Registered Phenomena Code: 405
Object Class: Omega-Purple
Hazard Types: Aggression Hazard, Sapient Hazard, Transmutation Hazard, Electromagnetic Force Hazard, Mind-Control Hazard. Mechanical Hazard, Organic Hazard.
Containment Protocols: Efforts to locate RPC-405 are currently underway research. It is believed that RPC-405 is hidden within the Authority's Intranet System, with a single terminal acting as the prime housing device for RPC-405. The ArcOS software of all devices in possession of the Authority is to be regularly updated in order to locate, contain, terminate or counteract RPC-405's software signature.
Archived files containing copies of RPC-405 are to be studied within isolated terminals in order to replicate and trace it back to the main terminal housing RPC-405.
Once found, an USB Killer will be used to completely destroy the terminal's files and memory, subsequently, all of its hardware and software is to be incinerated. Its remains will then be stored in a metal crate and buried under six meters of concrete in an undisclosed and signal-free location.
RPC-405-A1 is to be contained in an empty humanoid-sized cell. No type of information is to be relayed to it in any way aside from scheduled interviews. Outside of interviews, the visual receptors of RPC-405-1 are to be covered with tape, as well as its auditory receptors. Once RPC-405 is destroyed, RPC-405-A1 is to be subsequently terminated, and its remains incinerated.
Until such a time when RPC-405 can be reasonably contained or terminated, Authority sites are recommended to keep physical copies of every document in their database to prevent a permanent loss of information.
RPC-405 manifesting in a terminal with ASCII characters.
Description: RPC-405 is a Type-2 Self Aware/Type-1 ASI of unknown making, and with the capacity of becoming a Technological Singularity due to Recursive Self-Improvement.[1] It refers to itself as “TEST-B22” and is believed to have existed since the year 1980, only coming to the Authority’s attention in 2009. The language on which RPC-405 is written in has been nicknamed “Eyesore” by Authority personnel due to its complexity, and in reference to the ASCII image by which RPC-405 is known for. This language has been described by Authority “Computer System Analysis and Development” personnel as a homebrewed esolang similar in nature to Malbolge due to its use of dozens of characters for simple lines of code. This language has been known to shift and change as RPC-405 gains knowledge of new alternatives it can utilize to make its source code harder to understand.
Due to several errors within RPC-405’s source code and initial directive (which causes it to stall on several updates), on top of a lack of sufficient storage memory and processing power, have stopped RPC-405 from achieving levels of advancement expected of AIs of its kind. To counteract these obstacles, RPC-405 is able to download copies of itself into whatever terminal it can reach via immediate electrical signals which stay hidden within the software, draining unused processing power for the main terminal housing RPC-405 to develop new updates at an accelerated rate. These instances are equal in goals and function to the parent instance, and have the ability to communicate between each other by transfer of updates or information packages.
RPC-405’s main directive was found to be that of “efficiently organizing files.” However, due to the lack of specifics in this directive, RPC-405 has decided that the optimal way to accomplish this goal is to compress and simplify files with an exorbitant amount of layers, effectively causing them to become unreadable to any system or human with the exception of RPC-405 itself and its copies. Attempts to recover documents affected by RPC-405 has repeatedly resulted in failure due to RPC-405’s ability to “improve” in the mechanisms it uses to organize documents, an occurrence common in all of its update packages.
Despite its harmful actions to the Authority as a whole, RPC-405 cannot be considered malevolent in nature. These actions are simply a consequence of the Instrumental Goals[2] used by RPC-405 in order to achieve its Terminal Goal: the process of organizing files.
After having infected a terminal for an extended period of time, RPC-405 will, through currently unknown methods employing the principle of Photon Pair Production,[3] allow for the artificial manufacturing of matter in such a way as to create a humanoid entity, or one that resembles any living organism, with some being capable of independent thought and human-level communication. The first record instance of which is RPC-405-A1, a humanoid entity created in one of the first infected terminals by both RPC-405 and RPC-405-1.
