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'''Associated intelligence''' is the term used by the [[Covenant]] to describe a type of [[artificial intelligence]].<ref name="ch309">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 309''</ref> Specifically, it has been defined as a system where enough "intelligent circuits" are linked together to form a high-order AI the Covenant refer to as a "thinking machine",<ref name="ch188">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 188-189''</ref> similar to humanity's [[smart AI]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|ch309}}
An '''Associated Intelligence''' is the term used by the [[Covenant]] to describe [[AI|Artificial Intelligences]]. According to their mythology, it was an [[Mendicant Bias|Associated Intelligence]] that betrayed and brought down the Forerunners and thus, the Covenant maintained a strict ban on the creation of AI technology under penalty of death.<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]</ref>


By 2552, this ban seems to have been repealed with the introduction of what appear to be extremely fragmented copies of captured UNSC AIs introduced into service aboard several Covenant warships and command centers.<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]]</ref>
According to their mythology, an associated intelligence once betrayed the [[Forerunner]]s, and thus the Covenant maintained a strict ban on "intelligence association" under [[Death penalty|penalty of death]].{{Ref/Reuse|ch188}} The ban was put in place by the [[San'Shyuum]] after learning parts of the tale of [[Mendicant Bias]]—a Forerunner [[ancilla]] who was persuaded into [[rampancy]] by the [[Gravemind]], betrayed the Forerunners, and allied itself with the [[Flood]] in the belief that its makers were "hindering" the evolution of the galaxy. The Covenant's ban may have stemmed from a desire to prevent such a thing happening again.{{Ref/Reuse|ch188}}


==Sources==
Despite their ban on associated intelligences, the Covenant were known to use less sophisticated, non-[[sentience|sentient]] AI constructs to perform certain designated tasks such as piloting their ships.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''', ''[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminal 3]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''page 200''</ref> Following the [[Human-Covenant War|fall]] of the Covenant, the [[Swords of Sanghelios]] and [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Covenant]] utilized "semi-feral" associated intelligences to operate {{Pattern|Upisa'weri|Shrike}} turrets. As these constructs had been long abandoned, they could not communicate with modern [[Sangheili]] and had to be carefully monitored and locked down prior to activation due to their inability to understand contemporary [[Identification friend or foe|IFF]] systems and codeword usage.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/shrike-turret '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Shrike Turret'']</ref>
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[[Category:The Covenant]]
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{1st}}


[[Category:Technology]]
==Sources==
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[[Category:A.I.]]
{{Covenant AI}}
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[[Category:Artificial intelligence]]