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Player > Equipment > Computers > Upgrades > Artificial personality
Starfinder Core Rulebook p.216
Price: 10% of computer’s base price
An artificial personality is a program
designed to allow a computer to
hold conversations in plain
language with both users and creatures that lack
access. Such computers are often given a name and are capable of
parsing expressions, slang, social cues, tone of voice, and similar
elements beyond a literal understanding of spoken or written
words. They can respond appropriately through algorithms and
lists of billions of known phrases and expressions, developed
by programmers over centuries to allow for extremely naturalsounding
conversations. Such computers can even display what
appear to be emotions and insights. However, unlike androids,
computers with artificial personalities have not attained true
consciousness. The ability of an artificial personality to hold a
conversation, learn names and habits, and even give advice is
based purely on its complex code and extensive lexicons.
The primary advantage of an artificial personality is that an
authorized user can operate the computer by giving simple spoken
or typed commands in plain language and receive information
from the computer the same way. On starships traveling far from
civilized systems for months or years at a time, some owners also
appreciate hearing a friendly voice and having someone to talk
to, despite knowing that the “someone†isn’t an actual conscious
being. Artificial personalities are sophisticated enough that the
computer can attempt Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate, and Sense
Motive checks with a total bonus equal to 2 × its tier. This upgrade
costs 10% of the base price of the computer.
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