Exos and The Darkness (Destiny)

by Durandal, Monday, August 11, 2014, 16:41 (3566 days ago) @ Ragashingo

I have no doubt Exo's are AI's, perhaps not at the level of a Warmind but at human levels at minimum. If the FWC leader is to be believed Exo's can retain memories from the Golden Age. It is possible they are uploaded human minds, but that doesn't seem to fit with the information we have currently. The are called out as built for war, but have suffered numerous reboots and corrupted sectors since the golden age and no longer retain any of it's secrets.

On a non fluff note, Bungie stated that Exos are inspired by the Master Chief, undead and the Terminator. This gives them an air of ruthlessness and a cold hard edge of a weapon primed and sent to battle. That they have diversity of mind and body could just be diversity of models and options. Are their not customized guns in the world right now that have a diversity of appearance and capability? Are they not weapons like the Chief or the Terminator? Exo's working are a mystery, and there may be an unknown reason for all this other then to house the souls of the dead. Wouldn't that make the Ghost's resurrection of Exos double redundant?

I agree there are ethical issues in creating self aware war machines, but we already have Warminds and the patrol bots in the City. It is not inconceivable that in their desperate days the Golden Age Humans forged the Exo because they felt they had no other choice. Escape failed, victory eluded them, only grinding attrition remained.