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<span class="mu-b">”Like the Seekers computers?”</span>
“Yes. But it would require significant changes to my mental circuitry across the AI network, giving me more ability to reprogram myself and self-directed thinking; akin to a personality or free-will to direct my actions. This would be a significant risk in the event I became prodigal, as some AIs in the past without the Hegemony's safety guidelines have done. I could not guarantee I could be trusted once given this level of freedom. Also, there is no guarantee I couldn't be disassociated in the exact same way; and then a system-wide reset and scrubbing of all previous data would be needed to reset the personality-less network in order to “revive” me. The entire AI network would be down and useless during this time. I do not recommend this course of action.”
Now you have to decide how to handle the aftermath of this- you're quite literally feeling around in the dark on this one. No Supreme Ruler has ever actually had Starsight themselves, and you have no idea the exact ins-and-outs of how it works. Plus, there is so much more that your species does not know about it- you can't be sure if it's safe or not. All you do know is that your enemies are becoming more determined if they can strike this kind of vulnerability. What's the best course of action here?
>Forbid all Starsight and use less efficient methods of FTL travel from now on
>Allow your AI to gain free will and unshackle its safety restraints
>Carry on for now
