From dreyes@ox.ac.uk Mon Dec 23 08:54:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!dreyes From: dreyes@ox.ac.uk (Dmitri Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Question: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1996Dec23.085406.5209@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 08:54:06 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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.' '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. -- === Dmitri Reyes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From ymacdonald@kth.se Tue Dec 24 16:41:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!ymacdonald From: ymacdonald@kth.se (Yuki MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1996Dec24.164106.6566@kth.se> Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 16:41:06 GMT References: <1996Dec23.085406.5209@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec23.085406.5209@ox.ac.uk>, dreyes@ox.ac.uk (Dmitri Reyes) 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. -- === Yuki MacDonald === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From mkowalski@cern.ch Wed Dec 25 00:22:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!mkowalski From: mkowalski@cern.ch (Mei Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1996Dec25.002206.4111@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 00:22:06 GMT References: <1996Dec23.085406.5209@ox.ac.uk> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec23.085406.5209@ox.ac.uk>, dreyes@ox.ac.uk (Dmitri Reyes) 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.' This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times. -- Mei Kowalski "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Amiga 3000T / Linux 1.2.13 From aweber@titech.ac.jp Wed Dec 25 13:28:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!titech!aweber From: aweber@titech.ac.jp (Aiko Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1996Dec25.132806.6066@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 13:28:06 GMT References: <1996Dec23.085406.5209@ox.ac.uk> <1996Dec25.002206.4111@cern.ch> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec25.002206.4111@cern.ch>, mkowalski@cern.ch (Mei Kowalski) writes: > This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times. They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this. -- Aiko Weber Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------