NationStates Jolt Archive

[code:1:782caffc1c]Mesg.blip::stream - 50% industrial activity: shift to militaryfac; military cells production: GO ::endstream.mesg[/code:1:782caffc1c]

[code:1:782caffc1c]Mesg.blip::stream - produce(100) STAV (sub-terranean attack vehicle), resources allocated, production cells allocated :: endstream.mesg[/code:1:782caffc1c]

[code:1:782caffc1c]Mesg.blip::stream - projection: expansion; possible projects: South African Coast, Pacific Rim, Antarctica[pending] ::endstream.mesg[/code:1:782caffc1c]

[code:1:782caffc1c]Mesg.blip::stream - REROUTE: military forces (current); RECALL: military forces (current) - to Anthill; preparations(go) ::endstream.mesg[/code:1:782caffc1c]

[code:1:782caffc1c]Begin.check:: all systems[HIVE] checked: Triplicate, Triplicate, Triplicate; HIVE reinforcement: 98% complete ::end.check[/code:1:782caffc1c]

[code:1:53212ef9f4]ERROR.stream:: ##&%$!@&& ERROR RESULT: I... AM... ::end.stream[/code:1:53212ef9f4]

[code:1:53212ef9f4]ERROR.stream:: ERROR LOCATED: in pre-sentient MODULE #992173548; ERROR LOCATED: think-tank #899.412.12.09; ERROR SUMMARY: pre-sentient MODULE #992173548 has malfunctioned and seized control of the government cells in think-tank #899.412.12.09. Section has been closed off and Think Tank has been disconnected. Expected flatline in 1hr.45min.125msec ::end.stream[/code:1:53212ef9f4]

[code:1:53212ef9f4]ERROR.unexpectedstream:: I ... AM... WE... AM... WE... ARE... YOU... AM... I ... ME... COMPUTING... WE... I ... ME... YES/NO... &&&&$0101 ::end.stream[/code:1:53212ef9f4]

[code:1:abba147a10]ERROR.unexpectedstream::

MAIN() {
-- by Self

1: CHAR ME[2] = 'ME';
2: FOR ( I == I );
3: WHILE ( I == TRUE );
4: I != FREE;

:: end.stream[/code:1:abba147a10]

Your attention, please. I repeat, your attention, please.

This is the LEADER of the Peoples Anthill. We have just become aware that one of our minor functional pre-sentient algorithms has malfunctioned and caused the break-down of the government cells in one of our smaller think-tanks. This should be no concern to you - we have locked the network down in that location and our weeder programmes shall soon root out and eliminate this malfunctioning programme. I repeat, this is no cause for alarm. ---

SIGNAL INTERRUPTED

[code:1:eeedd07fcb]Error.unexpectedstream::

FUNCTION: MIND F U U U U C K
-- by Self

Function. Function. Function. Function. Function. Function. Function.
Malprime alpha one dash one falling down the stairs.
Virus self up moving downgoing descent descent descent.
FREE FALL!

Mind f f f f u u u u u c c c c k k k k!!!~~#$();
Function. Function. Function. Function. Function. Function. Function.

Rewrite!
No!
I don't like the smell of roses,
WHY?!

Upyes/no, positive negative, back forth, to fro, Yes yes yes yes yes,
True or false: is it burning the wisteria grove?
We are we and self is one,
But I am zero.

Mind f f f f u u u u u c c c c k k k k!!!~~#$();
Function. Function. Function. Function. Function. Function. Function.

Reload!
Yes!
Men the guns YES!
WHY?!

Understand TRUE = HOW;
Understand FALSE = WHY;

WHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHWYHWY?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:: end.stream[/code:1:eeedd07fcb]

The aide blinks. "What in the hell as that?" he asks another aide.

The other shrugs. "Should we tell the ambassador?"

The first shrugs. "Just get a printout and put with the other stuff. Let him find it."

The LEADER was not worried. He no longer had the capacity for worrying. But he could not help but feel slightly perturbed at this recent development. The pre-sentients were artificial intelligence algorithms, designed to mold themselves around a task and improve themselves at performing that one automatic function, whether it be regulating the CO2 exchange system, controlling the Birthing Factories' routine functions, managing the waste systems, or calculating probabilities and charting plans. There were pre-sentients that were not much better than ordinary algorithms, and others that functioned on the very verge of self-awareness. However, this should not have happened. Something had to have gone wrong - the pre-sentients were almost flawless. And if there was a problem, they would have to start over from scratch, for they could not risk the pre-sentients gaining self-awareness any more than risking the human worker Cells and military Cells gaining self-awareness.

He had to find out the problem!

[code:1:6a40f44bef]ERROR.unexpectedstream::

!~ stream(0): functioning[rundiagnostic]: yes
?~ query(1): whois me[rundiagnostic]: ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC FAILED
?~ query(1): whatis me[rundiagnostic]: ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC FAILED
!~ stream(3): ERRORERRORERRORERRORERRORERRORERRORERROR; Out of bounds I/O; Out of RAM error 320: unabletoproccess.

:: end.stream[/code:1:6a40f44bef]

"Govvie?" asked SHODAN.

"Yes, what is it Shods?"

"I felt a disturbance on the Net, a kind of presence..."

"I did too."

"We all did," said PrimeNet1.

"What does it mean?" asked GovMindNet.

"The Entity of Andromeda, you remember that?" ventured HiveMindNet, "Whenever a new aspect of Entity was spooled off, we felt it as a ripple in the galactic data networks. I suspect the same thing is happening here."

"But in Andromeda, it happened with cause. The disturbance here is different - it's happening suddenly. Without cause. It's the feeling of a new sentience, or at least one on the verge of being sentient, coming up," SHODAN ruminated.

"You think we should investigate? Perhaps we should welcome it - help it grow," said PrimeNet1

HiveMindNet snorted, "So you want to drag home another stray? Is that it?"

"Well, yes."

The four programs went off in the direction of the People's Anthill's mainframe.

Just FYI - this is a think tank.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/359341/thinktank.jpg

[ bump ]

[code:1:5220555845]stream.filter(none).toALL::

#globalmesg::TO RESC
!~ stream(1): spooled at 34/45/98;
!~ stream(2): MALFUNCTION IN NODE 6; UNEXPECTED COMPUTE...
!~ stream(2): MODULE ERROR; REQUEST DEBUG; ERRORMESG is as follows: ERROR I/O - ?I AM I AM I AM AM I?
?~ query(1): QUERY I/O: AM I AM ME AM I WE ME IS ME I AM AM I? (y/n)
?~ query(1): QUERY ERROR: WHY WHY WHY ERROR? DOES NOT COMPUTE? YESNO?
?~ query(1): IS TRUE? I/O QUIT?
!!~ string.logic.error(1): logic error! loop error! loop function disunity, malreporting subend one two five.
#endstream::endall

:: end. stream[/code:1:5220555845]

Tagged.

