User blog comment:Western Gen/TEH NEW EPISODE BLOG/@comment-5189054-20121024000251/@comment-3517267-20121024020653

A car has no ROM or RAM. An AI is a ROM (with a RAM). The RAM is erased once the AI is logged out. The ROM isn't erased once the AI is logged out but it is erased (or at least badly damaged) if the storage unit which contains the AI(s) is damaged (by an EMP, for example). Got it ? So the original AIs and fragments are either damaged (very unlikely) or simply erased.