Noting for records-keeping that new site member Jonaslolz does not match any existing user name recently posted a thread that had some formatting AI tells; upon looking at the user's sandbox, it was determined that they were likely using AI assistance:
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17490147/seeking-greenlights-truth-machine
Central Narrative: The article describes an iMacintosh G3 machine which can essencially download any database and can thus give correct answers to every question it is given. After being taken in as evidence during a raid on a PoI (Person of Interest) it was found that it behaves abnormal. 3 Addendums with two Test-Logs and one Incident-Log are included.
https://scp-sandbox-3.wikidot.com/jonaslolz Revision 0 retained; full draft present in creation. Later edits are for formatting changes only.
**SCP-9115 / The Truth Machine**
**Item#:** SCP-9115
**Classification:** --Safe-- Euclid [See Incident-Log-9115]
**Clearance Level:** 4
**Authorized Personnel assigned to this anomaly:**
**Sr. Dr.** Johnathan Buck
--**Researcher** Dr. Tom Klean--
**Research Assistant Dr.** Montgomery Mensworth
**Research Assistant Dr.** Hans Pleatfield
**Seargant** James Lowling
**Seargant** Yalov Nemerogich
**Seargant** Ubrecht Bauchfeld
**Seargant** Thomas Burnlon
**Special Containment Procedures:**
SCP-9115 is to be contained in a 5x5 meter plexiglass enclosure with reinforced faraday mesh layered on both the interior and exterior of the panels as well as a light steel frame. Four CCTV devices are to be mounted in each corner and must be oriented towards the device at all times. The ambient temperature must not exceed 10°C/50°F. Two armed guards are to be stationed outside the chamber at all times with rotating shifts. Lethal force is authorized for any non-authorized or non-identified personnel. A manual kill switch is installed in the surveillance room adjacent to the containment chamber. The power cable must be replaced on a bi-weekly basis by authorized personnel and is connected to a regulated back-up power generator. (See Addendum-9115-1). SCP-9115 is to remain powered off at all times unless specifically authorized for testing by the Head of Research, Site Director or higher.
**Description:**
SCP-9115 is a 15-inch Blueberry Macintosh G3 recovered from the house of John Bullock, following the raid of his home by Mobile Task Force unit Omega-20 due to observations of anomalous activity. Powering the item up shows the ordinary loading screen and desktop of any Mac OS 8.1 at the time. However, upon opening the Internet Explorer application, the display will show a blank white screen before showing a singular search bar with no other elements present. Upon typing in questions the computer will generate a pinpoint-accurate response for the user.
**Addendum 9115-1**
John Bullock had been on the Foundation's radar for two weeks. He was found revealing redacted documents from multiple prisons mentioning disappearances of numerous death-row inmates, before deleting his online presence.
The MTF unit stated that the floor of his house was covered in trash and rotting food, with a small path of clean carpet leading up to the anomalous device, which was then handed off to the Evidence Cataloging Division. The Person of Interest was found in his bedroom and was dispatched after shooting at one of the operatives with a Glock-19.
Researcher Dr. Buck and Dr. Klean have been assigned to SCP-9115 upon the revelation of its anomalous properties by the ECD staff. The device has no internet connection and contains no applications other than Internet Explorer.
**Testing-Log-9115-1:**
**Date/Time:** 12/4/2006
**Researcher Dr. Buck
Research Assistant Dr. Mensworth
Researcher Dr. Klean**
**Query:** "Who is Bill Clinton?"
- //[18 milliseconds before it answered]//
**Answer:** "Bill Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States of America."- //[the answer goes on to explain the life of Bill Clinton in full detail.]//
**Query:** "Is there any weird trend surrounding death-row inmates in multiple state prisons?"
- //[28 milliseconds before it answered]//
**Answer:** "Yes, around 17 reports of missing death-row inmates were reported by correctional officers all across the lower 48 states." - //[explanation continues with reported coincidences and international reports]//
**Query:** "What could be causing those disappearances?"
- //[78 milliseconds before it answered]//
**Answer:** "The Foundation, where I'm currently in."- //[provides exact coordinates for Site 42, explains the goals of the Foundation and states that death-row inmates are used as Class-Disposable subjects]//
**Query:** "What is SCP-294?"
- //[103 milliseconds before it answered]//
**Answer:** [the exact contents of the SCP-294 file, word for word]
[Dr. Buck stood up and got a slice of SCP-458 for lunch]
- //[SCP-9115's screen flickered]//
[The device was powered off]
**-Termination of the experiment-**
**Addendum 9115-2**
More small experiments were held over the week. The object has answered all questions related to classified government operations from both the US and the Russian Federation with correct answers.
**Test-Log-9115-2:**
**Date/Time 19/4/2006
Researcher Dr. Buck**
Dr. Buck wrote two fictional stories, one online titled //Comprehent// and the other in his journal named //To Follow a Butterfly// . Dr. Buck asked the following question
**Query:** „Do you know //To follow a Butterfly//?"
- //[30 milliseconds before answering, a minor pixel glitch was observed at the 11 millisecond mark]//
**Answer:** „No. I don't know any stories with that title."
However after asking if the object could summarize //Comprehent//, the machine replied with a detailed summary containing all key moments.
