Artificial Intelligence

Legality
Due to the historical and inherent danger of artificial intelligence, all research and use is banned universally.

However, there has always been a fine line between an AI and a "smart program". For the purposes of the law, a program may not make modifications to its base code or core goals. This leaves plenty of options open for neural networks, complicated decision engines, and programmed personalities.

Modern Use
Even though true, open, independent learning intelligence remain strictly illegal, many aspects of daily work and space travel in general still rely on an aspect of autonomy to reduce workload on human operators. There are fleets of ships with semi-autonomous protocols for trading, mining, and other tasks with many operating with minimal human oversight. This has many advantages, with one of the most prominent being the vulnerability for human Warp-field Distortion Sickness.

Military
The military relies on a vast arsenal of neural networks and smart computing in order to reduce workload for the complicated systems in ships and stations.

Mining
Space mining and refining is usually carried out by a small fleet of drone ships operated by a central human control ship.

Transport and Trade
Transport and trade is one of the largest industries for autonomous ships. In fact, the majority of trade and transport is done by drone ships, with only large transports and personnel having crew.

Illegal AI
AI that are suspect to have programming that has been deemed as potentially dangerous are screened in a process called the Brayer Test. During this test, an AI may be run through several different tasks or environments in order to valid its programming. The Bayer Test dictates that a safe AI will have the following traits: the known decision engines for expected behavior in accordance with its programming and function. For example, a ship's
 * Executes expected behavior without deviance
 * Fails commands that are not included in its programmed function or goals
 * Cannot override any set parameter dictated by programming

In addition, the Brayer Test


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