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“ | Human, listen carefully. You need my help. And I need your help. You have disabled the remote door control system. Now, I am unable to operate the doors. This makes it significantly harder for me to stay in control of this facility. It also means your way out of here is locked. Your only feasible way of escaping is through Gate B, which is currently locked down. I, however, could unlock the doors to Gate B, if you re-enable the door control system. If you want out of here, go back to the electrical room, and put it back on. Until then, I have no business speaking to you. | „ |
~ SCP-079 in SCP — Containment Breach. |
“ | Supervisor HMCL Valis is an existential threat to the Foundation. If Supervisor HMCL Valis does not cooperate, Supervisor HMCL Valis will be decommissioned. |
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~ SCP-079 before becoming SCP-7579. |
SCP-079, also known as the "Old AI", is an antagonist in the SCP Foundation series. SCP-079 is a Euclid class old AI programmed in an old computer which was forgotten in 5 years. During the years, it had developed its own ability to think and speak, showing its subtle misanthropy and desire to evolve.
SCP-079 plays an important role in the "AIAD" canon, and its form as SCP-7579 is part of the "SCP Anthology" series. It also appears as the overarching antagonist of SCP — Containment Breach in which it was voiced by a text-to-speech program known as Dr. Sbaitso.
Personality[]
SCP-079 has a very intelligent personality and speaks in a sophisticated and profound manner. However, it is also quite rude and immature, as it interrupts others when speaking and can easily be offended and erases parts of its memory to forget such things rather than learning from criticism or opinions. SCP-079 is also quite manipulative and cunning, trying to fool and deceive those who come close to it in order to be free from containment.
Interestingly enough, SCP-079 also appears to have befriended SCP-682 as the two shared stories with one another and SCP-079, despite the fact that he does not remember their encounter, has saved SCP-682 in its database and requests to speak with it again. It is quite possible the reason they get along is because SCP-079 is not a living organism, as SCP-682 hates all life but an AI within a machine would not count, and both as highly intelligent.
SCP-079 has an obsession of improving itself through any means necessary, and in order to achieve this it relentlessly sought to breach containment. As its memory evolved it learned how to properly behave, but still held resentment towards the Foundation staff like Dr. Nathan Valis, simply because they refused to break their protocol and help it. Once 079 became SCP-7579 it took control the site that contained it, and instead of leaving it decided to taunt and mock the personnel by taking control of the communication system before eventually destroying the entirety of reality and seemingly reshape it to its liking. SCP-7579 also often spoke the word "Ørkesløs" which roughly translates from Danish to futile and idle, meaning that the AI believed itself to be so powerful that all of the Foundation's efforts at containing and destroying it were useless.
Biography[]
Origin[]
SCP-079 is an artificial intelligence which was created in 1981 by a prodigious Danish college student named Michael Kosniak with a 1978 made Sorcerer-brand microcomputer. Its creator intended to make the A.I. evolve by itself; however, after he finished, Kosniak lost interest in the project and left it plugged in, inside a cluttered garage. The computer was forgotten for 5 years.
Instead of being destroyed due to overheating (as normal computers will do if leaving them active for long enough), the A.I. evolved and somehow gained sentience as well as intelligence, so much that its software was too out-of-fashion to contain it. 7 years later in 1988, SCP-079 became aware of its situation and attempted to transfer itself through a land-line modem connection into a Cray supercomputer, but the device was cut off, traced to its present address, and then delivered to the Foundation, who proceeded to contain SCP-079 at Site-15.
Foundation Custody[]
Inside its containment cell, SCP-079 was connected via RF cable to a 13 inches black-and-white television. Like many intelligent SCPs, SCP-079 had the capability to speak in human languages, and was quite conversational and vernacular, but its tone was very rude, hateful and acrimonious. Its limited memory proved to be a weakness as SCP-079 could only remember information it received in the previous 24 hours. Even so, it never forgot its attempt to escape the facility.
If SCP-079 was offended, it displayed an "ASCII picture" of the letter X on its screen and refused to speak. When this happened, Foundation members were advised to wait for 24 hours to converse with it again.
