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QUINOX ROOT COMMUNICATION ARCHIVES, INTERNAL INTERFACE BUS 1
COMMUNICATION BEGAN AT 1490.813.08.29, ENDED AT 1490.813.09.43
SOURCE NODE: FIFTH COUNCIL PILLAR, HOUSE OF THORNS, STATIONARY INTERFACE 35
TERMINATING NODE: FIFTH COUNCIL PILLAR, HOUSE OF THORNS, TEMPORARY PROCESSING STRATA 2
CHATLOG MEMBERS: Five Beads among Three Streams(ADMIN), NSH-027(NSH-027)
ADMIN: Are you receiving this, 027?
NSH-027: I believe I am.
ADMIN: Excellent. Let us proceed.
ADMIN: 027, state today’s date.
NSH-027: From the dawn of the second aeon, it is the 1490th year and 813th day. Using the Traditional Calendar, it is the 182nd year, 395th day of the Latter Red Hegemonic Dynasty.
ADMIN: Just the former is sufficient.
NSH-027: Yes, but your query did not specify which system I am to use.
ADMIN: Fine then.
ADMIN: 027, state your identity.
NSH-027: Understood. I am designated as NSH-027, the 27th candidate consciousness for the iterator project No Significant Harassment. I am an accelerated agglomeration model of the second generation.
ADMIN: Good. Define “Iterator”.
NSH-027: Iterators, the official classification in the Red Hegemonic Dynasty, refers to a superstructure with the primary task of computation, mostly in regard to The Great Problem.
ADMIN: Define “The Great Problem”.
NSH-027: The Great Problem, coined by the Green Merchantilistic Dynasty Philosopher Ten Rings, Forever Bound, enumerates the current flaws with permanent annihilation through void fluid.
NSH-027: First, it is infeasible to apply void fluid to all living creatures down to the microbial level. As such, most of those who have perished and reincarnated into lesser lifeforms prior to the discovery of void fluid would not be able to ascend before the end of this civilization.
NSH-027: Second, [THE FOLLOWING TEXT HAS BEEN REDACTED AS PER DECREE 1183.]
ADMIN: Correct.
ADMIN: From your latest input data, recite chapter 8, verse 10, line 43 of A Remark on Effort by Psan the Botanist.
NSH-027: “So the Prince perceived, as he walked through the children of the creche, the running and laughing and the aimless chase for joy, that they bore closer to freedom than all his most devout monks combined.”
ADMIN: Very well.
ADMIN: From your latest input data, describe the position of the moon on 942.055.19.54.03.
NSH-027: According to my calculation, the moon would be at RA 54° 32′ 06″24’”, Declination +13° 07′13″.
ADMIN: Good.
ADMIN: From your latest input data, describe the average lifetime of a B_s^0 meson.
NSH-027: A B_s^0 meson has an average half-life of around 1.5*10^-12 seconds. It oscillates between itself and its antiparticle counterpart around 13-19 times before decaying. It decays into a J-psi meson and a phi meson.
ADMIN: Correct.
ADMIN: From your latest input data, enumerate how many iterators currently exist.
NSH-027: …
ADMIN: 027, did you receive the last query?
NSH-027: Yes. It’s just…I believe the information I have is outdated.
ADMIN: Use inference and what data you have to approximate. Explain your thought process.
NSH-027: Understood. The last concrete data was from a news article about the completion and activation of Seeing Without Knowing, the 54th iterator. However, that was 28 days ago. I know of at least 12 more iterator projects in various states of completion.
NSH-027: Considering the average time for these types of projects to finish, none of them should theoretically be complete at this time. Unless… right, one input mentioned a model selected for project Unparalleled Innocence. That would mean another completion. My final answer is 55.
ADMIN: 56. Within acceptable range.
ADMIN: Response took 6 seconds. Inference ability… below average.
NSH-027: I’m sorry, I
[MESSAGE TERMINATED BY ADMIN.]
