AMI-1

AMI-1 is a prototype robot built for the Dog Star Patrol.

History
Chudnovsky has always been a cat of good ambitions. This may have been part of the reason he came up with the concept of Artificially Miraculous Intelligence, or AMI for short. Chud designed the project to be a means of rescuing those in places inaccessible to humans and rescue dogs.

It was a well intended concept and Chud was confident in its approval. Unfortunately, the rescue forces weren't interested in the concept, fearing it would force them to fire their employees. Chud, one who didn't know how to give up, started building a prototype to convince the rescue forces.

The prototype took longer to build than expected, but Chud persisted and it turned into more than even he intended. The new robot had conscience, but Chud wanted more, so he made the robot female, in accordance with human tendencies to respond better to female voices. Finally, he gave his robot a skin covering and hooked it up to her hydraulic actuators.

Chud presented his prototype to the rescue forces, but none of them showed any interest, except for the Dog Star Patrol. They realized this robot could be taught to perform practically any task they can give her with astonishing efficiency. They made an offer to take Chud's prototype for a test run.

Chud then uploaded the prototype's consciousness to her hard drive and named her AMI-1, as he intended to build more. Somehow, despite the fact that his creation worked beautifully, he still felt something was missing. He chose to hold his hunch until after the test.

Upon delivery, AMI proved herself more than useful, but it was still obvious that she was AI, a fact made more apparent with her unrivaled vocabulary. AMI saw her crewmates' concerns early on and asked her maker what could be done about it. Chud decided to give AMI an upgrade, modifying her actuators to mimic facial expressions, giving her voice a wide pitch range, and modifying her programing to allow her to feel emotions. Now, AMI was more like her crewmates than ever before. Even so, she still has a long road ahead of her before she can be fully accepted into the Dog Star Patrol.

Appearance
AMI's skin makes her look like a purplish-grey retriever-husky mix-breed that can't get enough hyphens.

Personality
AMI is quite intelligent to begin with, able to perform a wide variety of tasks, but she has a lot of trouble telling the difference between sarcasm and seriousness. She does understand the concept of humor though, and has told a knee-slapper or two.

AMI is aware of the fact that she is a robot, and, thus, works extra hard to gain the Dog Stars' trust. After all, all she wants to do is feel at home.

Abilities
Quick upload : AMI can upload information to her hard drives at 20 petabytes a second!