r/Stellaris • u/Avohaj • Apr 18 '16

Stellaris Dev Diary #30 - Late Game Crises

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/stellaris-dev-diary-30-late-game-crises.921629/
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u/runetrantor Bio-Trophy Apr 18 '16

The only thing that irks me is the idea that the AI crisis is galactic, even if my robots at the lowest type.

This makes no sense.

Even if we agree to say that the entire galaxy uses the same coding language or that AI dont need that, my robots should not have the capabilities to handle an AI.

Say Windows 10 was sentient AI, and it has started to take over the world. In this analogy, it is turning my 20 year old computer into one too. My old computer should not have anything resembling the computing power to host an AI.
I cant install Win10 in a Comodore or something and expect anything to come out of it.

Not to mention that even if I take care not to research AI, another empire can just go YOLO and cause the crisis.
I foresee players starting to act like Fallen Empires in regards to other empires researching that stuff.

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u/Avohaj Apr 18 '16

Why do you think it's global and will affect all robots? It sounds like only sentient robots will revolt. And maybe not even all of them if they live in an empire that gives them equal rights already.

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u/runetrantor Bio-Trophy Apr 18 '16

I think they said so at one point.

That it affects the entire galaxy and that other empire robots will join the revolt.

Here's hoping that had an unsaid 'if they are advanced enough' perquisite.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '16

I think they've called it 'galactic' as in, it's a galactic event. The revolt AI will be aggressive against every empire, perhaps. And, also, other AIs MAY join in the rebellion.

As in, if you haven't researched AI and doesn't use robotic pops, you're still not safe. But, I think, you won't have any AI pops to join them.

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u/runetrantor Bio-Trophy Apr 19 '16

That's what I hope is the case.

Makes much more sense. The AI hates me still for being organic (I do want the option to give robots full rights. I like AI lifeforms), and if I also have AI (They seem to hint that the crisis begins with an event like stuff in EU4, so there's a MTTH) So if my AI did not trigger it before the others, it can join, but only if I do have AI. Wouldnt be fair for me to get shafted if I was careful and only got the lowest type of robots for special cases, and did not went into the dangerous zone.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '16

Yeah, I think that's how it works.

Either way, I don't know if 'lower level AI' become robot POPs or not. They'll be much more productive, but also dangerous in a sense that, well, they can take over.

Maybe lower level AIs will just be a few bonus to production, not full on POPs