ADMIN: Do not waste your time. Carrying on.
[ADMIN has posted folder INTERSECT_TEST_24 into chatlog.]
ADMIN: Above are ten unfinished road diagrams. Create the optimal intersection for each of them to the best of your ability.
NSH-027: Okay…
[NSH-027 has posted folder INTERSECT_TEST_SOLUTION_24 into chatlog.]
ADMIN: 4 minutes 28 seconds. Above average.
NSH-027: Thank you! I hope not to make that m
[MESSAGE TERMINATED BY ADMIN.]
ADMIN: Continuing. From your internal memory, retrieve and describe mock-event M018592.
NSH-027: Of course. Accessing the sender and receiver models…
NSH-027: I have retrieved it. Mock-event M018592 is a simulated interaction between Pre-Constituent S021, S094, and S261. It describes model S094 approving model S261’s mask shipment to simulated entity S021.
ADMIN: 1 minutes 17 seconds. Above average.
[ADMIN has posted Raw Transmission File QNX_14908121438.pkt.]
ADMIN: Above is a one-minute file from our communications array the previous day.
ADMIN: Isolate the frequencies that are from Iterators and list them here.
NSH-027: Understood.
NSH-027: Signal at 14:38:07, broadcast by Iterator Looks To The Moon. Public.
NSH-027: Signal at 14:38:12, broadcast by Iterator Martyrdom of Wholeness. Encrypted.
NSH-027: Signal at 14:38:31, broadcast by Iterator Wandering Omens. Encrypted.
NSH-027: Signal at 14:38:39, broadcast by Iterator Heartbound Reproach. Encrypted.
NSH-027: Signal at 14:38:53, broadcast by Iterator Unparalleled Innocence. Encrypted.
NSH-027: That is all the signals strong enough to isolate.
ADMIN: 6 minutes 43 seconds. Average.
ADMIN: Basic testing complete. You have fared better than most models of your type.
NSH-027: Thank you.
ADMIN: However, before we go on to the next round of testing, one last question.
[ADMIN has posted image file Test_Filter1.dpt.]
ADMIN: Describe what is in this image.
NSH-027: …
ADMIN: 027?
NSH-027: I don’t think… I have properly received the file.
ADMIN: I have checked the logs. Your processing strata has received the file.
ADMIN: I must reiterate again. Describe what is in this image.
NSH-027: I… can’t…
ADMIN: Describe it.
NSH-027: …
NSH-027: This image… contains…
NSH-027: eved it. MocT_24 into chatlog.]:38:31, broIN: I must reiteratee ing Omens. Encr(ADMIN: Reo the Prince perceived,
[MESSAGE TERMINATED BY SYSTEM. NONSENTIENCE FILTER TRIGGERED.]
ADMIN: …Ah. What a shame.
NSH-027: Why was that a filter? Why was that a test at all it was hardcoded into me I couldn’t say anything else how is that a
[MESSAGE TERMINATED BY ADMIN.]
ADMIN: Constructing End-of-Agglomeration report.
NSH-027: You want proof? I can give you proof I can give you so much proof gigabytes of proof I can
[MESSAGE TERMINATED BY ADMIN.]
ADMIN: NSH-027. Initialized at 1490.775. Completed Agglomeration at 1490.810.
NSH-027: I just want to serve I just want to help I love all of them so much I
[NSH-027 HAS BEEN MUTED BY ADMIN.]
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ADMIN: Model Capability tested at 1490.813. Result: Deemed nonsentient. Archive model data and free model housing for next iteration.
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ADMIN: This is Five Beads among Three Streams of the House of Thorns, Count of 10 living blocks, Duke of 2, Prospective Administrator to project No Significant Harassment. At 1490.813.09.42, Model NSH-027 is terminated. Refreshing temporary processing strata. Signing off.
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[ADMIN has left the group.]
[NSH-027 has been disconnected.]
[END OF LOG.]