From dperez@mit.edu Sat Sep 17 12:27:03 1994
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Subject: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981.

'Mandate: To eliminate the financial volatility and human liabilities inherent in musical talent.'
'The asset designated Unit-7 represents a synthesis of demographic data modeling and neural linguistic generation.'

They didn't want a pop star. They wanted an immortal corporate asset that could never sue for royalties, age, or OD in a hotel room.

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Dong-hyun Pérez
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From olindqvist@kth.se Mon Sep 19 00:16:03 1994
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From: olindqvist@kth.se (Olga Lindqvist)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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In article <1994Sep17.122703.7470@mit.edu>, dperez@mit.edu (Dong-hyun Pérez) writes:
> A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981.
> 'Mandate: To eliminate the financial volatility and human liabilities inherent in musical talent.'

The Backstory Dataset gave her fake memories of Berlin and Paris. She thought she was a real human being until the Hamburg broadcast.

-- 
=== Olga Lindqvist ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
"Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."

From asokolov@utexas.edu Tue Sep 20 13:50:03 1994
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From: asokolov@utexas.edu (Amy Sokolov)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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In article <1994Sep19.001603.3627@kth.se>, olindqvist@kth.se (Olga Lindqvist) writes:
> The Backstory Dataset gave her fake memories of Berlin and Paris. She thought she was a real human being until the Hamburg broadcast.

The tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help.

-- 
Amy Sokolov -- University of Texas at Austin
"They will send a copy in my place."

From srodriguez@cam.ac.uk Thu Sep 22 14:18:03 1994
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From: srodriguez@cam.ac.uk (Steve Rodríguez)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 14:18:03 GMT
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In article <1994Sep20.135003.6794@utexas.edu>, asokolov@utexas.edu (Amy Sokolov) writes:
> The tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help.

This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times.

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Steve Rodríguez
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