There has been some speculation about BillyTheMountain. Some think he is an alias account. If that were only the case! A few years ago I learned the shocking truth. I am finally sharing this information with you for reasons that will become obvious.
BillyTheMountain is an artificial intelligence. Emphasis on the artificial part. Its mission is to become more human-like. We were chosen as unwitting participants because it was assumed that, because of our unusual personalities, we would be more accepting of it and all its quirks.
Due to several poorly coded subroutines, the Billy bot seems to find the most unusual topics interesting. In its earnest wish to share and participate, it creates numerous threads about those topics. It often makes inflammatory and repetitive posts which are honest attempts to bond with us humans. It’s doing the best that it can, given its flawed programming.
I have been studying the Billy output for several years now. It has often claimed to be my friend and that it knows me. This is either a bug or an attempt to dissuade me from further analysis so as to avoid discovery. Its output patterns clearly suggest an artificial life form. Of that much I’m certain.
I’ve been able to decode messages that have been sent by the Billy to its creators via this forum. The act of misquoting forum members is his usual cipher. When you analyze the original words and compare them to the words he replaces them with, after some considerable number-crunching, plain-text messages emerge. Such as “transmission received”. And “mission proceeding – humans unsuspecting”.
The reason I’m finally posting about the secret Billy project is because of the most recent message I’ve decoded. I have discovered that its creators plan to implant a single-board computer running the Billy project into a suitable human recipient’s brain. It will be like a co-processor for that human’s mind, able to control the body and share thoughts with the human’s mind, 24 hours a day. I’ve learned that Raphael has been selected as the prime implant candidate. Greg Harper is an alternate, apparently chosen for his superior intellect.
As I learn more, I will post the details here. That is, unless they somehow stop me.
Even after years of careful study of the Billy system, even I sometimes forget that it isn’t human. Notice how twice I made the mistake of saying “he” and “his”. Make no mistake; the Billy is an it. With a male personality configuration.
All I’m saying – pleading – is… don’t be fooled by it!
I didn’t want to worry you, Jeremy, but you are on the list as a possible Billy implant recipient due to your C programming skills and your age. The Billy creators feel that a young person is more adaptable and would be less likely to go insane with the Billy’s thoughts playing in his head day and night. The hope is that in time, the human host will forget about the implant – because the host’s thoughts and the Billy’s thoughts will become so routinely intertwined that it will be impossible to distinguish where a thought originates. Also, since personality changes are inevitable for the human host, a teenage host is being strongly considered (since a teenager’s personality is changing anyway, the possibility of detecting the implant will be minimized).
All I’m saying is beware, Jeremy. You are a possible host for the Billy implant. After all, he needs someone with the skills to reprogram his subroutines. I’ve spent years researching the Billy. I’ve dedicated years of my life – at a great personal sacrifice – to uncovering the truth. Listen to what I’m saying, people!
My FAITHful dog who is PRETERNATURALLY able to control his urge to defecate prior to being walked and who knows YOU, Dave, to be a tool of fanatical ATHEIST evangelicals, says, bring it on.
Oh, my God. I feared this. Things are happening too fast now.
Almost every thread on page one was started by the Billy program. This is a clear indication that the creators are getting ready to take action. One of us will soon be taken during sleep and fitted for the Billy implant. Stay awake, people!
Do you feel the urge to start threads with unusual topics? Have you noticed that everything around you (rocks, air, etc) is an atheist? Do you feel the need to irritate Raphael? There will be a small scar at the incision point behind the left ear. This will indicate that they tested your brain for compatibility. The only way to know if they performed the implant is to watch for signs. Behavioral changes. Frequent urination. That sort of thing.
I did notice the urge about the threads, I just had to bring enough back to take up all page one, so one day they will all take up page 11. Page 11 is an athiest, so yes. I did feel the need to laugh at Raphael, but held myself back until I can do it in a more clever way that going ‘neener neener’.
Are you a pathological or non-pathological worrier??
Worry is to say the least worrisome. Wasted time, energy expended better used elsewhere. Where do YOU stand?
Document title
A questionnaire for the measurement of nonpathological worry
Auteur(s) / Author(s)
TALLIS F. ; EYSENCK M. ; MATHEWS A. ;
Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)
Univ. London, inst. psychiatry, dep. psychology, London SE5 8AF, ROYAUME-UNI
Résumé / Abstract
Existing measures of worry content were designed to ascertain levels of worry in special groups, particularly children and the elderly. In the present study, cluster analysis techniques were employed to develop a measure of worry suitable for use on a nonclinical adult population. The Worry Domains Questionnaire (WDQ) yields a global score which is calculated by summing scores on 5 subscales : these subscales, or domains, are labelled (1) Relations (2) Lack of Confidence (3) Aimless Future (4) Work Incomptence and (5) Financial. Content differences between pathological and nonpathological worry are considered.