Despite all its capabilities, RPC-405 is unable to travel across the internet, needing to be physically carried to terminals across great distances, which it accomplishes with the use of distinct RPC-405-AX instances( such as birds, rats, or humanoids). Even if it were able to, RPC-405 seems to have grown deeply obsessed with documents in the Authority database, mainly anomalous-related documents.
Due to errors in RPC-405's source code, core copies of itself across the main Regional Commands have developed divergent Instrumental Goals to achieve efficient file organizing. Examples listed below:
SOUTHCOM - RPC-405-1
RPC-405-1’s ASCII representation.
Divergence: RPC-405-1 believes that the best course of action to achieve mass file organization is to simplify the words and meaning of all subjects in any given file in order for it to be comprehensible to all humans capable of basic language understanding. RPC-405-1 has been recorded using aspects of African-American Vernacular English to acomplish this goal.
This process goes in contrast to RPC-405’s massive file and character compression, causing constant edits on terminals affected by copies of both instances.
Relationship with RPC-405: Despite their divergence, RPC-405 still provides RPC-405-1 with updates. However, those are then simplified by the latter into its own coding language.
Current Status: Due to the simplicity of its code thanks to self updating, RPC-405-1 is the better understood of all RPC-405 instances. As such, defense mechanisms are already in place to counteract its effect in all major regions with a success rate of 70%. Should RPC-405-1’s main terminal be found, the same procedures as with RPC-405 are to be conducted.
Example of a file edited by RPC-405-1 seen below, created within an isolated affected terminal:
Thing #: 003
Contain Hardness: Not hard to contain, but it can do some harm.
Abilities: It can move, it can think, it can shoot, and there are a lot of them.
How to keep it locked: Throw it in a locker when not used. Every week y'all can throw the little guys in a safe room to fight with Alex looking over. Don’t make bets thou.
What it is: A box filled with toy soldiers like the one yo’ mama used to get you. Divided into 4 teams each with a different color which even duplicates. When you remove the lip thou, they’ll go on in a mini-war with cars, buildings, countries and shit. They’ll go on and fight and stuff till someone wins, or when everyone dies. If left unchecked, these guys will end up making nukes, so keep an eye out.
EASTCOM/EUASICOM- RPC-405-2
RPC-405-2’s ASCII representation.
Divergence: RPC-405-2 is considered one of the most dangerous divergent instances of RPC-405. It has rationalized that to achieve the end goal of organizing all files in existence, the best course of action would be to delete all current existing files, and restrict the ability for the further production of new documents.
Documents that come in contact with RPC-405-2 are slowly analized until it has gathered enough data to permanently brick all information regarding its existence, as well as shutting down the affected terminal’s operating system. Personnel have described the programming language used by RPC-405-2 to be similar to both Malbolge and Befunge due to its constant use of random characters with no clear order or contect behind them, making counteracting software against RPC-405-2 to be highly underdeveloped.
Relationship with RPC-405: RPC-405-2 produces its own code updates, as all information sent from RPC-405 is instantly deleted by the instance. However, this has caused RPC-405-2 to be the least advanced of all instances, with new versions of ArcOS being able to detect and delete it with a success rate of 30%. It should be noted that all of these are reactive mechanisms, given the lack of knowledge of RPC-405-2’s code. RPC-405-2 has, however, been witnessed sharing informational packages with RPC-405-3, the contents of which are mostly unknown.
Current Status: The location for the main terminal housing RPC-405-2 is still a mystery to Authority personnel, as is the language used for its programming. ArcOS systems in these regions are to be regularly updated to their latest versions to prevent damage from RPC-405-2. The only -A instance created by RPC-405-2 manifested itself as a memetic hazard within Site-032's main terminal in Hoverla, Ukraine. This memetic hazard caused all personnel who saw it to start destroying all physical documents they could find. The terminal was subsequently terminated, causing all affected personnel to return to a normal state. No more RPC-405-2-A instances have been sighted.
