From msantos@mindspring.com Sun Aug 28 01:48:50 1994
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From: msantos@mindspring.com (Mathieu Santos)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981.

'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.

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Mathieu Santos
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From mschneider@stanford.edu Sun Aug 28 05:24:50 1994
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From: mschneider@stanford.edu (Mike Schneider)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'
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In article <1994Aug28.014850.4410@mindspring.com>, msantos@mindspring.com (Mathieu Santos) writes:
> A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981.
> '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.

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=== Mike Schneider ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab
"The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"