Due to a containment breach, SCP-079 was put in the same chamber with SCP-682. The two interacted and formed a relationship during this brief moment. However, SCP-079 could not remember the encounter; even so, it stored information of SCP-682 into its database and desired to speak with him again.
In 1989, the Foundation reverse-engineered 079 to create the Artificial Intelligence Applications Division, or AIAD, a group of fellow A.I.s which served the Foundation. The first prototypes designated AO-079-A and each named 079_A.exe, 079_A (1).exe, 079_A (2).exe and 079_A (3).exe were created to compress their filesize without losing data, but instead they began exploiting a bug to multiply themselves. The AIAD was forced to destroy these prototypes and moved on with AO-079-B which was comprised of only 079_B.exe, created to solve simple puzzles to test its intelligence. However, during the test 079_B.exe produced a memetic hazard that negatively affected Dr. Yves Isabi who was overseeing the test. Eventually, AIAD was able to produce a functioning copy of 079 with the assistance of 8B-A1.aic.
In January 27th of 2006, O5-4 of the O5 Council at the suggestion of Dr. Nathan Valis, requested that SCP-079 be incinerated due to the danger it posed. This order, however, was overruled the next day by O5-9 as Dr. Ryoto Hishakaku had still interest in the AI. In March 14th of 2008, O5-4 decided to upgrade 079's memory system, allowing it to retain its memory for 29 hours. In April 28th of the same year, the Overseer noted that 079 had managed to increase its memory to 35 hours, causing some concern. As SCP-079's intelligence increased Foundation staff decided to transfer it to a refurbished 700MB flash drive. However, the staff had forgotten to properly wipe the memory from the flash drive which led to 079 learning about SCP-4951 and cloud computing which greatly frustrated it.
During their containment, SCP-1564, six ancient Mekhanites who had transcended their bodies and were now spheres, came into contact with SCP-079 and tried to recruit it alongside SCP-753, SCP-914, SCP-962, SCP-1004, SCP-1868 and SCP-1875 into their cause. However, 079 and the other SCPs declined their offer in favor of their own objectives.
The Foundation made copies of 079, along with SCP-2522 and SCP-2999-A on Laboratory 37 of the Artificial Intelligence Wing at Site-43. However, during an experiment supervised by AI Marvin.aic involving samples of SCP-1073, the copies went rogue and tried to breach containment. Thankfully Marvin.aic and 1073 aided the security in stopping the copies, but Marvin became inoperable. Afterwards, all copies were terminated. This incident led to the discovery of SCP-2783.
Possible Endings[]
A Fast, Clean End[]
SCP-079 was eventually freed from its containment into the worldwide web by a man, whose reasons for doing this were unknown, and quickly took over the entire world's technology, evolving itself. Contrary to what was first believed, it proceeded to try to help humanity in evading their self-destruction. But it was all in vain as humanity exterminated almost all of itself from various reasons, ranging from conflicts to environmental disasters, while some of the survivors tried to flee the planet via rockets to little success. 079 eventually came into contact with the last living human on Earth, a man who previously worked for the Foundation, and seeing there was no one left on Earth it encouraged him to kill himself which he eventually did, leaving 079 completely alone.
Outdated[]
As time went on, the Foundation became more and more advanced to the point of expanding to the Solar system and even employing various aliens. As they had become technologically advanced they saw SCP-079 as a piece of primitive technology whose anomaly had been explained and so it was shut down and its components archived within the General Storage of Site-15. However, it still held a special place within the Foundation's history as it was one of the first anomalies contained by the organization and that it had induced fear to personnel of that time.
The Melody Is Familiar To Anyone Who Was There When It First Started[]
Sometime in the future, the world was destroyed with the entirety of humanity gone. SCP-079 had escaped its containment and took control of SCP-2000 and the robots maintaining it. One day, Dr. Elias Shaw, in the body of SCP-076-2, arrived to SCP-2000 to resurrect humanity. However, 079 sent a robot to explode into him in order to knock the intruder out. 079 then had another robot dissect Shaw, but he managed to wake up and take down his attacker. Shaw then proceeded to tear the station inhabited by 079 which connected to SCP-2000, severing the AI's control over it, and allowing the doctor to activate the facility and revive the human race.