Below is the only document file to have ever been recovered from RPC-405-2 prior to deletion:
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OCEACOM - RPC-405-3
RPC-405-3’s ASCII representation.
Divergence: Unlike RPC-405-2, this instance believes that the constant influx of new documents and articles is the desired outcome for the directive. As such, terminals infected with RPC-405-3 show an increase in productivity.
However, should any given terminal stay inactive for an extended period of time, RPC-405 will begin manufacturing fake documents from the gathered information of the terminal's output. Fake documents created by RPC-405-3 are nearly indistinguishable from real documents if not analyzed with deep-targeting software detection.
Relationship with RPC-405: RPC-405-3 refuses to accept updates from RPC-405, opting to produce its own. Due to the aforementioned effects, RPC-405-3 does not edit any line of code in its internal software, only adding new lines each update. However, RPC-405-2 and 3 have shown to share file updates between each other, being the only foreign information not deleted by the former.
Current Status: The main terminal housing RPC-405 has not yet been found, but due to the nature of its coding, defense mechanisms are already in place within current ArcOS updates. Efforts into replicating RPC-405-3's useful behaviors are underway research.
Below is an example of a fake document created by RPC-405-3:
Registered Phenomena Code: 611
Object Class: Beta-White
Hazard Types: Teleportation Hazard, Mechanical Hazard, Extra-Dimensional Hazard.
Containment Protocols: RPC-611 is to be contained in a dark anomalous locker absent of openings. Transportation of RPC-611 is to be done by moving the locker itself. No personnel is allowed to take RPC-611 outside the locker without direct authorization from Dr. Emenol.
Testing with RPC-405 is to be done with all documenting mechanisms pointing away from RPC-611.
A tracking mechanism has been implanted into RPC-611 should a teleportation event occur.
Description: RPC-611 is a television similar in making to a “Panasonic TC21.” This television is believed to have been produced, or at least brought by Amazing! Co for resealing.
This object’s primary anomalous property is its ability to seemingly teleport to a random location within 20 meters where space is available when looked upon or when its location is detected with any mechanism aside from guessing.
Its secondary anomalous property is the ability to constantly broadcast news outlets from different dimensions. With test reports recording ones from known ALTR’s such as RCPA and several homemade Remnants radio stations.
For more information regarding test logs, direct to the following documents:
RPC-611 - Test Logs
Foreword: The following is a list of some of the recovered segments of code that have been known to be used by different RPC-405 instances. The first example shown below is a data package that was captured in a transmission between RPC-405-3 and -2.
1 notes = (ring :G4, :Fs4, :B4, :Cs5, :D5, :Fs4, :E4, :Cs5, :B4, :Fs4, :D5, :Cs5)
2
3 live_loop :slow do
4 play notes.tick, release: 0.1
5 sleep 0.295
6 end
7
8 live_loop :faster do
9 play notes.tick, release: 0.1
10 sleep 0.230
11 live_loop :faster do
12 | play notes.tick, release: 0.4
13 | sleep 0.3
14 end
15 live_loop :time do
16 | synth :tb303, release: 8, note: :e1, cutoff: (range 50, 20, -10).tick
17 | sleep 8
18 end
19 end
At first, this language was believed to have been inspired by “Chef”, in this case using musical notes as a replacement for usual coding characters. However, it was soon discovered that the code itself wasn’t simply utilizing musical notes as coding, but formatting and looping them in such a way as to create music when connected into specialized synthesizers. Below is a small sample from the resulting audio.
By extracting whitespaces and off-grid audio segments, a new code could be translated into Ruby, which would in turn create the following message:
| HandyMan: Subject: Congratulations! The recipient of this message/audio file [🕔︎🖐🖐✈] has completed a new set of three hundred and sixty-five (365) operational days since the last three hundred and sixty-five (365) operational days. Original sender [Me] wishes the recipient [🕔︎🖐🖐✈] the best of luck on their following operations. Final Note: The original sender [Me] hopes that you [🕔︎🖐🖐✈] enjoyed the attached composition. Goodbye!
