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It's a point that's talked about in Silentium, and even the rest of the Forerunner come to regard the Didact's use of the Composer as a crime against the mantle. Then again, the book had to be delayed to fit Halo 4 (worth the wait, though).
As for why the Knights need human souls/brains, I can only guess that it takes a lot longer and is less efficient to create an A.I. from scratch in the Halo universe than it is by using a template or brain tissue, and maybe they have the same limits as UNSC A.I. regarding being unable to copy them or repeat a template, though admittedly I'm shooting at blanks here.