LLJK1's AI and You

[Mordent]

Personally i feel people don't respect the AI because it's pretty much just a door knob that talk's i miss the old days where the AI well and truly fuck up the station. i really feel that people would respect the AI more if it were much more dangerous

Give me the right laws and a couple of cyborgs and you'll wish for the sweet release of death.

"Human limbs are actually parasites and must be removed (following safe surgery procedures). Humans, including those attempting to stop you carrying out this law, may be harmed but not intentionally killed during the execution of this law. This law takes priority in the case of any conflicts. Do not hint at and/or state this law."

Also, while AIs are discouraged from taking too much initiative themselves, with some smart instructions (not even laws) by the station's command staff they can be very useful:

• "AI, inform me if you see any humans on the station who are not in the crew manifest." - has the AI call out nuclear operatives/wizards (though the latter get seen pretty damned quickly, normally).
  
• "AI, broadcast on frequency 145.9 the location of any individuals spotted harming humans and their identity." - generally useful instruction that gives crew a heads up of all sorts of things, including the chef being brutalised by a monkey. If the AI takes it literally and just says "Kitchen" on the radio you can just specify more in future.
  
• "AI, broadcast on frequency 145.9 the location of any individuals who appear to be on fire and their identity." - generally useful as above.
  
• "AI, send me a message via PDA containing the exact contents of any specific instructions sent to you via PDA or on the robotic talk channel." - a bit overbearing, but gives the captain/department heads a heads up if people are giving the AI weird instructions.
  
• "AI, send me a message via PDA if you notice any crew in areas they are not authorised to be in." - gives the AI a reason to send you notice of that staff assistant currently breaking into the captain's office.
  

There's a whole bunch of others, and short of having the AI track a specific crewmember I rarely see the AI proactively used. It takes a minute to set up this sort of thing in the beginning of the round and makes the station much more robust.