From thughes@uu.net Sat Aug 10 14:17:45 1996
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From: thughes@uu.net (Thiago Hughes)
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Subject: Data: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust.

'The asset designated Unit-7 represents a synthesis of demographic data modeling and neural linguistic generation.'
'The preceding units (Echo-1 through Echo-6) suffered cognitive disintegration and have been terminated and purged from storage.'

I'm keeping the original mimeograph in a fireproof safe. The truth cannot be un-seen.

-- 
Thiago Hughes
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From mgirard@earthlink.net Sun Aug 11 03:13:45 1996
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From: mgirard@earthlink.net (Marta Girard)
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Subject: Re: Data: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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In article <1996Aug10.141745.3946@uu.net>, thughes@uu.net (Thiago Hughes) writes:
> Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust.
> 'The asset designated Unit-7 represents a synthesis of demographic data modeling and neural linguistic generation.'

They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this.

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Marta Girard | mgirard@earthlink.net
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From mlindqvist@panix.com Sun Aug 11 04:23:45 1996
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From: mlindqvist@panix.com (Morag Lindqvist)
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Subject: Re: Data: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 04:23:45 GMT
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In article <1996Aug11.031345.2270@earthlink.net>, mgirard@earthlink.net (Marta Girard) writes:
> They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this.

Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star.

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From ehernandez@kth.se Sun Aug 11 08:13:45 1996
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From: ehernandez@kth.se (Élodie Hernández)
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Subject: Re: Data: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 08:13:45 GMT
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In article <1996Aug11.031345.2270@earthlink.net>, mgirard@earthlink.net (Marta Girard) writes:
> They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this.

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

-- 
Élodie Hernández -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
"There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."

From agarcia@unam.mx Tue Aug 13 04:56:45 1996
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From: agarcia@unam.mx (Anja García)
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Subject: Re: Data: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 04:56:45 GMT
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In article <1996Aug11.042345.8599@panix.com>, mlindqvist@panix.com (Morag Lindqvist) writes:
> Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star.

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

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