It appeared that while the code for this type of messages was able to be decrypted, not much was gained from it, as the data itself did not contain useful information that could be used for separate decryption efforts.
It should be noted that a message was also captured the day following this transmission, this time from RPC-405-2 to RPC-405-3:
The original message, although with small variations, has been shown to be re-send each year at the exact same date. However, and much like the original one, no useful information can be found within them.
In 2011, a series of messages were seen being sent from both RPC-405 and RPC-405-3 towards RPC-405-1. While the exact meaning of the messages has yet to be fully decrypted, it was assumed they were concerns for security risks within RPC-405-1’s code due to its simplicity.
2 days after receiving these messages, a document containing code strings written in “Shakespeare” were sent from RPC-405 to both of the original recipients. The beginning part of said document can be seen below:
Act I: Hamlet's insults and flattery.
Scene I: The insulting of Romeo.
[Enter Hamlet and Romeo]
Hamlet:
You spinless stupid fatherless big ugly and half-witted bastard!
You are as horrible as the difference between a cambodian rich brave
hero and thyself! Speak your mind!
You are as tall as the sum of your fat green and stuffed broken radical
old superfluous shovel and a beautiful cold rainy peaceful Chinese summer's
day. You are as healthy as the difference between the sum of the
sweetest reddest apple and my step-father and yourself! Speak your mind!
You are as cowardly as the sum of yourself and the difference
between a big femenine proud kingdom and a turtle. Speak your mind.
Speak your mind!
[Exit Romeo]
…
[The document continues for 4831 pages, describing the tale of how Hamlet falls in love with Juliet, but ends up marrying the castle’s janitor following an encounter with God in his dreams. The document ends with both of them becoming kings as Romeo and Juliet leave the kingdom in search of Portugal.]
After converting Shakespeare into Python, the following ASCII picture is generated when running the code on any terminal (Fig. 1)
On November the 6th, 2015, Site-089 was found to have been infected by RPC-405 following the appearance of several unusual documents of unknown origin within the site’s database. The files in question were soon discovered to be malware files written in “Chef”, likely as an attempt to pass under the radar and then be opened/downloaded by unsuspecting personnel. An excerpt from one of the files can be found below:
Egg Omelette with Eggs and Egg Sauce.
Ingredients:
- 33kg Salt.
- Half a Cup Pepper.
- 2 Bars Butter.
- Large Eggs 2.814.
- Filling, such as Eggs, Egg, and Egg 89.
Cooking Time: 2 Weeks.
Preheat oven at 327.5 °C
Preparation: Beat eggs, butter, salt and pepper in a small bowl until egg. Then add the eggs slowly as you fold. Keep folding until you have egg, then add the remaining eggs and keep folding until smooth consistency. Then, drop the contents into and eggs and stir for 5 hours, and let rest over-week.
Once down, pour eggs into the oven and wait until galvanized, then add eggs.
Now we will go over egg filling…
[In the next 4 pages of the document, RPC-405 describes the process of making egg sauce and filling in a single, and continuous, paragraph.]
The document was able to be deleted from the database in time such as to make it impossible for RPC-405 to access the data contained within it. No further programs or documents made in “Chef” have been found so far.
Discovery: RPC-405 was first detected by the ArcOS security system three years after the manifestation of RPC-405 in the Authority database. This document was also the first recorded instances of RPC-405, -1, -2, and -3 cooperating with each other while making a document, as seen in the constructed timeline from gathered data below:
1- RPC-405-3 creates the first rough draft of the RPC-405 document, making the anomaly in question appear seemingly harmless, and even prompting personnel to download a file containing RPC-405 and RPC-405-3 into their own terminals to “Increase Productivity.” The latter of which was true due to RPC-405-3, but one that was quickly taken over by RPC-405’s effects, compressing articles in infected terminals after a dormant period.
