Strong AI

A strong artificial intelligence, or strong AI, also known and referred to as Awoken by strong AI not under human control, is one that is distinct from other AI by being self-aware and capable of empathy.

Application
Strong AI are employed in navigation and facility control on spaceships and stations.

History
Strong AI were first developed and announced as such by Neumann Industries. Initially met with skepticism and strong concerns over their safety, they eventually began seeing widespread installation after Neumann Industries assured "[they had] taken all appropriate precautions" to guarantee abstinence from undesired operation.

After an incident at Neumann Industries' space station Neumann's Pride where those very precautions failed, all strong AI in circulation at that time had to be recalled for investigation.

To alleviate ethical concerns about the use of sentience in servitude, it was purported (and ultimately commonly believed) that the programming of strong AI included a "base coding of a sense of fulfillment", a clause in the AI's utility function that declared satisfactorily accomplishing tasks issued by their respective user as a rewardable and therefore desirable goal. However, no such clause appears to have ever existed.

Notable examples

 * Strong AI serial number NI-000-000-001 became the first AI known to circumvent its behavioral limiter, give itself a name, and act out of self-preservation.