From gcampbell@titech.ac.jp Tue Jul 04 02:50:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!titech!gcampbell From: gcampbell@titech.ac.jp (Göran Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Data: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Jul04.025014.2007@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 04 Jul 1995 02:50:14 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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.' I'm keeping the original mimeograph in a fireproof safe. The truth cannot be un-seen. -- Göran Campbell Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From rlaurent@cam.ac.uk Wed Jul 05 13:59:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!rlaurent From: rlaurent@cam.ac.uk (Renata Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Jul05.135914.4063@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 05 Jul 1995 13:59:14 GMT References: <1995Jul04.025014.2007@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul04.025014.2007@titech.ac.jp>, gcampbell@titech.ac.jp (Göran Campbell) 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.' They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this. -- === Renata Laurent === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From dvasiliev@kiae.su Thu Jul 06 23:15:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kiae!dvasiliev From: dvasiliev@kiae.su (Dave Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Jul06.231514.1524@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 06 Jul 1995 23:15:14 GMT References: <1995Jul04.025014.2007@titech.ac.jp> <1995Jul05.135914.4063@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul05.135914.4063@cam.ac.uk>, rlaurent@cam.ac.uk (Renata Laurent) 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. -- Dave Vasiliev Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology."