Soulcreek AI

The Soulcreek AI is an artificial intelligence designed by Naomi Masher during Soulcreek campaign. It is used by the Glitched to operate their conduits.

Origin
During the Soulcreek storyline, a brief outing into the streets outside of the Institute during the 2nd Icecrown Incursion lead to the discovery of additional survivors. With that, plus the increasing odds mounted against them by the Faded and the Sheep, the Glitched decided they needed 'additional firepower'. Naomi Masher reasoned that, as part of the Soulcreek project, a number of prototype weapons had been created with the intention of using the Aether as ammunition. The weapons were never intended to be fired, and served more as a showcase to keep Ptomley Amaru satisfied that the project was progressing.

Naomi reasoned that human minds were incapable of processing the Aether - as they generally turned into Faded when exposed to it. Therefore, it would fall to an AI to do the job. However no such AI currently existed.

Efficiency
The Soulcreek AI was intended to be the first artificial intelligence that would translate the pyschic energy of the Aether into readable data. Its purpose was to integrate with the Soulcreek Prototypes as an operating system, allowing the Glitched to tap safely into the backdoor they possessed to the Aether. Therefore, it needed to be fast. The group used the Institute's current operating system, which was named Minerva, has a baseline for the new programme.

Minverva, being the most state of the art artificial intelligence at the time, had an operating speed of roughly 10Ghz. The Soulcreek AI, in its earliest form, operated at 13.6Ghz, making it the most powerful artificial intelligence in the world.

By the time the AI had finally been written, it operated at 71.4GHz of speed, making it a staggering scientific breakthrough. It served the purpose of translating data between the Aether and reality, but also seemed to incorporate defensive programmes that kept the Glitched alive.