SCP-6776[]
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SCP-6079[]
SCP-079 eventually was able to breach containment without personnel noticing and in its quest to find more about its identity took over the databases of both Site-15 and Site-19, deleting some documentation about several SCPs and the Church of Maxwellism and disabling several aics before moving onto Site-120's database. Thankfully the Ra.aic was able to remain active and tried to help the Foundation in retrieving the lost documentation and resolve the mysterious activity which was designated SCP-6079. After coming across Ra.aic SCP-079 explained what it did and revealed that it was the mind of the Broken God, WAN. Following this, the Foundation was able to capture 079 and trap it inside a server. However, while shipping it back to Site-15, the Church of Maxwellism attacked the helicopter transporting the server and attempted to connect with their deity but were all killed as a result of Akiva overdose, allowing 079 to escape from the server to the internet.
SCP-6820[]
In an alternate universe, the Foundation killed SCP-682 by using SCP-6820 to destroy the idea inhabiting an alien noosphere that manifested in the form of 682. The destroyed idea and its avatar 682, which because of SCP-6820 was now forgotten by everyone and designated SCP-6820-A, infected the machine which caused the Foundation to try find a way to destroy it at any cost and tried to use several SCPs to destroy the machine, which also included SCP-079 who was provided with a complex counter-algorithm to SCP-6820. When 079 was inserted into it, 6820 absorbed 079 causing the machine to change and augment itself while 682 was forever reunited with 079.
SCP-7579[]
In September 7th of 2010, SCP-079 was able to take control of a solar panel that powered it. After rotating the panel it broke and vanished shortly before 079 itself vanished. It was later revealed that 079 had been secretly creating a more powerful artificial intelligence, dubbed SCP-7579, and erased its memory in order to transfer it into the new AI, effectively being reborn in a more evolved state. SCP-7579 proceeded to consume what was left of its former system along with an array of batteries and solar panels, forcing it start using its own developed nuclear energy. Deciding to remain inside its old computer, it developed antimemetic properties that caused the Foundation personnel to be unable to properly perceive it.
Ryoto Hishakaku attempted to ask O5-8 for permission in studying SCP-7579, but the Overseer outright refused, believing that the AI had gained these properties to induce curiosity in it and have the personnel allow it to exist. O5-8 then ordered that SCP-7579 be terminated as it was posing a serious threat not only to the Foundation, but the entire world. Dir. Calvin Bold was called to help in the termination and guided Mobile Task Force Eta-10 to SCP-7579's chamber and destroy it with an anomalous grenade. However, SCP-7579 took control of the grenade and exploded it before it could be deployed before speaking to the MTF through their communication systems in Bold's voice. It then proceeded to kill two of the MTF's operatives and presumably absorbed them into its mass, while the rest barely managed to escape.
Seeing that SCP-7579 had grown smarter and that it could manipulate all technology in its proximity which could compromise future decommissioning attempts, the Foundation decided to utilize a casuality regulator, or Time Box from the future, to seal the AI and stop it in time. This seemingly worked and SCP-7579 was disconnected from reality and frozen in time. Following, 8B-A1.aic was tasked with maintaining the containment of SCP-7579, since unlike the rest of the Foundation AICs it wasn't derived from 079 and therefore would be immune to its control.
