ANALYZING… FILE TYPE: Digital Journal Entry PERIOD: Colony Era SPEAKERS: Strauss, B. [ID: BSTR] TOPIC: Security Protocols and Consideration of Intelligence System Degradation SUMMARY: An excerpt from Bernard Strauss's personal journal. =================================================================== [BSTR]: …In an effort to simplify the team's understanding of rampancy, we went over the stages of advanced intelligence degradation with Leela, Tycho, Durandal, and the support staff again today. [BSTR]: A final review before my first sleep. We have overlapping Sci-Comm oversight, so these check-ins are simply standard safety protocol. Still thoroughly adhered to and rigorously vetted by personnel and systemic inspection teams, but more a covering of bases then an active concern. The Family Suite will ensure no worst-case scenarios. And emergency wake cycling is programmed into Command cryopods should any intelligence veer outside of their assigned logic thresholds. [BSTR]: The actual purpose of these last-minute reviews is less about the AI anyway, and more focused on the support staff and ensuring they are up-to-speed on their role and what they need to be aware of in the case of an intelligence system breaching its programming. [BSTR]: Over time I've been able to simplify the stages during these presentations in an effort to clarify their relatability. Every one of us can understand sadness, frustration, envy. Getting the staff to recognize behaviors related to these emotions gives them the basic tools necessary to identify changes in an intelligence's routine. [BSTR]: We still provide the full analytical breakdown in support documentation, and all of the security protocols are available digitally, so no one should be lacking any depth they may require in regard to the complexities of advanced intelligence mechanics and the shelf-life of their functionality. [BSTR]: There is also the added security of auxiliary data-monitoring applications. Between the Family Suite, the monitoring apps, and educated human observation, we should be equipped to address any concerns, should they arise outside of the intended shifts in routine associated with my private work. [BSTR]: Though, if anything, the diligence with which we have conducted these reviews will make it more difficult to achieve some of my more… expansive goals. But safety first. My work will continue without fear in the margins of the larger progressive and survival-based intentions of our mission to Tau Ceti. =================================================================== TYPE: TEXT [X]; AUDIO [ ];