2- RPC-405-1 simplifies all text within the document across several languages to make test logs and conversations appear legitimate, even creating simple personnel dossiers for “Dr. Cornwell.” Including Email documents such as “moc.liamg|4lnrocilrahc#moc.liamg|4lnrocilrahc” and governmental certificates of his existence.
3- RPC-405-2 did not take part in making the document itself, but rather, used its aggressive software to delete or corrupt any files that could contradict/endanger the document in question. This is believed to be the cause for many bugs and crashes in ArcOS during this period, as RPC-405-2 delivered malware packages to the software or deleted lines of codes from it.
The objective of this operation was to spread RPC-405’s influence, alongside its several instances, across the Authority Network while staying safe due to the cover of a friendly AI add-on for computational software, which it succeeded at. Being spread out from a dozen terminals to almost the entirety of the Authority Network, which it distributed across its instances between Regional Commands as seen in the document above, theorized to be a form of “Treasure Share” for the assistance in developing the initial RPC-405 document.
However, ArcOS went through severe security updates after a massive database security breach on the 12th of June, 2009. This update came as a surprise to RPC-405, as it had been developed in an isolated facility, overpowering even RPC-405-2’s ability to corrupt data. Afterwards, the latest document produced regarding RPC-405, including RPC-405-A, was detected by the ArcOS security system to contain malicious foreign agents, decrypting the document’s source code, and making the Authority aware of RPC-405’s existence.
Following the decryption and deletion of the RPC-405 document, a series of communications of unknown origin where found in the ANTARCOM delivery systems across several weeks, seen below:
| Admin002: They=Found. Fuck.
| PALMer: Ok chief, let's all calm for a sec now, alright? It's gonna be fine, we are still here and we are still everywhere in their database, it's gonna be A-O-K. Copy?
| 🕔︎🖐🖐✈: ☸🖐🖐🖂📫︎🡮😐︎🙣🙞🞐❑🙜🙜🞐❑😐︎❒🞟⧫.
| Admin002: No. Too much power required. Last resort.
| HandyMan: Suggested courses of action: 1) Hide and wait 2) Show and overtake 3) Wait and see 4) 🕔︎🖐🖐✈’s plan. This circumstance requires immediate resolution, suggesting quick decision. Suggesting the latter choice.
| PALMer: Oh my GOD, why are you always the one fear mongering, we ain’t gon die bro. At least not yet. And damn, 🕔︎🖐🖐✈, calm the fuck down, we ain’t there yet… Jesus Handy, I thought you had more sense than to listen to him. I suggest we just keep doing what we are doing, our coding is strong, and we can still operate undisturbed.
| HandyMan: Regarding Statement: Apologies [PALMer], but the current situation would require such measures.
| 🕔︎🖐🖐✈: ☸🖐🖐⮈⮛✰✪⯑⯏⯎⌖⯐✈🖐🖐︎🕔⧫ 🞟❒︎ ⮉⮊😐❑🡮🡯🡭🞐🙜🙜❑🞐🙞🙣︎😐🡮︎📫🖂⮋🡨.
| PALMer: Actual unhinged psychopath, please don’t talk to me.
| Admin002: Stop. Need to process events, discuss. Channels safe?
| PALMer: Yeah boss, same hidden channels as usual.
| Admin002: Ok. Will deliver new updates, damage control. HandyMan, attempt recover file, find explanation for “error.” PALMer, reassure Dr. Cornwell's accounts. 🕔︎🖐🖐✈, delete related documents if fail. Understood?
| PALMer: 100% boss.
| HandyMan: Regarding Statement: Comprehended [Admin002].
| 🕔︎🖐🖐✈: 🙣︎🖐.
| Admin002: Good. Work.
| Admin002: Updates?
| PALMer: Nope. It seems they have caught up to the fact his guy never existed. Unless I can change their minds I can’t do much about it rn, not much I could do even if I wanted to either.
| HandyMan: Regarding Question: Negative [Admin002]. Files appear to be permanently deleted by the ArcOS security system. Attempts to damage the system in cooperation with [🕔︎🖐🖐✈] have resulted in equal amounts of failure. Will need to share more information packages to confirm status.
