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 [[File:343 Guilty Spark-transparent.png|thumb|right|250px|An example of a [[Forerunner]] AI, the infamous [[Monitor]] of [[Installation 04]], [[343 Guilty Spark]].]]
-The [[Forerunner]]s have developed a civilization with an extremely advanced knowledge of artificial intelligence technologies. Forerunner AIs have managed to achieve full sapience and are highly intelligent. The Forerunner term for AI constructs was [[ancilla]]. They ranged from personal AI advisers integrated into their [[Forerunner body armor|personal armor]] to mobile AI platforms known as [[monitor]]s and powerful [[metarch]]-level constructs operating in vast data networks.<ref>'''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'''</ref> The most advanced type of Forerunner AI was the [[Contender-class artificial intelligence]].
+The [[Forerunner]]s developed a civilization with an extremely advanced knowledge of artificial intelligence technologies. The Forerunner term for AI constructs was [[ancilla]]. They ranged from personal AI advisers integrated into their [[Forerunner body armor|personal armor]] to mobile AI platforms known as [[monitor]]s and powerful [[metarch]]-level constructs operating in vast data networks.<ref>'''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'''</ref> The most advanced type of Forerunner AI was the [[Contender-class artificial intelligence]].
-The manner in which Forerunner AIs are created is unknown, yet is probably very different from the [[human]] method of cloning the intelligence of a sentient organism. However, at least one Monitor, 343 Guilty Spark, was created using the neural patterns of a living [[Chakas|human]]. Monitors, and possibly other Forerunner AIs are physically represented by large, shielded and roughly spherical metallic "robots" whom possess a single "eye", which is possibly used to perceive the monitor's physical surroundings. The most well known of Forerunner AIs are the protocol-obsessed Monitors, made famous by [[343 Guilty Spark]] and his quirky (and somewhat unstable) nature.
+The manner in which Forerunner AIs are created is unknown; it is probably very different from the [[human]] method of "transcribing" the brain of a sentient organism. However, at least one Monitor, 343 Guilty Spark, was created using the neural patterns of a living [[Chakas|human]], and an entity known as the [[Composer]] was known to have performed similar transfers on other humans around the same time.
+Unlike human AIs, which exist purely as software, Monitors are housed within large, shielded and roughly spherical metallic casings which possess a single illuminated "eye". This eye is presumably used to perceive the Monitor's surroundings, and also functions as an emitter for various types of energy beam (including a highly destructive beam used for offensive purposes). [[Mendicant Bias]] was known to have inhabited a similar casing at least part of the time.
 ===Known Forerunner AIs===
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 *[[2401 Penitent Tangent]] - Monitor of [[Installation 05]].
 *[[03-049 Abject Testament]] - Monitor of [[Installation 03]]
-*[[05-032 Mendicant Bias|Mendicant Bias]] - Wartime AI, overseer of Defense Plan against the Flood, defected from the Forerunners by Gravemind.
+*[[05-032 Mendicant Bias|Mendicant Bias]] - Contender-class AI, overseer of Defense Plan against the Flood, defected from the Forerunners by Gravemind.
-*[[Offensive Bias]] - Wartime AI, replacement to and destroyer of Mendicant Bias.
+*[[Offensive Bias]] - (Presumably Contender-class) Wartime AI, replacement to and destroyer of Mendicant Bias.
 *[[Unidentified ancilla (Shield World)|Unnamed Forerunner AI]] - AI on [[Shield 0459]].
 *[[Unidentified ancilla (Installation 05)|Cold Storage Monitor]] - AI overseer of a [[cold Storage|flood research facility]] on Installation 05.