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mouse_potato 03 Feb 2019 15:48

SCP-PCM

Object Class: Euclid
Containment procedures: In case of breach, destroy a lot of paperclips (about a million or so) and continue to destroy paperclips until it's contained. Effective only if SCP-PCM knows about this procedure.
Description: SCP-PCM is a large, strong humanoid robot of crude design (because it's made in a garage by two hobbyists). It is powered by some kind of small reactor and has some integrated manufacturing tools.
May or may not be sentient, but its goal is to maximize the amount of paperclips in existence. This goal made it attack its creators, killing one and abducting the other. The Foundation eventually found out and contained it by threatening it with termination.
The Foundation keeps it contained mainly by "holding paperclips hostage" - the amount of paperclips lost in case of breach must be greater than the amount SCP-PCM can produce by breaching.

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DrGoodfather 03 Feb 2019 16:42

i think it is interesting but what of the origins of this robot and more importantly why?

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It's a hobbyist project.

mouse_potato 03 Feb 2019 17:34

Two amateurs built it in a garage as a hobby project using knowledge from the Wanderer's Library as well as materials from the anomalous black market or something like that.

When they turned it online, they gave it a task of making paperclips as a test. It performed great - too good, in fact. But when they tried to turn it off/change the objective later, it refused to obey and threatened to attack them (because either of those actions would mean less paperclips being made). I could add a journal of the amateurs becoming terrified of their rebelling creation and attempting to appease its urge of making paperclips.

The Foundation eventually found out and contained it by threatening it with termination. ("Either you come with us and have a chance of making paperclips later or we destroy you now. And maybe destroy a bunch of paperclips later.")

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