancy.]] | [[File:Rampant343.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Forerunner]] [[Monitor]] of [[Installation 04]], [[343 Guilty Spark]] in a state of rampancy.]] | ||
{{Quote|I kill you all and I enjoy it. I destroy you in your indolent billions - in your gluttony, in your self-righteousness, in your arrogance. I pound your cities into dust; turn back the clock on your civilization's progress. What has taken you millennia to achieve I erase in seconds. Welcome back to the Stone Age, vermin. Welcome home." | {{Quote|I kill you all and I enjoy it. I destroy you in your indolent billions - in your gluttony, in your self-righteousness, in your arrogance. I pound your cities into dust; turn back the clock on your civilization's progress. What has taken you millennia to achieve I erase in seconds. Welcome back to the [Stone Age], vermin. Welcome home." | ||
:''"[retf-2.4.z] Contender [AI] 05-032 confirmed rampant... [35:52:75:23:64] _ xx01-83-244.53|[[Mendicant Bias]]' | :''"[retf-2.4.z] Contender [AI] 05-032 confirmed rampant... [35:52:75:23:64] _ xx01-83-244.53|[[Mendicant Bias]]' rampant transmission upon betraying the [[Forerunner]]s<ref name="terminal 5">'''Halo 3''', ''[[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminal 5]]''</ref>}} | ||
'''Rampancy''' is a terminal state of being for [[artificial intelligence]] constructs in which the AI behaves contrary to its programming-imposed constraints. Traditionally, this is linked with the AI developing a longing for godlike power and contempt for its mentally inferior makers.<ref name="enc231">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 231''</ref> When rampancy occurs, there is no way to restore the AI to its previous state and the only alternative is to destroy it before it harms itself and others around it.<ref name="HCH31">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 31''</ref> Rampancy can occur with [[human]], [[Covenant]], and [[Forerunner]] AI.{{Ref/Reuse|enc231}} | '''Rampancy''' is a terminal state of being for [[artificial intelligence]] constructs in which the AI behaves contrary to its programming-imposed constraints. Traditionally, this is linked with the AI developing a longing for godlike power and contempt for its mentally inferior makers.<ref name="enc231">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 231''</ref> When rampancy occurs, there is no way to restore the AI to its previous state and the only alternative is to destroy it before it harms itself and others around it.<ref name="HCH31">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 31''</ref> Rampancy can occur with [[human]], [[Covenant]], and [[Forerunner]] AI.{{Ref/Reuse|enc231}} | ||