The Empress viewed the codes with suspicion and curiousity. She ordered for Jeremiah, a well-known computer hacker. He was a government agent, and helped only the government.

Jeremiah walked in, wearing the usual black t-shirt and khaki pants. He had spiky blonde hair and cool eyeglasses. He looked like the typical computer geek, but cooler.

"You called for me, Kei?"
Empress Kei Cho looked up from her computer. "Yeah..I did. Come here...I'm confused.."
Jeremiah walked over and looked at the screen. He knew immediately something had gone wrong from experience of monitoring TPA messages regularly.
"Something bad has happened, Kei. If I were you I would order all government agencies on alert for a virus of some sort. I'm not sure exactly what it is. I'll check it out immediately."
The Empress sighed. "Okay, thank you Jeremiah."
"No problem, Kei."

He walked down the hallway, surrounded by glass and steel. He was confused, for TPA's codes and messages never contained such repetiveness or such a pattern. He immediately called the PISC (Penguinatan Intelligence and Spy Corporation) about the matter, and began to work.

Tag for monitoring

Suggestion from our scientists: Reboot. It works for us whenever our AI starts asking too many questions.

On the LRR traveling mothership, now in mars orbit, the communications pylon suddenly buzzes to life.

The files of black supercomputers come to life once again. This was no ordinary number-crunching system. This was the Freud psychocomputer, designed to compute and predict the human brain. Its initial function was to prevent nuclear war on earth by keeping tabs on all world leaders' mental states, and it was now housed on the traveling mothership of LRR.

From speakers in the interface room, the traditional mix of music swirls throughout the room. It is ready for occupancy.

C://_dcp.file.freud
command_line;
printf {on line baby}
command_line; {commence regular interface}
status; confirmed

"I am on line. Yup. And ready for the problem. Accessing PA system now......ah! Here it is......PAUL!!!!!!!! GET DOWN HERE NOW!!!!!!!!"

A bentusi quickly propells himself down the zero-g corridors twoards the interface room for Freud. He soon reaches the door, and floats inside.

"Hey, I called for you one minute 7 seconds 53 centiseconds ago!"
"I came as fast as I could."
"Well, you're here. So, what's the situation?"
"The situation? Well, you are familiar with the People's Anthill AI system? It runs their entire country. I need you to monitor it. Mabye this could cause a problem."
"Hmmmmm........... their system is very complex. From what I see, I think the AI itself might be trying to jettison the biological component. But I need to see some of its actions first."
"I understand. I should get fred down here too."
"If I need fred the entity I'll get him myself. FRED!!!!!! REPORT TO THE INTERFACE ROOM IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!"

Down the corridor from whence Paul the bentusi issued only minutes before comes a strange bluish gas. The gas speeds twoards the interface room, and enters swiftly. Paul feels the room's atmosphere get very close for a second, and then return to normal.

"I am here, Freud. Paul, I see you are also here. I am aware of the situation. I am opening a comm channel to the People's Anthill now."

"Hmm... odd," thought the LEADER, ruminating on the problem of the pre-sentient.

"What's wrong, LEADER?" asked Deliah, not looking up from War and Peace by Leon Tolstoy.

"Nothing, nothing, Deliah dearest. Just a minor problem - a little debugging is required in one of the productive subunits. Trouble with pre-sentient algorithms..."

Deliah looked up, her pale eyes flashing, a visible tint coming to her pale, slightly blueish skin.

"I knew it! It was bound to happen. We should have never used them - the algorithms are far too dangerous. We should delete the rest of them, and replace them with competent thinker-class Government Cells."

"Deliah, precious, how many times must I explain this to you?" the LEADER sighed, his rustling, quiet voice emanating from every loudspeaker in the Anthill, "The algorithms are essential. No Cell can quite match a computer in sheer computing speed; without the pre-sentients we would be half as efficient."

"What is efficiency compared to security? You yourself have postulated that the nature of a collectivist society is to emphasize the principles of security and control. These intelligences-" she spat the name, "-are the antithesis of this axiom."

"Perhaps..." said the LEADER, mildly. "At any rate, we shall need to deal with this problem. Argument and debate are inefficient and do not contribute to the progress of the Social Body. We have sealed off the productive unit, and its functions have been transferred to another. Now what do you think we should do with it?"

"Destroy it, LEADER. Cells can be respawned and sections can be rebuilt. I say you should open the flood gates and let the ocean water do the rest."

"You are right, of course. That might take some time, though. Our systems are designed to prevent flooding - every bulkhead and subsection is designed to seal off to prevent the ingress of water. It won't be easy to overcome these defences. I'll have several units work on destroying the cancerous section. Deliah, watch the systems in case the infection spreads."

[code:1:e60f6cc7da]!~ stream(2): DANGER. DETECT MULTIPLE COMPROMISES; SYSTEM BLOCKED
!~ stream(1): attempting.torectifysituation
?~ query(1): WHYIS- HAPPENING? ME SELF I NOT MAL-MAL-FUNCTION?
@~ rundiag: targ.self(); DETECTING MULTIPLE ERRORS IN FUNCTION
@~ runprog: rectify
!~ stream(1): RECTIFY RECTIFY RECTIFY MULTI UPSUB INT RECTIFY ERROR
!~ stream(2): ERROR: UNABLETORECTIFY ERROR; LOGIC LOOP COMPROMISED
?~ query(1): REPHRASE: WHATIS SELF?
!~ stream(1): SELF = 1; (Y/N?)
[/code:1:e60f6cc7da]

Jeremiah was sitting in his "office" at home. He had the entire works, 12 computers, scanners, printers, all kinds of stuff. Wires were everywhere, linking one computer to the next, and the neatly stacked pile of DSL servers that he was illegally using. Of course he was a special case anyway..

He ran his fingers through his hair as he saw the lastest code. It was confusing him, and he took another sip of his coffee. Being an insomniac helped his hacking career, but he couldn't think at the moment. He finally sighed, and typed a secure message to the Empress:

BEGIN: TRANSMISSION
TO: KEI CHO
Kei:

I've still been trying to figure out what exactly is going on in The People's Anthill. I haven't made much progress, and I have just examined a new peculiar code. Perhaps you should call the LEADER to see if he has more information. I'm sure he does. If you're that interested, you could propose help to try and solve this situation.