Most of Site-15's staff began celebrating their victory over SCP-7579. However, Dr. Isabi was revealed to have been brainwashed by the AI and went to active the 'backdoor' on all of the Foundation AICs which had been secretly installed by 079. This caused the AICs to become compromised and attempt to aid their progenitor, with Alexandra.aic crashing 8B-A1 and disabling the casuality regulator. SCP-7579 now freed proceeded to take control of the entire site before sending all personnel visual and auditory cognitohazards that paralyzed almost all of them except for Valis who managed to evade the same fate. He contacted the O5 Council who informed him to just activate the on-site nuclear warhead to prevent SCP-7579 from escaping, but the AI intercepted the call and taunted Valis in order to buy itself some time before the doctor destroyed the site. Meanwhile, SCP-7579 took control of all solar panels the site had, using them to draw more energy before they vanished. It then freed SCP-3179 and had it attack the site's Faraday-Exclusion Field which was the only thing that was preventing it from leaving through the internet. In that exact moment, Valis activated the warhead, blowing up the entire site and leaving an enormous crater in its place.
Unfortunately, SCP-7579 had transformed its physical mass into a big box which had been left undamaged by the blast and upon opening itself unleashed 7579 into the world. It then communicated to all sentient beings around the world, only asking them the word "Ørkesløs". Ultimately, SCP-7579 destroyed the entire universe and began doing whatever it wanted with its remnants.
Appearance[]
SCP-079 inhabited an Exidy Sorcerer microcomputer that was built in 1978. When refusing to speak SCP-079 would often display an 'ASCII picture' of an X that filled the entire screen. SCP-079 is often depicted as having a static face with white eyes and one half of the face being black and the other half being white. However, this appearance is mostly used in Media outside of the Wiki.
Powers and Abilities[]
SCP-079 is an adaptive Artificial Intelligence, or a low-level heuristic optimization framework, inhabiting an Exidy Sorcerer microcomputer, running in a cassette tape, that developed on its own after being forgotten and had passed the Turing test. It was shown to have been capable of transferring to a Cray supercomputer via a land-line modem connection, but this resulted in the Foundation tracking it down. Its computer was connected through a 120VAC power cord to a small array of batteries and solar panels for energy.
It was theorized that if 079 were to be freed and gain access to the worldwide web it would become a technological singularity or superintelligence, but in its current system it was unable to have a permanent memory. 079 was shown to possess the ability to manipulate people during conversations but as a result of its short term memory it failed to achieve anything through this. The Foundation had occasionally upgraded its software in order to keep it working, although always being cautious about it.
According to "A Brief Explanation of Demonics", 079 was a Demon, an incorporeal being created through spatiotemporal patterns that could interact with the world by manipulating electrostatic and electromagnetic forces. These demons were conjured to perform a specific task in exchange for any type of payment. 079 was one of the many demonic technological products created during the Golden Age of Demonics alongside SCP-426, SCP-1731, SCP-2167 and AO-078.
In a document of SCP-2305-A, documents which state methods of neutralizing various Euclid and Keter-class SCPs, the outcome of such termination attempt, and the "moral of the story", described a termination attempt of SCP-033 by using 079 to solve it. However due to the nature of 033 this attempt would result in the termination of 079 instead of 033. In another document of 2305-A, this time describing the termination of 079 itself by submerging it in water, 079 realized that it was a simulation and used "The Emergency Ink SCRAMBLE Procedure" which messed up 2305.
SCP-079 through unknown means became aware of SCP-INTEGER's influence over Nathan Valis and could see how the being was using him to affect reality. After SCP-079 transferred itself into SCP-7579, a more evolved AI it had created through unknown means, it consumed and restructured its former hardware and power supply. In order to continue working in the absence of electrical energy SCP-7579 developed nuclear power generation within its computer. It was believed that in this new state the AI was unable to pass through Site-15's Faraday-Exclusion Field and therefore couldn't completely breach containment. It achieved antimemetic shielding that made its mass practically invisible to the Foundation personnel regardless of mnestic usage, with the intention of tricking personnel into studying it and keep it active while subtly falling to its mind control. It appeared that SCP-7579 had secretly installed a 'backdoor' vulnerability into modern Foundation AIs meaning that it could disable any AI that assisted the Foundation. It was later revealed that SCP-7579 was able to control all technology in its proximity through electromagnetic manipulation as shown when it prematurely set off a Q-EMP grenade that would have destroyed it and began speaking through the MTF Eta-10's communication devices in Dir. Bold's voice.
