User blog comment:Western Gen/Speculations for Season 14/@comment-151.188.105.156-20160309160924/@comment-25186410-20160310053215

Full A.I.'s like Alpha and Cortana were illegally made. A.I.'s are meant to be made from a dead person, copies.

It was easier to just torture Alpha and get the fragments.

Surgery is also important - you have no idea how another voice in your head is gonna affect you. It's for safety reasons.