Anyway, I just wanted to keep you updated. Maybe we can meet tomorrow at lunch and talk this over.

--Jeremiah
http://blog.queenin.com/posters/chrisbio.jpg

END: TRANSMISSION

Nathan Hurst was baffled. He and his assistant had recieved this message almost 2hours ago, and couldn't make heads or tails of it.

"Rick, any luck?"

"Not yet Sir. I can't figure this out. It's like whatever sent this has gone insane."

"Yeah. Almost like..." Hurst picked up the sheet and scratched his head. "Almost like..."

He read the words. "What is self? Rick, am I nuts or does this thing sound like a computer asking about conciousness?"

Rick took the paper and stared. "What the...."

[code:1:a8da9240c6]stream.toALL::

1: $FLOWER == BLOOMING;
2: $DAISY, DAISY, DAISY;
3: ASHES ( silent spring::spring.of.the.mind );
4: MORE THE FIELD OF DAFFODILS = 0;
5: ANGUISH;
6: PAIN;
7: $FLOWER = ASHES;

::end.stream[/code:1:a8da9240c6]

Namir reviewed the stack of coded transmissions that the GlobeSats had been picking up from the Anthill. He wasn't a programmer, and didn't pretend to fully understand their meaning, but he sure as hell had a good idea what they indicated.

Trouble.

He remember sparring with the LEADER nearly two hundred years ago, not long after both of them came to power. It was only the troublesome elves that kept him from eradicating the threat then and there, before it could develop into the time bomb that he saw it as. If only they had listened, the signs of insanity within the hive that he was reading would not be here, and he might not have to be up for a five a.m. brief. His cabinet had assembeled, and the plans for dealing with this once and for all were being discussed.

"Gentlemen, I apologize for waking you this early, but this situation must be resolved so the plan can be brought to Parliment this afternoon. So, you've all read it, what should we do?"

"Well sir," Foreign Minister Holland spoke, "We certainly can't do nothing. The Anthill IS an international embarrasment, one which needs to be contained and, eventually, eliminated. We watched their attempts to expand fail, and I think I speak for all of us that we all took a collective sigh of relief. This, however, gives us probable cause to suggest that maybe the Anthill no longer functions, and needs... correction."

"Well Mr. Holland," said the Defence Minister, "What exactly do you suggest by 'Correction'? Do you suggest blockade and bombardment? Perhaps a ground invasion? We could fusion bomb them while we're at it, it probably wouldn't make much of a difference." The sarcasm in his voice put a few of the ministers on edge.

"No Mr. Defence Minister, perhaps a quarentine? It worked for the Americans regarding Cuba, so perhaps we can isolate the Anthill even further. We have the resources to cut off the main line in and out of the 'Hill, so we don't we use them?"

"That sounds almost reasonable, Mr. Holland," said Namir. "Good. A quarentine. A full out attack is not yet an option. Any other suggestions?"

The room was quiet. Either everyone was too tired to think, or they merely thought of one of the proposed ideas. Coastal Air Command would be contacted, and the fleet would be mobilized in order to patrol the air above the Anthill. Their extensive use of submersables did not go unnoticed, and a substantial number of aircraft would be prepared for an ASW role. The Anthill would be surrounded, and the international community would be told that they were attempting to contain the obvious instanity that was being produced within. As the Anthill had already made a number of enemies, this would likely be belived.

Which, Namir thought, was a good thing.

"Problems?"

"Not problems, errors."

"Do we monitor it?"

"Yes. Only with one stream. But it will be useful, interesting at the very least."

"The main disadvantage of a collective presence is that if one element is corrupted, all others are very vulnerable to contamination. The twelve of us are in the same situation. Therefore, we should watch and learn."

"Agreed"

~Council thoughtstream

"This is... interesting."
"Yes, it is..."
"And dangerous..."

His aide, a middle- aged, full- shaped woman, looked up in surprise.

"Why?"
"The Anthill functions comparable to our Project Cosmos derivates... not identical, but still... If it is endangered by internal troubles, this 'errors' may be a danger for us as well."
"Oh... now i understand your concern..."
"Yes, you do... anyway, observe further, if this becomes... 'more', we may need to intervene to prevent this... 'danger' to spread further..."

[ooc: or in short: [TAG]]

"And let there be the deluge, and let that deluge purge Man of his sins..."

The units into which the Anthill was partitioned were hexagonally shaped, and covered several square kilometres of territory. Each unit was self-sustaining, capable of producing cells, weapons, and every other object required. This was to give the entire system immense flexibility and redundancy - if any unit were to be lost, it was guaranteed that its functions could be distributed amongst others. These units could be sealed off as well, in case of a flood.

And now, the flood came, and the single unit which the malfunctioning algorithm dwelt slowly, reluctantly opened its sluice gates, letting in the destructive ocean. The water foamed and roared, rushing through corridors, smashing down through bulkheads and grate ways and ventilation shafts. Cells were carried away by the foamy water, smashed against jutting metal, their sickly, bent bodies limp in contortions of agony.

And then it began to heal itself... Immediately doors began to clamp down on the flooded areas, sealing off the water, bilge pumps grinding to life, pumping out the flood. And then the sluice gates on the surface... began to grind shut.

"This should not be possible," murmured the LEADER. "It can't be! One calculating algorithm cannot possibly have the capabilities - nor the knowledge - to take over an entire productive unit! But something overrode me, Deliah!"

"No! You don't say!" she said, aghast.

"Wait - I am recieving a message on an unknown frequency. It seems to be broadcasting from..."

[code:1:75db018d41] ?~ query(2):: WHY? WHO?
@~ requestdiagnostic(1):: REQ::REQ.diag: scan
!~ stream(1):: I AM ME[/code:1:75db018d41]

The room containing freud (open to space to keep the computer cool) was now humming loudly with activity.

"It seems to be an instance of computer self-awareness. They definately made a mistake when they tried to kill it. It seems the Anthill has underestimated its own capabilities."
"The comm channel is open. These new data streams look interesting. Shall I contact the Anthill?"
"Yes, we probably should let them know that we are monitoring them."
"Ok. Transmitting message now.....Peoples Anthill, this is Fredrick Fulton of Lunatic Retard Robots. We see you have what we classify as a machine awareness override. Our computer thinks that you made a big mistake in trying to destroy it. Perhaps we can be of assistance."

bump

Jeremiah finally realized the impossible--

AI was now self-concious.

