The AI symbiote (the atom manipulator) In comic books, a symbiote is an alien that latches onto a human host and imbues them with unbelievable superpowers. In contrast, an AI symbiote is a living machine that latches onto a host (human or robot) and imbues them with artificial superpowers. The heart of the technology is the atom manipulator, an energy device that shoots em radiations, ranging from microwaves, to X-rays, to radiowaves (all the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation) to manipulate objects in the immediate environment, specially manipulation of individual atoms and its subatomic particles of objects in its immediate environment.