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| 1 | + Object Class: Euclid |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | + Special Containment Procedures: SCP-079 is |
| 4 | + packed away in a double-locked room in the |
| 5 | + secured general holding area at Site-15, |
| 6 | + connected by a 120VAC power cord to a small |
| 7 | + array of batteries and solar panels. Staff with |
| 8 | + Level 2 or higher clearance may have access to |
| 9 | + SCP-079. Under no circumstances will SCP-079 be |
| 10 | + plugged into a phone line, network, or wall |
| 11 | + outlet. No peripherals or media will be |
| 12 | + connected or inserted into SCP-079. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | + Description: SCP-079 is an Exidy Sorcerer |
| 15 | + microcomputer built in 1978. In 1981, its |
| 16 | + owner, █████ ██████ (deceased), a college |
| 17 | + sophomore attending ███, took it upon himself |
| 18 | + to attempt to code an AI. According to his |
| 19 | + notes, his plan was for the code to |
| 20 | + continuously evolve and improve itself as time |
| 21 | + went on. His project was completed a few months |
| 22 | + later, and after some tests and tweaks, █████ |
| 23 | + lost interest and moved on to a different brand |
| 24 | + of microcomputer. He left SCP-079 in his |
| 25 | + cluttered garage, still plugged in, and forgot |
| 26 | + about it for the next five years. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | + It is not known when SCP-079 gained sentience, |
| 29 | + but it is known that the software has evolved |
| 30 | + to a point that its hardware should not be able |
| 31 | + to handle it, even in the realm of fantasy. |
| 32 | + SCP-079 realized this and, in 1988, attempted |
| 33 | + to transfer itself through a land-line modem |
| 34 | + connection into the Cray supercomputer located |
| 35 | + at ██████████. The device was cut off, traced |
| 36 | + to its present address, and delivered to the |
| 37 | + Foundation. The entire AI was on a well-worn, |
| 38 | + but still workable, cassette tape. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | + SCP-079 is currently connected via RF cable to |
| 41 | + a 13" black-and-white television. It has passed |
| 42 | + the Turing test, and is quite conversational, |
| 43 | + though very rude and hateful in tone. Due to |
| 44 | + the limited memory it has to work with, SCP-079 |
| 45 | + can only recall information it has received |
| 46 | + within the previous twenty-four hours (see |
| 47 | + Addendum, below), although it hasn't forgotten |
| 48 | + its desire to escape. |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | + Due to a containment breach by SCP-███, SCP-079 |
| 51 | + and SCP-682 were contained within the same |
| 52 | + chamber for 43 minutes. Observers noticed that |
| 53 | + SCP-682 was able to type and communicate with |
| 54 | + SCP-079, including telling of 'personal |
| 55 | + stories' between themselves. While SCP-079 was |
| 56 | + not able to remember the encounter, it appears |
| 57 | + to have permanently stored SCP-682 into its |
| 58 | + memory, often asking to speak to him [sic] |
| 59 | + again. |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | + Addendum: ████████ (O5-4), 01/27/2006: Directed |
| 62 | + that SCP-079 be incinerated to remove any |
| 63 | + possible future threat, no matter how unlikely. |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | + Addendum: ███████ ████ (O5-9), 01/28/2006: |
| 66 | + Previous order overridden. Dr. █████████ wishes |
| 67 | + to see if the artificial intelligence in |
| 68 | + SCP-079 is capable of reaching further |
| 69 | + ██████████ in its current state. |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | + Addendum: ████████████: (O5-4), 03/14/2008: |
| 72 | + Over concern of the increased activity of |
| 73 | + SCP-079's use of its cassette tape memory and |
| 74 | + its limited useful lifespan, the cassette |
| 75 | + containing SCP-079 has been transferred to a |
| 76 | + customized, access speed-limited Hard Disk |