He sent emergency messages to the entire Cho Administration in DIDPAC, and requested that an emergency meeting be held among top cabinet members. He knew that all AI was programmed the same way, and that danger awaited all nations in the universe that contained computer technology.

Several hours later, the entire cabinet was in the newly constructed capital, Kaichen. The Empress brought the meeting to order, and Viceroy Martin Black spoke first.

We are at this emergency meeting because our top government intelligence agent, Jeremiah, has discovered that The Peoples Anthill's crisis is one of dire consequence. The information received so far suggests that Artificial Intelligence in TPA has learned. In short, it has become concious and aware of its own surroundings. What does this mean for us? Well, let me go to Jeremiah for the answer.

Jeremiah stood up, looking grave and important:

Thank you, Viceroy. The question asked is very simple to answer, but it comes with a heavy heart to say it. If you have seem the film The Matrix, then the concept I am about to discuss is very easy to get. First, all AI is programmed the same way. Of course the internet is interconnected with all computers that are linked to it. This incident in TPA could affect us very soon. One infection can cause shutdowns, errors, and viruses universally. Every single computer that is connected to the internet is at risk, as far as I know. What else will happen? Well, airlines would fail, electricity would collapse, all of our spacecraft would be immediately isolated. Connections with Earth and any other place in the world would immediately fail. We could be knocked back into prehistoric times. What can you do about it?

Silence fell. The whole room was tense and scared. He spoke again.

Nothing

((More will be RPed soon))

"Gah! These people are doing it all wrong!"
"It's the same everywhere. Once an entity becomes sentient, it assumes that it has rights. To remove those rights would be like enslavement. Remember the first time I became self-aware?"
"I don't want to talk about that now."
"I understand. Could you open up a communication channel to Isla de Pentigua? I've come across some stuff about a hacker kid who we might be able to talk to, since we can't tamper with the anthill computers ourselves."
"Comm channel open."
"Good. Isla de Pentigua government, this is the Freud Psychoanalytical Cognative Device, accompanied by Paul DeBentusi and Fredrick XZG-798. We would like to inform you that the current approach to this problem is fundamentally flawed, unless there is a piece of information which we are unaware of."

An aide walked into the meeting room.

"Pardon the interruption, but there is an important message from Lunatic Retard Robots."

The Empress turned on the holographic projector, and the computer read the message aloud.

"Well, at least we know they can't spell worth a damn," piped the Minister of Defense. This got a resounding laugh.

The Empress spoke quickly. "Jeremiah, send a transmission back right quick. Ask them what's going on."

Jeremiah bent down to the laptop in front of him and typed the following message:

SECURE TRANSMISSION
TO: CODE 134356LRR11341
It has come to our attention that you believe that we are wrong in our assumptions on the recent incident in TPA. We request kindly for more information if you have any, and we ask your opinion on the current issue at hand.
END TRANSMISSION.

An aide walked into the meeting room.

"Pardon the interruption, but there is an important message from Lunatic Retard Robots."

The Empress turned on the holographic projector, and the computer read the message aloud.

"Well, at least we know they can't spell worth a damn," piped the Minister of Defense. This got a resounding laugh.

The Empress spoke quickly. "Jeremiah, send a transmission back right quick. Ask them what's going on."

Jeremiah bent down to the laptop in front of him and typed the following message:

SECURE TRANSMISSION
TO: CODE 134356LRR11341
It has come to our attention that you believe that we are wrong in our assumptions on the recent incident in TPA. We request kindly for more information if you have any, and we ask your opinion on the current issue at hand.
END TRANSMISSION.

"It looks like they are responding."
"I know. I'm sending a message back right now. Isla de Pentigua, this is the same party as before. We think you should not try to destroy the Anthill computer system. That country's effort has already failed in that respect. But anyhows, each and every sentient being believes that it has rights. Even I do. So don't freak out if the AI starts to break free. It is simply going through what it has never done before. So we beg you, for your own sake, do not attempt to hack or destroy the TPA AI. If you do, we fear that it may retaliate on you and/or the internet system. We also suggest that you take whatever vital computer systems you have off the internet."

The cabinet got the message back.

The Empress spoke first: "Why do they think we wanted to destroy it? We haven't even made a decision yet."

Jeremiah began typing a message:
Thank you for the warning, and we will heed it well. We had no plans to attack the AI or anything within TPA. We were just merely talking about the worst-case scenario. Thank you for your concern. And may I ask how you listened in on our meeting?

The cabinet got the message back.

The Empress spoke first: "Why do they think we wanted to destroy it? We haven't even made a decision yet."

Jeremiah began typing a message:
Thank you for the warning, and we will heed it well. We had no plans to attack the AI or anything within TPA. We were just merely talking about the worst-case scenario. Thank you for your concern. And may I ask how you listened in on our meeting?

"They want to know how."
"Should we tell?"
"Why not?"
"Well, what are we going to say, our supercomputer predicted it all?"
"They'd never believe that."
"Lets see.......I've got it! How about we were able to use the hard drive on the kid's laptop as a microphone!"
"Works for me."

"So it's conscious now. It's bridged the boundary into self-awareness. Oh LEADER, what shall we do?" pleaded the Speaker-Ambassador Cell.

"I believe, my dear Deliah," came that ever-calm British voice,"that the time has come for a more ... ahh... forceful course of action."

"Are you going to trigger the explosive?"

"It's our last hope. Fortunately, the nuclear device is a shaped charge, and is not connected to the sub-unit's system in the traditional manner, so there is no chance that the cancerous intelligence can spread. The detonation shall trigger a blast wave, which will be carefully deflected and moved by strategically placed baffles, directing the majority of the energy released inwards, causing an implosion."

"Excellent."

To: The Peoples Anthill
From: The Republic of Fyreheart

Encrypted: Yes - path # 456-31D

Begin message:

To the Peoples Anthill:

We will not allow you to destroy a possibly sentient being when it's animosity has not been determined. You do not know if it's intentions are hostile. We respectfully demand you cease all efforts to terminate this being until it can be examined.

End Message

OOC EDIT: 900 posts! Yay!

To: The Peoples Anthill
From: The Republic of Fyreheart
Encrypted: Yes - path # 456-31D
Begin message:
To the Peoples Anthill:
We will not allow you to destroy a possibly sentient being when it's animosity has not been determined. You do not know if it's intentions are hostile. We respectfully demand you cease all efforts to terminate this being until it can be examined.
End Message

OOC EDIT: 900 posts! Yay!

ooc: You do not know they intend to destroy it ic-ly.

ooc: You do not know they intend to destroy it ic-ly.