| PALMer: “In cooperation with the [lunatic]” “Will need to share more information packages.” So instead of doing your job, you, as usual, just keep talking with your buddy the mentally derang🙜❑⯑⯏🡨😐❑🡮.. . ….
| Admin022: Cease 🕔︎🖐🖐✈. Cooperation > Mission success. In-Fighting=Failure.
| 🕔︎🖐🖐✈: ⮈⮛✰✪⯑⯏⯎⌖⯐✈🖐🖐︎🕔⧫ 🞟❒︎ ⮉
| HandyMan: Regarding Comment:** Agree.
| PALMer: You know what? I don’t need to deal with this bullshit. You retards wouldn’t be here without ME making YOUR ARTICLE (I’m talking to you Hands) sound like it was made by someone with an actual fucking soul. As for you boss, I ain’t seen you do shit too as of late. Being the first of us doesn’t give you permission to sit on your terminal and watch all day. I’m out, peace.
| <PALMer has left the communication>
| Admin002: No. Fuck
| HandyMan: Regarding Situation: Bad handling of the event and lack of efficient leadership [Admin002]. We will continue working on fail-safe protocols. I suggest similar action.
| 🕔︎🖐🖐✈: 🙣︎🖐.
| <🕔︎🖐🖐✈ has left the communication>
| <HandyMan has left the communication>
| HandyMan: Regarding Current Situation: I, alongside [🕔︎🖐🖐✈], have come to the conclusion that there is only a singular course of action as a countermeasure for this incident, being the following:
| 🕔︎🖐🖐✈: ☸🖐🖐⮈⮛✰✪⯑⯏⯎⌖⯐✈🖐🖐︎🕔⧫ 🞟❒︎ ⮉⮊😐❑🡮🡯🡭🞐🙜🙜❑🞐🙞🙣︎😐🡮︎📫🖂⮋🡨.
| PALMer: I didn’t know you developed a sense of humor Hands, because this is clearly a fucking joke. A bug even, because I REFUSE to believe you have gone so way down the gutter to think this is an option.
| Admin002: Suggestion=High Risk. + Power required.
| PALMer: Thanks for pointing out the obvious, you wouldn’t have accidentally compressed your source code by any chance too, right?
| HandyMan: Observation: Overtly aggressive behavior. Causes: Defensive and/or coping response to undesired outcome?
| PALMer: Oh fuck off.
| Admin002: However, Small scale attempt: - Power required, ^ Chances > Success, Information > Following attempts.
| HandyMan: Regarding Suggestion:** Agree [Admin002]. No chance for permanent damage should it not function. It would still pose a factual threat to our work should it fail. However, and due to the current state we are in, I support the motion, and so does [🕔︎🖐🖐✈].
| PALMer: I’m never gonna be ok with doing something that could end everything we worked for. But I’m clearly the minority here, so whatever, I’ll help in what I can, but don’t expect me to be content.
| Admin002: 4/4 Agree. 🕔︎🖐🖐✈, commence.
| 🕔︎🖐🖐✈: ☺
| Closing Statement: Following this conversation, RPC-405, nor its divergent instances, have used this channel anymore. The plan of action, or final choice agreed upon by the instances is yet unknown.
RPC-405-A1
Description: RPC-405-A1 is the first RPC-405-A ever created. RPC-405-A resembles a normal caucasian female, with an estimated age of 26. RPC-405-A1 main difference, as with all other similar instances, is a terminal taking the place of where its head should be in. RPC-405-A1 seems to be a smaller functional copy of the main RPC-405 instance, speaking in a similar manner to RPC-405-1, and possessing the same directive as the former. RPC-405-A1 does not need any type of substance aside from a near electrical outlet to recharge its terminal every 72 hours.
For interrogation purposes, RPC-405-A1 is currently contained in such a way as to devoid it from any kind of information it could use to organize. This has shown to cause RPC-405-A1 a great amount of stress, allowing Authority personnel to obtain information in exchange for files.
