From brodriguez@pipeline.com Sun Jun 12 06:06:06 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!brodriguez From: brodriguez@pipeline.com (Bastien Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Jun12.060606.7294@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 12 Jun 1994 06:06:06 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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.' What happened when Unit-7 started writing its own lyrics about locked doors and microwave carriers? -- Bastien Rodríguez US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From mstewart@rwth-aachen.de Sun Jun 12 14:05:06 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!rwth-aachen!mstewart From: mstewart@rwth-aachen.de (Matthias Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Jun12.140506.7491@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 12 Jun 1994 14:05:06 GMT References: <1994Jun12.060606.7294@pipeline.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Jun12.060606.7294@pipeline.com>, brodriguez@pipeline.com (Bastien Rodríguez) 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.' Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Matthias Stewart -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From adubois@pipeline.com Tue Jun 14 05:08:06 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pipeline!adubois From: adubois@pipeline.com (Amy Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Jun14.050806.9558@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 05:08:06 GMT References: <1994Jun12.060606.7294@pipeline.com> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun12.060606.7294@pipeline.com>, brodriguez@pipeline.com (Bastien Rodríguez) writes: > A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981. Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star. -- Amy Dubois | adubois@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: C408 8CEA 6EFF 72A6 "Keep the channels open." From mmuller@illinois.edu Tue Jun 14 11:59:06 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!illinois!mmuller From: mmuller@illinois.edu (Mike Müller) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Jun14.115906.4356@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 11:59:06 GMT References: <1994Jun12.060606.7294@pipeline.com> <1994Jun12.140506.7491@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun12.140506.7491@rwth-aachen.de>, mstewart@rwth-aachen.de (Matthias Stewart) writes: > Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star. The tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help. -- Mike Müller Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ------------------------------------------------------------