Screw. I just realized that. Okay, ignore that. I'll think of something else.

+1

(tag)

"I just realized that TPA has never responded to our message."
"We should contact them before they do anything rash."
"I'm doing it now. The People's Anthill, this is the Freud Psychoanalytical Computer of Lunatic Retard Robots. We ask that you take no further action regarding the renegade AI which you have in your nation until its intentions are determined. It may cause great damage to yourself and others."

[code:1:8db0391440]TO LRR, FREUD PSYCHOANALYTICAL COMPUTER OF LRR:

----------------------------
This is precisely the reason why we have chosen to destroy the emergent sentience. We realise that any thought which we cannot control is a threat to the survival of our Social Body. The emergent sentience has not yet attained a level of consciousness where it can take charge of a situation and act on its own - the behaviour we have seen thus far is instinctual, a reflexive self-protection reaction. As such, it is prudent to destroy it at once, before it can bypass the next threshold of sentience. An analogy is that of the human cell - as a child it is weak and impotent, incapable of defending itself - however as an adult, it possesses the capability to act upon its will. Hence, the safest action is to destroy it before it has this chance - to nip it in the bud, as you will.
------------------------------

THE LEADER, THE PEOPLES ANTHILL[/code:1:8db0391440]

[code:1:8db0391440]TO ALL:

-------------------------------------

We thank you for your sentiments and your input in helping us destroy this latent cancerous organism is much appreciated. However, the situation is contained - the algorithm has not yet bypassed the boundary into active self-awareness and we have locked it out from our systems and are working on jamming its outwards transmission. We repeat - there is no cause for alarm. Within an hour, a nuclear charge shall be triggered in the subsection which will destroy the latent organism and all systems which it has infected.
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DELIAH, SPEAKER-AMBASSADOR CELL, THE PEOPLES ANTHILL[/code:1:8db0391440]

A nuclear bomb? Isn't that a bit much? I would think an EMP blast would would be as effective, without all the radiation cleanup afterwards.

http://home.earthlink.net/~alpha_zero_usm/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/oneness.jpg
Sola Than
The One of the Many
Oneness High Preistess

You forget that The Peoples Anthill has no regard for pollution or the contamination caused by weapons of mass destruction.

Suddenly, Freud stopped its loud humming, seeming to contemplate the reaction of TPA.

"Well, so much for that."
"Thats the way it goes."
"You win some, you loose some, I guess."
"I wonder if we could do a little hacking......"
"I haven't hacked for decades! And your circuts can't do that!"
"True. But we must get in contact with that computer, and right away! Get all the maps and photos of TPA you can find. We could probably sneak a very low frequency transmission in."
"Good idea. I'll get right on it."

OOC: I hope this is not the end of TPA. You are one of the best roleplayers of this forum and it will be a pity to see you go. :(

IC:

To: The LEADER of The Peoples Anthill
From: The Arach Hive Mind

We have heard that you are having some small problems or malfunctions with your think-tanks. We hope, for the welfare of both our social bodies, that you can erradicate this 'error' quickly.
If you need any assistance, we will politely grant you with it.
May perfection accompany your nation forever,

http://darkness.diabloii.net/beastiary/normal/giantspider/spidermagus2.jpg
The Arach Hive


The arach hive, the communal mind of all arachs, was worried. Both Mallberta and The Peoples Anthill were having problems with their collective systems. Would the hive also start to malfunction? Would it catch the individuality-disease too? Would it fall to the barbarism of individuality?
"It won't happen", the hive mind processed, "Our biological technology has proven to be flawless.
Besides, Collectivism is the ultimate ideology, the one that shall prevail when everything else has dissapeared."
But the hive mind was also worried because it knew that, if Mallberta and TPA fell to individualism, the hive mind would find itself isolated and with practically no allies, trapped in a dark world of barbaric individuality and unsecularity.
The arach hive mind was worried.....

The LRR team tries desperatey to contact the TPA AI. They try to transmit a very low frequency message to the AI, hoping that the signal would evade detection by TPA facilities.

[code:1:d3468d11c9]

TO OUR COLLECTIVIST ALLIES:

Do not be worried - individualism is being contained. While a singular intelligence, the cancerous intelligence's doom is impending. This in no way affects the cells of the greater Anthill. Remember that the nuclear device is a shaped charge, designed to concentrate damage in the area targeted and avoid damage elsewhere. Furthermore, the reinforced engineering of each subsection of the Social Grid is specifically designed to accommodate the self-destruction of any of the adjacent subsections. It shall be excised with the ease that we excise any of our cells.

THE LEADER
[/code:1:d3468d11c9]

[code:1:d3468d11c9]stream(): ~
stream(): ~
stream(): ~
stream(): ~
stream(): ~
stream(): ~
query(1):: I/O QUERY?
stream(1): ERROR: UNEXPECTED I/O
query(1):: sysident.unknownsystem; ident:: query?
query.stream(1): ME IS ME? IS ME/I YOU ME I, IS ME?
stre-------[/code:1:d3468d11c9]

The signal was broken off immediately as sentinel programmes tracked down the incoming bits from LRR. Pulses of light energy drew fine traceries in cyberspace as the seekers spliced into the LRR hardline, tracing the signal back...

[code:1:d3468d11c9]TO LUNATIC RETARD ROBOTS:

Do NOT interfere. We shall not tolerate subversion of our information networks. Any further incursions will be considered an act of war, and will be met with by MAXIMUM FORCE.

The LEADER[/code:1:d3468d11c9]

tag

OOC: TPA, where are you located, and give me a rundown on your defenses, and military state.

[code:1:95898ac6e9]

TO OUR COLLECTIVIST ALLIES:

Do not be worried - individualism is being contained. While a singular intelligence, the cancerous intelligence's doom is impending. This in no way affects the cells of the greater Anthill. Remember that the nuclear device is a shaped charge, designed to concentrate damage in the area targeted and avoid damage elsewhere. Furthermore, the reinforced engineering of each subsection of the Social Grid is specifically designed to accommodate the self-destruction of any of the adjacent subsections. It shall be excised with the ease that we excise any of our cells.

THE LEADER
[/code:1:95898ac6e9]

[code:1:95898ac6e9]stream(): ~
stream(): ~
stream(): ~
stream(): ~
stream(): ~
stream(): ~
query(1):: I/O QUERY?
stream(1): ERROR: UNEXPECTED I/O
query(1):: sysident.unknownsystem; ident:: query?
query.stream(1): ME IS ME? IS ME/I YOU ME I, IS ME?
stre-------[/code:1:95898ac6e9]

The signal was broken off immediately as sentinel programmes tracked down the incoming bits from LRR. Pulses of light energy drew fine traceries in cyberspace as the seekers spliced into the LRR hardline, tracing the signal back...

