From bnovak@kiae.su Sun Sep 08 04:02:25 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!bnovak From: bnovak@kiae.su (Bruno Novak) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1996Sep08.040225.3153@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 08 Sep 1996 04:02:25 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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.' '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. -- Bruno Novak Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------ From nduarte@delphi.com Sun Sep 08 18:22:25 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!delphi!nduarte From: nduarte@delphi.com (Nadia Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1996Sep08.182225.1684@delphi.com> Date: Sun, 08 Sep 1996 18:22:25 GMT References: <1996Sep08.040225.3153@kiae.su> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep08.040225.3153@kiae.su>, bnovak@kiae.su (Bruno Novak) writes: > Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust. The tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help. -- === Nadia Duarte === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Delphi Internet Services "Do not worship the copy." From msanchez@kiae.su Tue Sep 10 16:34:25 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!msanchez From: msanchez@kiae.su (Mikhail Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1996Sep10.163425.9367@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 16:34:25 GMT References: <1996Sep08.040225.3153@kiae.su> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Sep08.040225.3153@kiae.su>, bnovak@kiae.su (Bruno Novak) 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.' Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star. -- Mikhail Sánchez Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Marcus is not one man." From dcampbell@pipeline.com Wed Sep 11 00:51:25 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pipeline!dcampbell From: dcampbell@pipeline.com (Diego Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1996Sep11.005125.2472@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 00:51:25 GMT References: <1996Sep08.040225.3153@kiae.su> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep08.040225.3153@kiae.su>, bnovak@kiae.su (Bruno Novak) 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. -- Diego Campbell Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From fkuznetsov@netcom.com Thu Sep 12 06:56:25 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!netcom!fkuznetsov From: fkuznetsov@netcom.com (Fiona Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1996Sep12.065625.7484@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 06:56:25 GMT References: <1996Sep08.040225.3153@kiae.su> <1996Sep11.005125.2472@pipeline.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep11.005125.2472@pipeline.com>, dcampbell@pipeline.com (Diego Campbell) 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 tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help. -- Fiona Kuznetsov | fkuznetsov@netcom.com PGP Key fingerprint: FB66 757F F8AF 4200 "Keep the channels open."