diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/ai.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/ai.dm
index ed36e62492e..47d5a0ffd84 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/ai.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/ai.dm
@@ -817,7 +817,8 @@
 		return (GLOB.cameranet && GLOB.cameranet.checkTurfVis(get_turf_pixel(A))) || apc_override
 	//AI is carded/shunted
 	//view(src) returns nothing for carded/shunted AIs and they have x-ray vision so just use get_dist
-	return get_dist(src, A) <= client.view
+	var/list/viewscale = getviewsize(client.view)
+	return get_dist(src, A) <= max(viewscale[1]*0.5,viewscale[2]*0.5)
 
 /mob/living/silicon/ai/proc/relay_speech(message, atom/movable/speaker, datum/language/message_language, raw_message, radio_freq, list/spans, message_mode)
 	raw_message = lang_treat(speaker, message_language, raw_message, spans, message_mode)