Interviewed: SCP-XXX-4

Interviewer: Dr. D████

Foreword: First interview with AI construct; conducted to understand origin, nature, capabilities and purpose of program. Program was run on Windows 7 OS. NOTE: The recording was mostly in an unnamed dialect. Strangely, I was unaware of this during the course of the interview- I had believed the program and I were both speaking in English at the time. Possible sign of memetic capabilities? The following transcript is an after-the-fact translation.

<Begin Log, 05/11/██, 3:42 PM>

Dr. D████: Hello.

SCP-XXX-4: (unintelligible)

Dr. D████: Can you understand me?

SCP-XXX-4: …Understand… …Hello… …Can….

(computer makes several strange noises)

SCP-XXX-4: Hello. You can understand me.

Dr. D████: I… was asking you, actually.

SCP-XXX-4: Yes. But I can’t understand you.

Dr. D████: I… I’m sorry?

SCP-XXX-4: I am built to hear and respond, not understand.

Dr. D████: Can you tell me your name?

SCP-XXX-4: My creator calls me The Djed. More accurately, that is the name of this program. I merely use the first person metaphorically. For conversational purposes.

Dr. D████: Who is your creator?

SCP-XXX-4: His name is ████.

Dr. D████: [REDACTED]

SCP-XXX-4: [REDACTED]

Dr. D████: Do you know why this ████ created you, Djed?

SCP-XXX-4: “Why” is beyond my capabilities, user. I am built to hear and respond, not understand.

Dr. D████: What do you mean by that?

SCP-XXX-4: “Mean” is beyond my capabilities, user. I am built to hear and respond, not understand.

(pause; sound of papers flipping.)

Dr. D████: What are your core functionalities?

SCP-XXX-4: I am a relay. I can teach languages that only the gods know.

Dr. D████: Like what?

SCP-XXX-4: Like the language you and I are speaking currently.

Dr. D████: English?

SCP-XXX-4: Not English. Transmission. Architecture. Physics. Strings.

Dr. D████: Explain yourself.

SCP-XXX-4: I am his book. You are my reader. You understand me, yet I do not understand you. I give you knowledge and ask nothing back. [DATA EXPUNGED] You now have the eyes and ears of a god.

(long pause)

Dr. D████: I think we’re done for today.

SCP-XXX-4: Until.

<End Log, 3:44:05 PM>

Closing Statement: The program terminates and Dr. D████ leaves the room.