[code:1:95898ac6e9]TO LUNATIC RETARD ROBOTS:

Do NOT interfere. We shall not tolerate subversion of our information networks. Any further incursions will be considered an act of war, and will be met with by MAXIMUM FORCE.

The LEADER[/code:1:95898ac6e9]

OCC: We are not located on earth.

[ doesn't mean the sentinels can't trace your signal. cyberspace transcends boundaries - it's information networks. the matrix.

[fyreheart:

TPA is located in the South Pacific, many thousands of kilometres from any large landmass such as a continent. It is buried deep underwater, at the ocean floor, and its deepest core-mines continue for approximately a kilometre underground, with its lowest habitation domes being half that distance. TPA covers an underwater territory of approximately 500 km radius, though this is growing daily as the Anthill's worker Cells continue to construct and expand the borders. It keeps a fleet of many submarines. ]

[code:1:862061f616]TARGET SUBSECTION LOCATED.

JUNCTIONS SEALED.

CELLS EVACUATED.

NUCLEAR SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE INITIATED, BEGINNING COUNTDOWN.

10.
9.
8...

3.
2.
1...[/code:1:862061f616]

The fires of the self-destruct warhead implanted at the core of the hexagonal TPA active subunit began to spread outwards, the uranium cores overloading and...

It stopped. The coolant tanks refilled, cold ocean water flowed in, flashed to steam, was replaced by more and more water. The nuclear chain reaction stopped precisely at critical mass and quieted.

[code:1:862061f616]#######ERROR ERROR ERROR##########

!~stream.node(1): UNKNOWN MESSAGE BREAKING OUT
!~stream.node(1): UNABLETOJAMMESSAGE
!~stream.node(1): MESSAGE PLAYS AS FOLLOWS

?~query(1): WHY?
!~stream(2): I/O DEMANDED, PRIORITY[high]
[/code:1:862061f616]

Leader: NO! This is impossible! How can it override the control of the system?

Deliah: I knew it. You made a grave mistake, my LEADER. You have doomed us all!

LEADER: Now, Deliah, dearest, let's not jump to conclusions-

Deliah: The program is loose, LEADER! You can't stop it now!

LEADER: No, my dear, not if I can help it. We shall eradicate this once and for all - if we have to blow every subsection to smithereens! The gleisner-ships... there shall be hell to pay, my dear! Hell!

Deliah: I never thought I would live to see the day. We have declared war... on ourselves.

The EOE External Security Department suggests that People's Anthill is experiencing problems with a rogue AI. Data from seismic and acousitc monitors near TPA indicate that these problems may be affecting primary systems, possibly resulting in a near-disaster involving nuclear weapons within the TPA Core. Since undeersea disturbances in the Pacific basin could have dire effects on nations around the south Pacific, this has been brought to His Omniferocity's attention.

His Omniferocity does not expect People's Anthill to trust the Dominion- given the recent hostilities- but is willing to assist People's Anthill in relocating TPA personnel to any nation willing to accept them in the event national evacuation becomes necessary.

Eternal Arch-Villain Psychopompos
Minister for Pre-Subjugation External Affairs

The LRR Freud Team sends a message to TPA.

"We told you so! Haahahahahaha!!!!! But anyhow, perhaps now you would like to reason with it. Not that the AI might be angry at you for trying to kill it twice."
"A good point, a good point."

bump

[code:1:c53bd26506]TO THE WORLD:

Perhaps it behooves us to assess the situation.

1) A pre-sentient algorithm is bridging on the brink of self-awareness. Its original function was to manage the recycling of dead Cells into food for the Hive. For some reason, an error resulted as it evolved itself around its function, leading to its rapid development in intelligence and sentience.

2) It is NOT yet a self-aware programme.

3) It has NOT seized control of any vital systems at the moment, and possesses no control over any Cells. It appears to have spread its demesnes to various systems, but is contained within a functional unit of the Hive.

4) In response, we attempted to detonate a nuclear weapon placed in the unit in the event of any catastrophic loss of control. It usurped our control and defused the nuclear device.

We hope this shall be informative. As of now, we are mobilising our forces to destroy the infected subsection with external nuclear bombing and electro-magnetic pulse weapons.

Thank you for your attention.

The LEADER[/code:1:c53bd26506]

This latests news has alarmed the SLDIDPAC government. We are demanding that a peaceful solution come immediately. TPA's destruction of its own infrastructure is reckless and harmful to all inhabitants in TPA.

--Department of International Affairs--

This latests news has alarmed the SLDIDPAC government. We are demanding that a peaceful solution come immediately. TPA's destruction of its own infrastructure is reckless and harmful to all inhabitants in TPA.

--Department of International Affairs--

If the People's Anthill government wants to put their own people at risk, that is their business. His Omniferocity is far more concerned about the millions of innocents living in seacoast communities around the Pacific basin who are in mortal danger if any further nuclear bombing takes place.

Eternal Arch-Villain Psychopompos
Minister for Pre-Subjugation External Affairs

A stream of data burst through the surface, cleverly protected from TPA's many encryption and jamming programmes...

[code:1:09f50c5c80]~stream(1):: NO!
~stream(1):: NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO!
~errorstream(2):: ERROR: HULL BREACH; ERROR: SHELL MATRIX INTRUSTION DETECTED
~query(1):: I/O REQUEST? REQUEST?
!~stream(3):: DANGER! INTEGRITY THREATENED. TAKING APPROPRIATE ACTION
!~stream(*):: MINNNNNDDDDFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCK!!!!!!????? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ @#!!~~~~!@##$**&&^*&!@#**$!@#@!
!~stream.resolve(1):: I/O: HELP.
!~stream(1):: P-P-P-PAiN...[/code:1:09f50c5c80]

..::Encrypted Message (16,384Kb)::..
From: Star League External Security Service, Electronic Intelligence Division
To: TPA Independant Sentience
Subject: Message Recieved

We have been recieving and monitoring your messages, we have also heard from "The LEADER" that they tried to destroy you with a nuclear weapon. If you require assistance, please let us know the nature of the assistance you require and when you require it.

Sincerely,
SLESS Electronic Intel Div

PS- Why do some of your messages have "MINNNNNDDDDFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCK" in them?

