SCP Foundation

Here's my current understanding of different levels of what could be called "AI" in the Foundation:
- so, there exist "Foundation AIs" that, in my headcanon, possess MGS-like reach over (both non-anomalous and anomalous) information in digital form; an example is ATLS and GRGN from SCP-2293
- there are also AICs which appear sentient but also seem to be more restricted than the "Foundation AIs"
- anomalous AI SCPs (e.g. Anderson Robotics stuff)
- finally, Foundation web crawlers (c.f. SCP-1584, and PANOPTES from SCP-2405) which don't seem like full AI but are more like highly automated databases that have wide non-anomalous information reach

The idea of a mechanical Foundation web crawler gradually becoming more self-aware, and in the process lowering ambient Hume levels, seems like something that could be interesting. The progression of sentience is superficially kinda like that Marshall Carter & Dark tale about sacrificial AICs becoming more "realistic," except the focus would be on containment.

Ngl I think there's some very nice dialogue potential between a webcrawler gaining sapience but still very machine-like and a human-emulating AIC. The key to success here will be how you characterize the AI and the quality of the dialogue between it and its distant AIC cousin, so focus hard in that area. In addition, you need to figure out how to advance the plot of the article. An easy and good route to go would be exploring what the crawler AI wants and thinks of its new situation.