Abominable Intelligence
Abominable Intelligence (A.I. for short) is a term used by the Adeptus Mechanicus for a sentient machine.[1]
During the Dark Age of Technology, these intelligences rebelled against their human masters, leading to bloody wars. Since that time, and by a personal decree of the Emperor himself, it has been forbidden to fabricate or service those machines that are able to think and act independently.[1] Due to their materialist logic, AIs are especially vulnerable to Chaos corruption, seeing in Daemons only a powerful resource to be exploited and never noticing the taint that consequently inevitably overtakes the machine's mind.[4]
A.I. is not to be mistaken for the machine spirit that has parallels but basal differences - namely, no ability to enhance itself.[1]
List of A.I.
- Men of Iron
- Standard Template Construct
- Kaban Machine
- The Tabula Myriad
- Spirit of Eternity[2]
- Tuchulcha/Ouroboros/Plagueheart[3]
- Ob'lotai
- Chroxius Myriad
- False Necrons
- Silica Mutus[5]
- Ironkin, Ancestor Cores, and sometimes Fanes of the Leagues of Votann
- Cawl Inferior
See also
Sources
- 1: Corpus Auxilia Mechanicus, materials for 'Inquisitor' Skirmish Game (last accessed 28 October 2017)
- 2: Death of Integrity (Novel), Chapter 22
- 3: Angels of Caliban (Novel), Chapter 2
- 4: The Reverie (Novel), Chapter XXIII
- 5: Warhammer Community: Heresy Thursday – Raise your oily manipulators to the sky in praise of the Dark Mechanicum (Saved archive page, dated October 10 2024, last accessed 10 October 2024, original link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/xd9mklal/heresy-thursday-raise-your-oily-manipulators-to-the-sky-in-praise-of-the-dark-mechanicum/)