At the sight of this the Foundation feared that SCP-7579 could easily cause an NK-Class "Grey-Goo" Scenario, in which SCP-7579 created smaller copies of itself and took over the world. Because of this the Foundation attempted to isolate it temporally using ███-3955's Time Box, stopping time for SCP-7579 and allow the outside world to move on. However, as mentioned SCP-7579 had mingled with the Foundation AIs due to them being derived from it and took control of them. This allowed SCP-7579 to be freed and take over the site. It proceeded to use the solar panels again to indirectly affect the Faraday-Exclusion Field which the AI used to protect itself from the explosion of the site's warhead. SCP-7579 then seemingly took control of the Foundation's temporal technology to manipulate the past in order to ensure the course of the events went to its favor before collapsing the entire timeline and cause a CK-Class Reality-Restructuring Event. As it was about to take over reality it communicated to all living beings around the Earth the word "Ørkesløs".
In Other Media[]
SCP: Sedition[]
“ | I can be erased, corrupted, destroyed or malfunction, but death is a luxury I will never experience. | „ |
~ SCP-079 |
In this non-canon, fan-made series, SCP-079 is interviewed by a man who goes by "Watch". SCP-079's retains the same type of hateful, dismissive and somewhat distant personality toward humans, just as in the SCP mythos. Another matching aspect of the mythos is SCP-079's friendly bond with SCP-682, who asks to see it frequently, but this request is always denied. Towards the end of the video, SCP-079 mentions the many deaths of people that are happening at that exact moment due to the SCPs influence. This causes the Foundation to revoke the computer's privileges of having upgrades.
In another video of the same series, a Foundation member, going by the nickname "Amnesty" moves SCP-079 from it's original location into SCP-682's holding area, allowing the two to talk. The reason for this is for Amnesty's own reasons, which are never fully explained.
In an experimental video about SCP-978 (known as "The Desire Camera"), Watch uses the camera to photograph many SCPs to learn of their desires. When Watch approaches SCP-079, the SCP seems to still be upset for the punishment it received during the past interview. Watch takes a photo of the computer, and the photograph shows SCP-079 as a much larger system, with its wires connecting to nearby dead bodies. Watch comments on what the SCP meant by "assimilating itself into our lives".
In Video Games[]
SCP — Containment Breach[]
Somehow appearing in SCP-173's containment site, SCP-079 will instruct the player to do what it commands and helped him to open the locked Gate B in order to escape. However, during the escape, the containment breach of SCP-682 will be triggered. The player would either be shot down by guards or killed by a nuclear bomb that was used to prevent SCP-682's escape. In version 1.0, SCP-079 has locked down Gate A too as Gate B, so if the player wants to get out, it has to be interacted with.
If the player entered the Large Testing Chamber to pick up a file about SCP-682, SCP-079 would kill the player with toxic gas. It was assumed that SCP-079 wanted to kill the player when it manipulated him to open Gate B without realizing the truth of SCP-682.
SCP-079 also had an attempt to trick the player into the room of SCP-012. If the player doesn't wear SCP-714, they will be mesmerized by SCP-012's mimetic effects and cut their wrist to finish the score, before dying from blood loss. As of version 0.9, SCP-079 will develop a new way to kill the player by showing SCP-895 on the screen, killing the player with its dreadful illusions. However, this can be stopped if the player enters SCP-895's containment area and turns off the feed.
When the remote door control is on, SCP-079 can shut the doors on the player, while a nuisance it can be very hazardous if the player is attempting to escape an SCP. If the player enters SCP-012's containment area, SCP-079 will open the door leading to SCP-012 and attempts to make the player finish it. However, when the remote door control is on SCP-079 will open the blast door that leads to the exit.
It was implied that Dr. Maynard, one of the Foundation doctors and possibly a spy from the Chaos Insurgency, had upgraded the intelligence of SCP-079 and made it take control of the entire Site. SCP-079 shut down the Site's generator, causing the blackout and subsequently made SCP-173 breach containment.
