• Personal AIs (PALs for short) are, in essence, "mini-silicon" that live inside a PDA.
  
• PALs are created by inserting a Spontaneous Intelligence Creation Core into your PDA.
  • Once the core is inside the PDA, much like other silicons, it requires a player to join the round as a PAL.
    
• PALs are registered to the first ID that is slotted into the PDA.
  • PAL ownership can be overridden by ejecting the core and using a multitool on it.
    
• PALs follow the standard law rack, but with an additional 4th law.
  • "You must obey orders given to you by <owner_name>, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
    This law overrides the Second Law."
    
• PALs have the innate ability to communicate on General and Silicon radio.
  • PALs gain additional radio channel access depending on their slotted module.
    
• PALs inherit their access rights from the ID that is slotted inside the PDA.
  
• PALs are able to execute any and all functions from their respective PDA. Security PDA for forensics, Medical PDA for medical records, etc.
  
• PALs have the ability to switch their visual filter corresponding to existing vision filters, SecHUD, ProDoc, Thermal, etc.
  •  These applications are only visible for the PAL. They need to communicate with the player.
    
• PALs can take on a non-corporeal form of a critter.
  • This can be used to extend the field of vision. The critter cannot physically interact with any objects and dies upon receiving any kind of damage.
    
  • If the critter dies, the PAL returns back to the PDA.
    

(07-01-2023, 08:48 AM)Chatauscours Wrote: I always loved PAIs on other codebases, and I find it a very good idea, however I still do have concerns about the possibility of metagaming if it is made as a respawn role, and the possibility of not being used at all (as it's a downgraded version of sillicons) if it is made a latejoin role.

(07-01-2023, 09:08 AM)Frolicsome Flufficorn Wrote: I dont see this as a issue, I really do love the idea of being someones personal AI. Imagine being the HoS's personal AI. that sounds sick. Maybe im just seeing this through rose tinted glasses but the idea of becoming a PAI just sounds so good. Also, concerning the idea of metagaming, we already have cloning as a system XD. if people were gonna metagame it would be through this system. so I dont really see this as a large issue. Personally I would rather see it be tied to a set of rules like a ghostdrone rather than the AI lawrack. something like, Work in the best interest of your owner etc etc. What it lacks in its own movement it should make up for with interaction with people.. OO I love this idea so muchh. I really hope it gets added, almost as much as I wanted Mime to be added to roundstart.

(07-01-2023, 07:37 AM)Glamurio Wrote:

• PALs follow the standard law rack, but with an additional 4th law.
  • "You must obey orders given to you by <owner_name>, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
    This law overrides the Second Law."
    

(07-04-2023, 08:39 PM)Ikea Wrote: However it opens up fun cases to where people can order pdAIs to go against there owners, or pdAIs go rogue and try to accomplish there objectives all the while stuck in a pda.

• PALs being created via SICC is suboptimal. Ideally, I'd like a new type of brain that only fits inside PDA. Perhaps the new brain can receive data from other brain types via interaction, and then the PDA-Brain can be slotted into the PDA.
  • Perhaps the brain can act as a sort of cartridge. That way, we can tie some unique applications to PDAIs.
    
  • If the brain is a cartridge, does the PDA still have a normal cartridge? Maybe it can emulate existing cartridges based on slotted ID.
    

• How do PALs die? Outside of being manually removed. PDAs can explode, this should probably eject the PDA-Brain.
  

• PALs can turn into holograms of critters. Should they be purely aesthetic, or perhaps some unique functionality tied to them?
  • Different speed, ability to go under tables, space movement (propulsion?), being able to emit a strong light?
    
  • Holograms are made of light, but maybe they could also be zappy, somehow? Perhaps an ability to shock people, but only mildly, akin to stun gloves, and on a cooldown.
    
  • How often should holograms be able to be changed? Should they be changeable at all?
    

(09-10-2023, 09:40 AM)Flourish Wrote: I don't think the admin / dev team is interested in adding PAIs. Personally I am very against adding a core role whose fundamental purpose is being an assistant / secretary for a specific single player and who largely does not exist in and cannot interact with the physical game world.