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

Think Ian said on twitter that they will put a toggle on Sam for general stuff like mining and envoirmental status.

SAMs comments should be put on the Gamepad loudspeaker. I guess this would improve the feeling.

I liked that when SAM and the Ryders said 'we will do it together '

My feeling on SAM is that he's a "baby" artificial intelligence. Like the geth at the dawn of their sentience. He hasn't yet learned to wrestle with things like free will, having a "soul," etc. For the moment, he is content to continue learning, thinking, and growing as Ryder's symbiont instead of a fully-fledged individual in his own right.

That could definitely change in the future, and it would be awesome if his character growth changed based on what Ryder did. But I'm not going to keep my fingers crossed for that level of reactivity from the game.

The only thing I really dislike about sam is the constant "temperture decrese" and all those things.

It got better after 1.05. 
I love SAM's a grammar nazi And the joke with comedian was actually funny.

I also think resetting SAM didn't change much and he's still most advanced.

Except now he constantly tells me I have new emails when I don't. SAM is a troll.

I do like him. He has a Jarvis vibe about him that I find endearing.

Also, my prediction was totally wrong.

Considering it were Geths who scanned Andromeda, I think the possibility of them being in this galaxy are quite big. The question is - will people trust them or not? When they left, Geths were still a huge problem in Milky Way.

Ryder is just 1 person who answers with a lot of things to a little shit named Tann (as much as I dislike Addison, she at least hate him too) and we all know he's a paranoid idiot. But in this case, it wouldn't be just him. All MW races knew Geths are an enemy. All of them would stand against Ryder in this case.

I think, SAM is awesome. Reliable and adequate as a companion, interesting and useful as a gameplay element (those notes, when you scan objects, add immersion and are funny, sometimes; also it's good that at least one of us is aware about temperature drops). And I'd like to meet the other SAMs (one per ark, so 4 in total) as well.

Speech structure is mostly formal (full sentence, no imperatives), intonation varies (from very official to sarcastic or empathetic). Though, if I translated it to French, I would use "tu" (singular/less formal "you"), instead of "vous".

I don't think that SAM is a slave, more of a partner.

Alec Ryder's initial pitch to the Alliance was that creating a symbiotic AI would avoid the usual creator/creation conflict since they are now intertwined. While most people treat SAM as an extension of Ryder, the reverse is equally true and Ryder is just as much an extension of SAM.

Through his connection to both Alec and Ryder, SAM is able to learn more about organics, the world around him and expand his experiences, which furthers his development as his own unique entity. He could conceivably wish to do other things if he wanted to, or possibly even request to bond with someone other than Ryder, but being bonded with a Pathfinder seems best suited to satisfy SAM's curiosity.

EDI was another example of an AI who developed a symbiotic relationship with organics, albeit in a different manner.

After she was unshackled and became the Normandy, her relationship with the crew changed into a more symbiotic one out of mutual necessity. Even though EDI could easily operate the Normandy by herself, she needed a crew onboard if she wanted to maintain the ship and her own systems. Likewise, while the crew could operate the ship without an AI, it was obvious that EDI was a vital asset when it came to ship defense, scientific analysis and keeping them alive in general.

Going back to SAM;

He technically has more freedom than organic beings, since we aren't able to cheat death by transferring to another host when our bodies fail us. He's also capable of partition his consciousness to allow him to hold multiple conversations concurrently if he wishes, including with people at SAM Node back on the Hyperion.

That he's able to hold independent conversations without Ryder "listening in", shows that SAM isn't forced to rely on Ryder if he wants to interact with the world or other organics. It could also mean that SAM has the capacity to be able to talk behind our back, if he was particularly inclined to.

I think the key thing about SAM is that he owes his creation to Alec Ryder's desire save the life of the woman he loved.

SAM's formative experiences exposed him to the trials and tribulations of how the Ryder family coped with Ellen's illness and slow decline, Ellen's acceptance of her own mortality, Alec's stubborn refusal to give up trying, and the impact her death had on Scott and Sara. These experiences shaped taught SAM and taught him to understand and empathise with organic beings, which is a major problem that many synthetics seem to struggle with.

I think that at the very core of SAM's being is a sense of compassion and a genuine desire to help people. He doesn't help organics or perform menial tasks because he's forced to by his programming, but because SAM is an inherently altruistic being and gains a sense of satisfaction from helping people solve problems.