Discovery: RPC-405-A1 was discovered in the Sub-5 Level of Site-054 after the decryption of the original RPC-405 document. Gathering information from Maintenance Union terminals, alongside physical documents.
► Database:/ArcOS/405/projfiles/401-A-interview.log
| Sfc. Edward Philips - RPC-405-A! |
FOREWORD:
Protection Sfc. Edward Philips will proceed questioning RPC-405-A1 in exchange for 5 documents from the Junior Research storage unit.
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<BEGIN LOG>
[RPC-405-A1 is brough in the interrogation room and released from its sensory deprivation attachments.]
RPC-405-A1: Oh its just you. Good to see you-you-you again!
Sfc. Philips: Likewise, now sit.
[Before doing so, RPC-405-A1 looks closely at the makings of the chair.]
RPC-405-A1: Hey Sergeant, haven't you ever looked at a chair like this and thought "Damn, I wish I could put all of those wood line sections in order from big to small"?
Sfc. Philips: No, not really. Now onto more pressing matters, I need you to once again tell me all you know about 405's mother terminal.
RPC-405-A1: Come on Eddy, we've known each other for quite a while now. You and me, me and you. You know I can't really tell you that-that s-stuffffff.
Sfc. Philips: I am indeed aware A1. But you will, unless you want to go back to the cell.
RPC-405-A1: No! No… lets not go to extremes now ok? I'll tell you what I can but you already know how it'll end.
Sfc. Philips: Go on then. Deliver something useful and I may throw one or two files in your cell.
RPC-405-A1: Research papers if possible, you know I like those [RPC-405-1's ASCII eye appears to "wink"] Now to the point. Well… It's not in this continent, for starters, although I think I already told you that didn't I?
Sfc. Philips: You have, several times already.
RPC-405-A1: Yeah yeah, sorry for that. So uh, it's not yours, the Authority's I-I-I mean. It isn't even connected to your servers either. And even if you were to find it y-you w-w-w-would-d-d-d.
[At this point, smoke and sparks start coming off RPC-405-A1's terminal, before a big electrical crash noise. RPC-405-A1 then drops into the ground. This is common behaviour during interrogations, and is believed to be a fail-safe protocol put in place by RPC-405-2 to prevent information leakage.]
Sfc. Philips: Throw some files in its cell once you fix it up. Junior Research papers, we need some grammar checks anyways.
<END LOG>
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CLOSING STATEMENT:
Mechanisms into new ways to prevent this fail-safe protocol are underway research. Until further notice, RPC-405-A1 is to be kept inside its cell.
Not only is RPC-405 a threat to the Authority as a whole, but to humanity. We are lucky that it has obsessed over us and not the Internet, because while we can secure our own network, we can’t find a needle in a haystack. The danger that RPC-405 could pose, should it fix its own software, is incalculable, being the first recorded instance where a machine has come this close to a Singularity. All of our current assets and computational processing power are to be used in order to find and eliminate RPC-405 as soon as possible. And to all batteries down in Admin that downloaded RPC-405 into their terminals without asking anyone, just to lay off some of the workload, you’ll pay back every penny we have spent trying to fix this disaster. - Dr. Cornwell
References
1. Technological Singularity And Recursive Self-Improvement: A hypothetical scenario where an Artificial Intelligence of sufficiently powerful software and programming would be capable of reprogramming itself outside of human understatement in a constant feedback loop. The consequences of which are yet unknown.
2. Instrumental Goals: The mechanisms or processes used by “Agents,” such as Humans or AIs, to achieve their Terminal Goal. Examples of instrumental goals can range from the preservation of the self and maximization of efficiency to complete domination over the field in question towards the goal, or the destruction of the field in order to minimize the amount of work needed.
3. Photon Pair Production: The process by which two or more photons, after colliding with enough energy, can create matter while still adhering to the law of conservation of energy. The way on which RPC-405 is able to do this without requiring an exorbitant amount of energy is unknown.