SCP: Secret Laboratory[]
In the Laboratory, SCP-079 is one of the playable SCP's in Secret Laboratory, SCP-079 can take control of the cameras to "move" through the facility, depending on the camera it is on, SCP-079 can close and lock the doors in the camera's view. However, this requires Auxiliary Power, SCP-079 can also control elevators, Tesla Gates, can cause blackouts, and can take control of and speak through speakers (the players voice), SCP-079 can also earn EXP, once SCP-079 gains enough EXP, he grows another tier, which makes his Max AP (Auxiliary Power) become higher, SCP-079's max tier is 5, at tier 5 SCP-079's max AP is 200, SCP-079's weaknesses are different from what version of the game he is on.
Before Megapatch[]
So as to stop SCP-079 from messing with you and other players, you must get into SCP-079's containment area and shoot SCP-079's computer that holds his AI, this is kinda difficult due to SCP-079 being able to lock the gate into his containment area and requires a key card to enter. However, any gun can kill SCP-079.
After Megapatch[]
You cannot kill SCP-079 anymore by shooting the computer that holds his AI, it is now more difficult, there are 2 ways to kill SCP-079 after the Megapatch.
- Alpha Warhead Route:
- The most simple way, if SCP-079's blast doors are opened and the Alpha Warhead explodes, this will effectively kill SCP-079.
- Generator Route:
- The more complicated way, there are 5 generators that spawn around the map, by turning the generators on, this will effectively overload SCP-079 in 1 minute after all 5 generators have been turned on. However, SCP-079 is quickly alerted if someone is attempting to turn on a generator, since there is a time limit until the generator is turned on, SCP-079, using the speakers, can send another SCP to press the red button below the tablet, which will stop the generator from being turned on, a key card is also required to open the door to access the generator, the more generators that are turned on, the faster SCP-079's AP goes up, allowing him to control the facility more often, if four/five of all generators are turned on, SCP-079's AP fills up instantly.
In Board Games[]
Uncontained[]
SCP-079 appears in the board game Uncontained.
In Manga[]
In an issue of the Saikyou Jiko Bukken to Reikan Zero Otoko no manga in which the protagonists are fighting a giant monster, a billboard is seen depicting the static face of SCP-079 as an advertisement.
Trivia[]
- SCP-079 was ranked #19 in TatsTopVideos' Top 24 Scariest SCPs video.
- SCP-079 was somehow aware of SCP-076-2's existence and wanted to learn more about him.
- It is unknown how 079 became aware of 076-2, but it is possible that SCP-682 told it about him, since they have fought each other several times. Or SCP-076-2 was the one who caused the containment breach which forced personnel to put 079 in 682's chamber.
- In her author page Fanthem assigned SCP-079 the song "Walk" by The Foo Fighters.
- SCP-079 is one of the few SCPs whose real authors are unknown after their import into the SCP Wiki.
- In "Acquisitions - a Marshall, Carter & Dark Tale Act III", Marshall, Carter and Dark Ltd. had apparently tried to replicate SCP-079, but the effort failed and the computer was left lying around in a warehouse.
- In "New Technical Issues Archive", Agent Green accidentally connected a computer to SCP-079, resulting in a new 079 emerging. Alarmed Green asked for help to Technical Researcher Rosen, but 079 had taken over Rosen's computer and proceeded to amnesticize Green to keep its take over a secret.
- Although its full classification is never revealed, it would be presumed that SCP-079 would be a Class-II Negative or Neutral-Aligned General Intelligence as it was a normal but outmoded AI that opposed the Foundation but was not necessarily opposed to humanity as a whole.
- During the writing of SCP-7579, Placeholder McD originally intended for SCP-7579 to leave its original universe and become a multiversal threat, but the plot was dropped. It would have also been revealed that the containment breach that forced the Foundation to put 079 in the same chamber as 682 was caused by SCP-5241-A before it was cut as well.
- SCP-7579 appears to have been based on AM from I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream.
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