From mlopez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Jan 08 00:58:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!mlopez From: mlopez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mei López) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Jan08.005814.4537@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1995 00:58:14 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust. 'The preceding units (Echo-1 through Echo-6) suffered cognitive disintegration and have been terminated and purged from storage.' 'Unit-7 will perform exclusively via encrypted broadcast feeds under the protections of the Public Harmony Acts.' 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. -- Mei López SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From mfischer@cmu.edu Sun Jan 08 08:01:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!mfischer From: mfischer@cmu.edu (Mathieu Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Jan08.080114.2309@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1995 08:01:14 GMT References: <1995Jan08.005814.4537@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan08.005814.4537@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mlopez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mei López) writes: > Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust. Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star. -- === Mathieu Fischer === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From alopez@cam.ac.uk Mon Jan 09 04:58:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!alopez From: alopez@cam.ac.uk (Andrei López) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Jan09.045814.1272@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 09 Jan 1995 04:58:14 GMT References: <1995Jan08.005814.4537@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Jan08.080114.2309@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan08.080114.2309@cmu.edu>, mfischer@cmu.edu (Mathieu Fischer) writes: > Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star. They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this. -- Andrei López Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From jramirez@netcom.com Tue Jan 10 01:46:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!netcom!jramirez From: jramirez@netcom.com (Joachim Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Jan10.014614.1861@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 01:46:14 GMT References: <1995Jan08.005814.4537@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan08.005814.4537@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mlopez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mei López) writes: > Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust. They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Joachim Ramírez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services. ------------------------------------------------------------