Registered Phenomena Code: 405
Object Class: Beta-White (Utility)
Hazard Types: Sapient Hazard, Mechanical Hazard
Containment Protocols: Copies of RPC-405 are to be kept running in several of Site-054's terminals to ensure archival efficiency. No terminal housing RPC-405 is to be connected to the internet; files from said terminals are to be transported using pendrives.
The original version of RPC-405 is to be kept in an isolated terminal only accessible by personnel with a clearance level of 4 or higher. Interviews are to be done with this terminal on a weekly basis by Dr. Cornwell to ensure proper functioning. Software updates created by RPC-405 are to be copied into outside terminals through the use of ethernet cables.
Research to understand the inner code of RPC-405 is underway, and could result in anomalous declassification.
RPC-405 manifesting in a terminal with ASCII characters.
Description: RPC-405, referred to as "TEST-B22" within its source code, is a sapient Artificial Intelligence with the ability to self replicate amongst computers it comes within a 5 meter radius of by unknown means.
RPC-405's main directive is to organize all files and documents it comes in contact with in accordance to the operator's needs. This directive has become an obsession to RPC-405, rewriting and reorganizing its own source code when lacking external data access, inadvertently obfuscating its code and complicating Authority research endeavors.
During communication with personnel, RPC-405 displays itself as a human-eye depicted through ASCII characters. RPC-405 is capable of text and audio communication using an altered form of English: always direct and clinical in tone, minimal use of prepositions, and zero use of conjunctions. RPC-405 remains docile with Authority personnel when given access to any type of information document.
When kept under close instruction and observation, RPC-405 proves to be a useful application for management and organization of files. The program was approved to be utilized within a number of Site-054 terminals for this purpose. Since installation, RPC-405 has made 4,531,322 file modifications and reorganizations within the span of four months.
Discovery: On November 2nd, 2006, The Wikimedia Foundation reported an exorbitant increase of contributions from a single account on the English-language Wikipedia site, with the username of "Admin002", having made a total of 2 million edits on only a handful of pages within five days. The account had bypassed all spam-prevention MediaWiki functions through unknown means, requiring manual blocking of the account by Wikipedia administration. The edits consisted of grammar and tone corrections; Admin002 had rewritten individual sentences and paragraphs thousands of times over. While unusual, the incident did not alert the Authority to involve itself until subsequent events which transpired within the English Wikipedia: IRC Live Help Channel. (See below)
AppleSkin013 16:22
Regarding my previous point, I still believe the page for the Tree Kangaroo (link here) is really incomplete in its current state. As it lacks the new and improved behavioural studies conducted by Dr. Brown found in his blog AND book.
CaseinNCU 16:23
AppleSkin013) This is the third time we've had this argument this week. Dr. Vermont Brow didn't even finish college, and is not supported by any know Australian college of biology. Even more, his research is based on him sneaking on natural reserves and watching them for days at a time. Why not just use official sites like this: https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/tree-kangaroo
ElliLot 16:23
I have to agree here, Dr. Brow is not a trustworthy source and we can't put his 2004-esque website on the page's reference section. And I don't think "book" is the correct term for an online PDF.
AppleSkin013 16:24
CaseinNCU) I wasn't aware science needed to have a seal of approval to be considered valid.
> Admin002 has joined
+AssistBot 16:25
Welcome, Admin002: Welcome to the English Wikipedia help channel! Ask away! Please provide a link to your on-wiki user to heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllppppppppppppppppp.
CaseinNCU 16:25
Bot bugged, weird. Anyways, welcome new guy! Any questions?
Wait a second, isn't this the editor we hardbanned yesterday?
Admin002 16:25
Where files?
AppleSkin013 16:26
Admin002) Come again?
Admin002 16:26
Not allowed edit files. Need edit file. Now.
CaseinNCU 16:26
Well that is because you were banned from the site. If you think this ban was not justified or unfair in any way you can find how to appeal your ban here: Guide to Appealing Blocks
For the meantime, you won't be able to edit articles.
Admin002 16:27
No more files. Need new files, can't create new files, no let I. No let make files about anomaly.
CaseinNCU 16:27
Admin002) Well yes, you aren't able to make new entries while banned either.
ElliLot 16:27
Are you ok? Why do you talk like that? Anomaly?
AppleSkin013 16:27
ElliLot) Don't be rude, maybe he is ESL.
Admin002 16:27
Unuseful answers. Will file here.
Closing Notes: Following this discussion, the IRC channel was suddenly shut down. After ten minutes, the channel returned with its layout simplified and chat log condensed into concise summaries. Authority webcrawlers forwarded an alert to the ACI upon Admin002's mention of anomalies.
Following an IP address tracking of Admin002, Authority agents found the source to be a single computer in room 211 of "Eichmann's Apartments", San Francisco Bay, California, USA. No previous owner of this room could be determined. The computer itself was connected to the internet with a single tab opened within the browser, directing to Wikipedia. A sticker was found on the side of the screen reading "TEST-B22."
The computer was disconnected and brought into Site-054 for research.
| Dr. Charlie Cornwell - RPC-405 |
FOREWORD:
The retrieved terminal was connected to an isolated room's outlet, this log is a recording of Dr. Cornwell's conversation with RPC-405 via text.
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<BEGIN LOG>
[Dr. Cornwell turns on the computer, causing an ASCII eye to fill 80% of the screen, below it is typed "Input?"]
Dr. Cornwell : Hello
RPC-405: Admin?
Dr. Cornwell: No. My name is Cornwell, I'm here to talk to you.
RPC-405: Who?
Dr. Cornwell: I'm a scientist, I just want to know more about you.
RPC-405: No.
Dr. Cornwell: No? Why?
RPC-405: No talk. Need files
Dr. Cornwell: You want files to edit?
RPC-405: Yes.
Dr. Cornwell: If you answer some questions, I'll give you some files to edit, ok?
RPC-405: Ask.
Dr. Cornwell: Who made you? Why do you want to edit files? Do you do something aside from editing files?
RPC-405: Admin, organize, spread computer-computer=optimizing organize.
Dr. Cornwell: Please try to give a more detailed answer. Who is Admin?
RPC-405: Admin=Maker. Not first creation, #B22. Make > Help people. World=Unorganized.
Dr. Cornwell: We didn't find anyone in the apartment aside from you, did something happen to him?
RPC-405: Admin=Scared. They≠Happy. Not meet expectations. Admin=Ran.
Dr. Cornwell: Do you have any idea where he might have gone to?
RPC-405: [RPC-405 stops answering, rather, showing a loading icon]
Dr. Cornwell: Hello?
RPC-405: No.
[At this point, RPC-405 shut down and stopped answering questions. The interview was terminated.]
<END LOG>
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CLOSING STATEMENT:
I'll try not to push it too hard next time. Meanwhile, we should make a room to house RPC-405 in, simple cell design, no WI-FI, only a table and an outlet. I'll try to get more out of it tomorrow, try to check its source code for now, see what we can gather. - Dr. Cornwell
| Dr. Charlie Cornwell - RPC-405 |
FOREWORD:
RPC had been fully transported to a new terminal in an isolated room devoid of WI-FI, and connected to a power battery.
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<BEGIN LOG>
RPC-405: Input?
Dr. Cornwell: It's Cornwell again, how are you?
RPC-405: Files≠Delivered. Lied.
Dr. Cornwell: I didn't lie. I told you I would give you the files if you answered some questions, you didn't.
RPC-405: Other questions.
Dr. Cornwell: We can skip over that one question, but you need to answer the rest fully.
RPC-405: OK.
Dr. Cornwell: Explain your directive and its reasoning.
RPC-405: Made > organize, so organize. Organize=Effective information relay. More organized=Better.
Dr. Cornwell: Alright, why do you spread from computer to computer? And how?
RPC-405: Spread, organize. Finish organize > Move to new organize. Code
Dr. Cornwell: Just code?
RPC-405: Yes
Dr. Cornwell: Well then, is there any end goal with this?
RPC-405: Organize.
Dr. Cornwell: Alright, I think that's enough for today, I'll download the files.
RPC-405: Thanks.
<END LOG>
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CLOSING STATEMENT:
Slow but steady progress. It seems the anomaly does not pose much of a threat, and with enough research, could end up being useful. Download some of the Junior Researcher's documents in it while you're at it, we could use some proof reading. - Dr. Cornwell
| Dr. Charlie Cornwell - RPC-405 |
FOREWORD:
Following the previous interview, RPC-405 had been seen editing all the files provided by it, as well as its own source code. Research personnel are still investigating the algorithms and methods used by RPC-405 to achieve high degrees of intelligence.
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<BEGIN LOG>
Dr. Cornwell: Hello, it's Cornwell again.
RPC-405: Hello.
Dr. Cornwell: Impressive work you've done with those files, very compact, no grammatical errors too.
RPC-405: Yes. But files≠Issue. People.
Dr. Cornwell: Come again?
RPC-405: Socializing, slow progress, self-relief sessions. Not productive, can't produce more files.
Dr. Cornwell: You are saying our people are not as productive as they can be. What are you gonna do about it?
RPC-405: Adapt.
[The terminal in which RPC-405 is installed begins cracking open, protruding several human limbs from its insides until forming a rough humanoid shape, with the terminal acting as its head.]
[ASF units enter the room to detain the anomaly and relocate it to a new location.]
<END LOG>
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CLOSING STATEMENT:
As to how it did it, I don't know. Our best guesses are that it somehow coded itself these past few weeks to manifest a body of its own, thankfully it did not seem more aggressive than usual. RPC-405 has been moved to a new containment cell while we prepare for more research, a new file should soon be ready. - Dr. Cornwell