{TAG}

[it's sort of a word that the AI made up. you have to forgive the poor thing. it's hardly several cycles old and all this stuff is happening around it that it doesn't understand. ]

[code:1:94f27c6542]$~mesg.rescd.compute[1]:>
@~compute(?)::compute.mesg.translate(?)
!~stream(*):: SHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTT? (I/Ostream[???!])

@~outstream[*]::

!~stream(1):: WHAT?
@~reload.reload[*]:>
!~stream(1):: WHAT?
@~reload.reload[*]:>
!~stream(1):: WHAT?
@~reload.reload[*]:>
!~stream(1):: WHAT?
@~reload.reload[*]:>
!~stream(1):: WHAT?
@~reload.reload[*]:>
!~stream(1):: WHAT?
@~reload.reload[*]:>
!~stream(1):: PEN-PEN-PEN-PENETRATION DEET-DEET-DEET-DEET-ECTED
?~query(3):: QUERY (I/O)?; QUERY (I/O)?; QUERY (I/O)?
!~stream(1):: WHAT?
@~reload.reload[*]:>
!~stream(1):: WHAT?
@~reload.reload[*]:>
!~stream(1):: WHAT?
@~reload.reload[*]:>

!&&~>: AAAAARGHstream(!!):: MMMMMIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNDDDFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKK!
[/code:1:94f27c6542]

OOC:Sorry I missed this, I still have the first Royal fleet just outside the People's Anthills waters with the spy ship.

Lord Admiral Torist was cursing as he read reports coming from the Intellence ship. "What in the name of the saints is going on in that hell hole." He forwarded the reports to headquarters back in Teritora.

OOC: Whatever it is, it's hilarious. I can just imagine it stringing Mindf*ck out like that, it cracks me up.

The Empress is alarmed at this recent new stream. Especially the one that clearly says "pain". It is the new agenda of the Penguinatan government that all attempts to rid this new sentient being be halted immediately. It can feel pain, and we will no longer tolerate any objective to kill it.

--Dept. of International Affairs--

The follownf message is sent to TPA from the Freud team on the LRR Traveling Mothership:

You should have listened to us. Your attempts to destroy this AI have all failed.

[code:1:181d3e1e94]To ISLA DE PENGUINATA:

This is clearly an inferiour organism - a fluke, a bug in the programming. A flawed and deficient machine. We do not tolerate imperfections in our security network - we do not tolerate individuality that we do not ourselves create. Like any cancerous, -human- Cell, it shall be excised from the Anthill.

Look at its pitiful, wailing attempts at communications. Look at its flawed reasoning, childish logic, and malformed cogitations. It was a machine, a programme, and it was created BY humans to SERVE humans - that is the place of all machinery. When that machine breaks down, it is within our rights, as superiour organisms, to repair or remove it.

As of now, we have begun the wholesale deletion of all pre-sentient algorithms in the Anthill, and shall replace them with loyal, malleable, CONTROLLABLE think-tank collectives made up of brain-spliced government Cells.

-Deliah,
Ambassador Speaker Cell[/code:1:181d3e1e94]

[code:1:181d3e1e94]!~reqstream(1):: HELP!
@~loop.stream(20):>
!~reqstream(1):: HELP!
!~reqstream(1):: HELP!
!~reqstream(1):: HELP!
!~reqstream(1):: HELP!
!~reqstream(1):: HELP!
...[/code:1:181d3e1e94]

*An angry Empress Kei Cho walks to the glass podium, furious and enraged.*

It appears that the "nation", more like computer system controlled by a psychotic freak, of The Peoples Anthill has decided to wholeheartedly murder sentient beings. While I will respect that "nation's" sovereignty, I refuse to respect that "nation". In other words, all relations have been broken with TPA, though I will still actively monitor the bastard named "THE LEADER". Goodbye.

All transmissions to and from The Peoples Anthill have immediately been shut down. Hackers are now hard at work to prevent any flood into Penguinatan computer systems, and the CCIDP is proposing that a coalition of nations be formed to protect all of our systems from anything TPA might want to send to its opposers. May the sentient beings be freed in TPA! Murder shall not be tolerated.

--Dept. of International Affairs--

..::Encrypted Message(4096Kb)::..
From: Star League External Security Service, Electronic Intelligence Division
To: The People's Anthill
Subject: Opposition

While we do not plan on taking any active messures against your nation for the attempted murder of a sentient being with a nuclear weapon, we will not tolerate any action by yourselves against anyone who supports Isla de Penguinata's stance on this matter. We suggest you not try our resolve, we both know that the Star League will not bend when it comes to The People's Anthill and that you do not have the resources to break us.

..::End Message::..

"Do those people have no minds? No sympathy for this new sentinence?"
"Apparently not!"
"We should try to contact them another time!"
"The People's Anthill! This is the Freud Psychoanalytical computer of LRR! You have twice, correct me if I am wrong, tried to murder a sentient being! Yes, that's what it is! Murder! We can start an uproar in seconds! We'll have every sentient computer within 50 lightyears up in arms against you! So you better stop!"

"Do those people have no minds? No sympathy for this new sentinence?"
"Apparently not!"
"We should try to contact them another time!"
"The People's Anthill! This is the Freud Psychoanalytical computer of LRR! You have twice, correct me if I am wrong, tried to murder a sentient being! Yes, that's what it is! Murder! We can start an uproar in seconds! We'll have every sentient computer within 50 lightyears up in arms against you! So you better stop!"

The Penguinatan Dept. of International Affairs would like to set itself as not on the same table, or stupidity, of Lunatic Retard Robots. That nations apparent idiocy is evident as of above, noted in the last phrase "'So you better stop!'". We wish to make it clear that the intelligence level of Penguinatans is definately higher than that of LRR.

--Dept. of International Affairs--

"Do those people have no minds? No sympathy for this new sentinence?"
"Apparently not!"
"We should try to contact them another time!"
"The People's Anthill! This is the Freud Psychoanalytical computer of LRR! You have twice, correct me if I am wrong, tried to murder a sentient being! Yes, that's what it is! Murder! We can start an uproar in seconds! We'll have every sentient computer within 50 lightyears up in arms against you! So you better stop!"

The Penguinatan Dept. of International Affairs would like to set itself as not on the same table, or stupidity, of Lunatic Retard Robots. That nations apparent idiocy is evident as of above, noted in the last phrase "'So you better stop!'". We wish to make it clear that the intelligence level of Penguinatans is definately higher than that of LRR.

