S.A.M - Simulated Adaptive Matrix (Official Thread)

 I'm all for crazy ideas, after all they said "way closer emotionally", that's a lot to say, I don't know if I 'd feel very differently about EDI just because I can talk to her while I'm not in the ship too

I'm pretty confident that SAM is physically bound to the Pathfinder. Pathfinders have implants that give them unique versatility and abilities. This is tied to the narrative, according to the GI article. SAM is likely the AI "embedded" in this Pathfinder implant(s). It links you to your ship, your Pathfinder computer systems, helps you manage your unique abilities, etc...  SAM is always on, omnipresent, once you take on your role as Pathfinder.

That's a pretty close relationship.

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It was only one, small unimportant thing. Stay out of that spoiler box, and you're safe!

There was a bunch of stuff put needlessly into spoiler boxes on the previous page. I knew it would scare people away, and tried to break that up immediately.

I'm pretty confident that SAM is physically bound to the Pathfinder. Pathfinders have implants that give them unique versatility and abilities. This is tied to the narrative, according to the GI article. SAM is likely the AI "embedded" in this Pathfinder implant(s). It links you to your ship, your Pathfinder computer systems, helps you manage your unique abilities, etc...  SAM is always on, omnipresent, once you take on your role as Pathfinder.

That's a pretty close relationship.

Reading that new info makes me think SAM is in Ryder's Omni Tool or Suit, but can also go into drones (Nomad) or spaceship (systems) and may or may not have a specific Robobody as well.

Everyone speaks of Edi but I wonder if a Glyph comparison could also be ventured. Liara always has Glyph at hand for anything she'd need assistance with and we know he's not an AI but a very important companion nonetheless. From what I know, the debate is still out as to whether SAM is actually a true AI or something else. His relationship could go any number of ways based on just what type of synthetic he is.

I do like what you suggest Element Zero, that SAM could assist us through our Pathfinder implants (even if it could be a little unnerving at first to have something in your person). What if we crashed and our omnitools and other devices no longer worked? We'd be all alone. It'd be nice to have a friend who could help us through, thanks to those implants. Of course, it could go a very negative way if said friend was tampered with or hacked and then we'd be in serious trouble.

The stories this could develop into...