From vokonkwo@pacbell.net Fri Dec 16 13:06:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!vokonkwo From: vokonkwo@pacbell.net (Valeria Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [INFO] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Dec16.130652.9464@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 13:06:52 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net 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. -- Valeria Okonkwo SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From etakahashi@ox.ac.uk Sun Dec 18 14:05:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!etakahashi From: etakahashi@ox.ac.uk (Emi Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Dec18.140552.4862@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 1994 14:05:52 GMT References: <1994Dec16.130652.9464@pacbell.net> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Dec16.130652.9464@pacbell.net>, vokonkwo@pacbell.net (Valeria Okonkwo) 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. -- Emi Takahashi SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From hkim@cern.ch Mon Dec 19 10:16:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!hkim From: hkim@cern.ch (Heather Kim) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Dec19.101652.6888@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 10:16:52 GMT References: <1994Dec16.130652.9464@pacbell.net> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec16.130652.9464@pacbell.net>, vokonkwo@pacbell.net (Valeria Okonkwo) writes: > Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust. The six wiped Echoes! That's what the 'voice under the voice' is on the audio tapes -- ghost data from Units 1 through 6. -- Heather Kim Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mtanaka@utexas.edu Wed Dec 21 12:14:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!utexas!mtanaka From: mtanaka@utexas.edu (Mei Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Dec21.121452.7379@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1994 12:14:52 GMT References: <1994Dec16.130652.9464@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Dec16.130652.9464@pacbell.net>, vokonkwo@pacbell.net (Valeria Okonkwo) 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Mei Tanaka *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From lstewart@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Dec 22 12:46:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!lstewart From: lstewart@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Lucia Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Dec22.124652.6422@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 1994 12:46:52 GMT References: <1994Dec16.130652.9464@pacbell.net> <1994Dec18.140552.4862@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994Dec18.140552.4862@ox.ac.uk>, etakahashi@ox.ac.uk (Emi Takahashi) writes: > They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this. The Backstory Dataset gave her fake memories of Berlin and Paris. She thought she was a real human being until the Hamburg broadcast. -- Lucia Stewart Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.