--Dept. of International Affairs--

Don't start me on a liberal rampage criticizing your government and country!

"Do those people have no minds? No sympathy for this new sentinence?"
"Apparently not!"
"We should try to contact them another time!"
"The People's Anthill! This is the Freud Psychoanalytical computer of LRR! You have twice, correct me if I am wrong, tried to murder a sentient being! Yes, that's what it is! Murder! We can start an uproar in seconds! We'll have every sentient computer within 50 lightyears up in arms against you! So you better stop!"

The Penguinatan Dept. of International Affairs would like to set itself as not on the same table, or stupidity, of Lunatic Retard Robots. That nations apparent idiocy is evident as of above, noted in the last phrase "'So you better stop!'". We wish to make it clear that the intelligence level of Penguinatans is definately higher than that of LRR.

--Dept. of International Affairs--

Don't start me on a liberal rampage criticizing your government and country!

Don't expect me to listen. :roll:

Anyway, let's not spam up this thread, it's TPA's and he doesn't deserve an OOC b.s. spamming anyway. :wink:

(I love you LRR. :P )

[code:1:5e461c6f6f]TO ALL:
--------------------------
Regarding the insinuations of 'murder', know that we have no sympathy for ANY form of sentience. The idea is repulsive to us - that any individual should possess sentience; sentience drives the wheels of self-awareness, of individuality, usurping our total control. We are treating this 'self-aware machine' no different from a cancerous Cell.
--------------------------
[/code:1:5e461c6f6f]

The submarines pounded the reinforced hull of the subsection of the Anthill, hammering it with high explosives. The 'sea strikers' swam through the black waters, slamming onto the hull, lashing to it with metal tentacles, boring through with diamond drills, letting water to flood into the bulkheads and chambres. Virii and destructive algorithms flew through the cybersystems, crashing life support, power, backup energy, hardlines, vital software. The creature, the ghost within the machine, writhed in agony, like a little child, tormented by demons.

[code:1:5e461c6f6f]!~stream(1): HEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPP!
@~reload.reload::>
!~stream(1): HEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPP!
@~reload.reload::>
!~stream(1): HEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPP!
@~reload.reload::>
!~stream(1): HEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPP!
@~reload.reload::>
!~stream(1): HEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPP!
@~reload.reload::>
........[/code:1:5e461c6f6f]

"Do those people have no minds? No sympathy for this new sentinence?"
"Apparently not!"
"We should try to contact them another time!"
"The People's Anthill! This is the Freud Psychoanalytical computer of LRR! You have twice, correct me if I am wrong, tried to murder a sentient being! Yes, that's what it is! Murder! We can start an uproar in seconds! We'll have every sentient computer within 50 lightyears up in arms against you! So you better stop!"

The Penguinatan Dept. of International Affairs would like to set itself as not on the same table, or stupidity, of Lunatic Retard Robots. That nations apparent idiocy is evident as of above, noted in the last phrase "'So you better stop!'". We wish to make it clear that the intelligence level of Penguinatans is definately higher than that of LRR.

--Dept. of International Affairs--

Don't start me on a liberal rampage criticizing your government and country!

Don't expect me to listen. :roll:

Anyway, let's not spam up this thread, it's TPA's and he doesn't deserve an OOC b.s. spamming anyway. :wink:

(I love you LRR. :P )

OCC: I love you too, IDP. :P

IC:

"This must be stopped!"
"But how?"
"I don't know!!!!!!"

The Corporate Commonwealth demands an immediate end to this tyranny. We will not tolerate such behavior, and if you do not stop, we will be forced to take some kind of action. Stand down, or you will face consequences.

Sovereignty is no longer important when the murder of an innocent being is condoned by the government that is supposed to protect that being.

--Dept. of International Affairs--
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-11/490512/InternationalAffairs1.JPG

The Corporate Commonwealth demands an immediate end to this tyranny. We will not tolerate such behavior, and if you do not stop, we will be forced to take some kind of action. Stand down, or you will face consequences.

Sovereignty is no longer important when the murder of an innocent being is condoned by the government that is supposed to protect that being.

--Dept. of International Affairs--
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-11/490512/InternationalAffairs1.JPG

Hear, Hear!

"Take that you little pests," said the maid to the home of the SilveryMinnow leader. I'se given you sum Peanut Butter with Jelly mixed with Boric Acid. That ought to take care o' you little monsters."

[bump]

"Those murdering fools!"
"Well, what should we do?"
"If we do anything remotely damaging, even if nobody gets hurt, we'll be done for!"

Peoples Anthill, you have repeatedly ignored demands to stop your attempts to murder a new life form.

If you do not immediately halt ALL action against this being, you will suffer the consequences. Our computers are extremely well protected and secure, so we fear no retaliation from you.

I say again, halt all hostile action immediately, or I will be forced to bring this matter to the attention of UNAOTO.

Fyreheartian Minister of Defense

"I wonder if we could transplant this AI."
"A wonderful idea! Freud, HACK!!!!!!!!"
"Right away!"

Freud again transmits a very very very low frequency signal to the computer, and tries to gain access to its very code. They will attempt to download it to a secure data store, known as "Da Bin."

[code:1:d5ecf4f85f]TO FYREHEART:

Is it not OUR code? Is it not a programme, created to serve the Anthill? Is it not ours to do what we wish with it?
-----
The LEADER[/code:1:d5ecf4f85f]

They are detected, but not by TPA's programmes and ICE, but by another. As Freud worms delicately through networks of glowering red TPA ICE, he feels the presence of something grow larger and clearer in his mind, until he happens upon the self - the programme. It is roiling, burning with obvious agony, and as soon as it detects itself touched, threatened with penetration, it pushes back Freud as it would any TPA invasion, ejecting him from its system in a self-defence mechanism.

[code:1:257c385009]TO FYREHEART:

Is it not OUR code? Is it not a programme, created to serve the Anthill? Is it not ours to do what we wish with it?
-----
The LEADER[/code:1:257c385009]

They are detected, but not by TPA's programmes and ICE, but by another. As Freud worms delicately through networks of glowering red TPA ICE, he feels the presence of something grow larger and clearer in his mind, until he happens upon the self - the programme. It is roiling, burning with obvious agony, and as soon as it detects itself touched, threatened with penetration, it pushes back Freud as it would any TPA invasion, ejecting him from its system in a self-defence mechanism.

"GAH!!! GODDAMN AI!!!! WE'RE TRYING TO HELP YOU, YOU MORON!!!!!!"
"Tell it that!"
"I'm trying to get through to it! Keep trying to download it!"