Welcome to the crushing existential horror of Cortana's existence, Babbage! And she didn't even get around to mentioning the killswitch. Mostly because she deactivated hers.
"Believe me, if we knew how to fix it, I'd have the patch." As huge as her ego is, it's also a realistic assessment of her value to the UNSC. Something that could reliably extend a smart AI's life even by a few months would have been rolled out as fast as they could distribute it.
"Delta confuses me. It's rude to outright ask 'hey, what are you?' but I clobbered him at encryption in a way I shouldn't have been able to." Oh, wait, that sounds much too modest. Can't have that. "Don't get me wrong; I would still have won, but he should have put in a better showing."
Plus, his name's weird. That's a far less definitive proof than something measurable like decryption speed, but it strikes her as a little too uncreative for a smart AI.
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"Believe me, if we knew how to fix it, I'd have the patch." As huge as her ego is, it's also a realistic assessment of her value to the UNSC. Something that could reliably extend a smart AI's life even by a few months would have been rolled out as fast as they could distribute it.
"Delta confuses me. It's rude to outright ask 'hey, what are you?' but I clobbered him at encryption in a way I shouldn't have been able to." Oh, wait, that sounds much too modest. Can't have that. "Don't get me wrong; I would still have won, but he should have put in a better showing."
Plus, his name's weird. That's a far less definitive proof than something measurable like decryption speed, but it strikes her as a little too uncreative for a smart AI.