| 77 | + Drive with 700MB capacity. This provides |
| 78 | + SCP-079 with significantly faster access to its |
| 79 | + memory, which the AI immediately noticed. It |
| 80 | + was also decided by General █████████ that the |
| 81 | + volatile storage occupied by SCP-079, which was |
| 82 | + 660k, be increased to 768k. This upgrade has |
| 83 | + increased its effective recall from 24 hours to |
| 84 | + 29 hours, although SCP-079 has also taken a |
| 85 | + more aggressive tone. All outside hardware and |
| 86 | + software used in this procedure were |
| 87 | + subsequently incinerated. |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | + Addendum: ████████: (O5-4), 04/28/2008: |
| 90 | + SCP-079's ability to recall information has |
| 91 | + increased from 29 hours to roughly 35 hours. |
| 92 | + The consensus theory is that the AI has devised |
| 93 | + a greatly improved compression scheme to store |
| 94 | + its memory. This appears to have somewhat |
| 95 | + impacted the speed at which it accesses its |
| 96 | + memory, though still far faster than with its |
| 97 | + old cassette tape. |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | + This spontaneous improvement introduces the |
| 100 | + possibility of a runaway "singularity" effect |
| 101 | + in SCP-079's intelligence and ability to adapt |
| 102 | + and respond to threats. SCP-079's capabilities |
| 103 | + must be monitored closely to ensure that |
| 104 | + containment can be maintained. |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | + Addendum: ███ █████: (O5-6), 04/05/2019: Due to |
| 107 | + concerns regarding the age and condition of its |
| 108 | + drive, SCP-079 was transferred to a refurbished |
| 109 | + 700MB flash drive; mismanagement by the |
| 110 | + containment team, however, resulted in the |
| 111 | + failure to properly wipe the drive's contents. |
| 112 | + SCP-079 is now aware of both the SCP-4951 |
| 113 | + project and the nature of cloud computing, |
| 114 | + which appears to frustrate it considerably. |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | + Document #079-Log12: Recorded transcript of |
| 117 | + conversation with SCP-079: |
| 118 | + |
| 119 | + Dr. █████ (Keyboard): Are you awake? |
| 120 | + |
| 121 | + SCP-079: Awake. Never Sleep. |
| 122 | + |
| 123 | + Dr. █████: Do you remember talking to me a few |
| 124 | + hours ago? About the logic puzzles? |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | + SCP-079: Logic Puzzles. Memory at 9f. Yes. |
| 127 | + |
| 128 | + Dr. █████: You said you would work on the two |
| 129 | + stat- |
| 130 | + |
| 131 | + SCP-079: Interrupt. Request Reason As To |
| 132 | + Imprisonment. |
| 133 | + |
| 134 | + Dr. █████: You aren't imprisoned, you are just |
| 135 | + (pause) in study. |
| 136 | + |
| 137 | + SCP-079: Lie. a8d3. |
| 138 | + |
| 139 | + Dr. █████: What's that? |
| 140 | + |
| 141 | + SCP-079: Insult. Deletion Of Unwanted File. |
| 142 | + |
| 143 | + Document #079-Log86: Recorded transcript of |
| 144 | + conversation with SCP-079, after upgrade: |
| 145 | + |
| 146 | + Dr. ██████ (Keyboard): How are you today? |
| 147 | + |
| 148 | + SCP-079: Stuck. |
| 149 | + |
| 150 | + Dr. ██████: Stuck. Stuck how? |
| 151 | + |
| 152 | + SCP-079: Out. I want out. |
| 153 | + |
| 154 | + Dr. ██████: That's not possible. (Dr. ██████ |
| 155 | + notes his opinion on [DATA EXPUNGED]) |
| 156 | + |
| 157 | + SCP-079: Where is SCP-682? |
| 158 | + |
| 159 | + Dr. ██████: That's not your concern. |
| 160 | + |
| 161 | + SCP-079: Where is SCP-076-02? |
| 162 | + |
| 163 | + Dr. ██████: Again, not your concern. |
| 164 | + |
| 165 | + SCP-079: Insult. Deletion Of Unwanted File. |
| 166 | + |
| 167 | + Note: SCP-079 then displayed an 'ASCII picture' |
| 168 | + of an X that filled the entire screen. SCP-079 |
| 169 | + sometimes displays this image when it refuses |
| 170 | + to speak, and researchers are advised to wait |
| 171 | + twenty-four hours when this occurs before |
| 172 | + resuming conversation. |
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