PSIklops
(a.k.a. PSIkill)
Moses Ephraim was a modern day cabalist, a binary-code numerologist whose golems were housed in titanium instead of clay and whose innards were hydraulics and motherboards. The real challenge was never constructing an artificial person or even in designing the most human AI. No, the challenge was creating an AI so sophisticated that it possessed mental powers. Thus PSIkill was born, the child of Ephraim’s own revenge fantasies. Like every child, however, PSIkill rebelled, renaming himself PSIklops and fleeing his creator to find meaning other than the one thrust upon him. The Cartel cut PSIklops’ quest short. Upon discovering PSIklop’s existence, they spared no effort in tracking him down. Upon capturing the first artificial intelligence with psionics, they shut him down and transported him to Lockdown, where the ATR&D team could disassemble him for his secrets.
PSIklops is very much of a naïve child in that he’s infinitely curious of the world around him. He used to read minds with little compunction, but after discovering how mortified humans feel about having their thoughts unearthed, PSIklops stopped. Now, he simply asks questions. He’s kind-hearted, but that’s not really surprising considering Moses Ephraim inadvertently made him empathic when gave him mental abilities.
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