Although //Comprehent// was written on a digital device, it wasn‘t published or shared. It's presumed that the entity is indeed connected with the database one way or the other, but it's unknown how it hasn't been detected. Further testing with its capabilities will commence in the next week.
**Addendum-9115-3**
The object was moved to a new undisclosed location in order to see if it stored any data or not. The machine was hooked up with a civilian-grade power supply cable in order to test that hypothesis.
**Testing-Log-9115-3:**
**Researcher Dr. Buck
Researcher Dr. Klean**
**Date/Time:** ██/5/2006
**Query:** "What is ‘The Foundation‘ ?"
- //12 milliseconds before it answered//
- //[screen fades for 15 milliseconds]//
**Answer:** " You know it yourself." - went on to explain it again
**Query:** "What did you mean with ‘You know it yourself‘ ?"
//The machine didn't answer at all//
**Query:** "Hello? What did you mean with that?"
- //[SCP-9115's screen faded for 934 milliseconds before showing a fully white display with no search bar present, 20 seconds later it fried its power cable and turned off]//
-Termination of the experiment due to the device having disconnected from the power supply-
This shows that the device can store any database it has ever connected with, no matter how large or confidential. The object will be brought back to its Site for more analyzing and monitoring. Testing on whether the object may be sentient or not will commence in a week with Researcher Dr. Klean . After that, the disassembling of the machine will be attempted to see if it carries over its anomalous effects.
**Incident-Log-9115:**
**Date/Time:** ██/██/████
**Researcher Dr. Klean**
**Query:** "Do you know who you are?"
- 1 millisecond before it answered
The computer replied with a short answer, deviating from its usually long and detailed responses.
Answer: "Yes."
**Query:** „Are you aware of your surroundings?“.
- 10 milliseconds before it answered
**Answer:** „Yes.“
**Query:** „Describe your surroundings.“
- 304 milliseconds before it answered
**Answer:** „I am inside a 500 cm by 500 cm acrylic glass enclosure with an Electromagnetic Shielding Mesh mounted both into and onto the panels. Four video surveillance cameras are facing towards me. A 175 centimeter Caucasian Male is sitting right in front of me, I presume that it's you.“
**Query:** "Yes, That's me. Do you know me?"
- 5 seconds before it answered
**Answer:** An image of [DATA EXPUNGED] was shown to the researcher, the experiment was immediately terminated and Klean was send to the Medical Department, before being send to a Class-E Quarantine Cell.
Dr. Klean was found dead in his cell a few hours later. Its presumed that he dispatched himself due to the [DATA EXPUNGED] that the machine send him.
**Researchers assigned to SCP-9115 are to refrain from asking questions for the time being, as it is hostile towards any and presumably all staff members.**
Excerpts of note:
SCP-9115 / The Truth Machine
Item#: SCP-9115
Classification: Safe Euclid [See Incident-Log-9115]
Clearance Level: 4
Authorized Personnel assigned to this anomaly:
Sr. Dr. Johnathan Buck
Researcher Dr. Tom Klean
Description:
SCP-9115 is a 15-inch Blueberry Macintosh G3 recovered from the house of John Bullock, following the raid of his home by Mobile Task Force unit Omega-20 due to observations of anomalous activity. Powering the item up shows the ordinary loading screen and desktop of any Mac OS 8.1 at the time. However, upon opening the Internet Explorer application, the display will show a blank white screen before showing a singular search bar with no other elements present. Upon typing in questions the computer will generate a pinpoint-accurate response for the user.
When addressed about potential AI usage, the user replied:
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17490147/seeking-greenlights-truth-machine#post-7470034
Nope, not at all. I don't like using generative AI in general and when it comes to the SCP Wiki, which highly condemns artificial intelligence, the last thing I would do is to.. well use AI. No AI generation; or assistance was used. But I do see how the wording seems similar to that of AI, so my apoligies for having written a little to monotonely. I also looked at the other Greenlight posts (specifically the Hostile Home post) and took some inspiration from their formulating since I didn't want to accidentally deliever it poorly (I just joined a couple of days ago lmao). Hope that this reply ain't to long!
Love from
Jonaslolz!
ps: any tips on how I can implement the access thingy from SCP-008 into my article, it looks way too cool!
Of note, the post referenced seems to be this: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17489665/seeking-greenlights-hostile-house which has multiple reviews indicating that the narrative doesn't really have much story content.
(after being informed about how AI struggles with the concept critique template)
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17490147/seeking-greenlights-truth-machine#post-7470172
Alrighty! Well the thing is, I didn't intend on writing some backstory buutt I could write the journal for the PoI, would that be okay?
After being asked for clarification on their question, the user then replied: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17490147/seeking-greenlights-truth-machine#post-7470629
Fuck it, won’t publish it at all, will delete this account because apparently I cannot post something that doesn’t contain a huge backstory or else it would look like a AI generated story I guess. Take me as immature, I’m done with it. Thought that this would be the perfect place to write some of my ideas but I guess not. Take care :P mate.
They also changed the top post of the thread to:
Forget it, ain’t seeking greenlights because I don’t give a fuck no more.
