Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-26459716-20150612041610/@comment-26459716-20150613191445

Western Gen wrote: Yes and no. The idea is to make them act human, but that doesn't necessarily mean they were based on one. Scientists in real life trying to create AI don't say "let's make it be like that person", they just try and make it do more human things, essentially trying to emulate human behavior. Wheras Tex was literally pulled from the memories of an existing person, and so, in theory, would respond to pain in the same way an actual human would (more accurately, how the actual Tex would). If another AI was perfectly emulated to act in accordance with human behavior, it may have the same reaction. I suppose it would also depend if she was used to being a robot yet or not, considering she was aware of that.

But in all honeslty I just think it was Monty. Well, actually, an A.I. is created from a deceased person, modeled after them by using that person's brain. As far as I am aware, Cortana is the only Canon A.I. to be created without someone dying, in her case, Dr. Halsey, whereas the Alpha(and Beta, if you consider she was just a side-effect, therefore "Shadow", no matter who thinks it is not what she is, would be the most accurate assumption of her creation, and, even if you are right, she would still be able to block pain, considering she has a robot body, and robots can block certain programs, therefore if she wanted to, she could block her pain receptors