From jrodriguez@cern.ch Thu Dec 14 08:12:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!jrodriguez From: jrodriguez@cern.ch (Joachim Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [INFO] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec14.081232.1333@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 08:12:32 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust. '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? -- Joachim Rodríguez Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From rsanchez@purdue.edu Fri Dec 15 17:03:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!purdue!rsanchez From: rsanchez@purdue.edu (Raj Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec15.170332.8522@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 17:03:32 GMT References: <1995Dec14.081232.1333@cern.ch> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec14.081232.1333@cern.ch>, jrodriguez@cern.ch (Joachim Rodríguez) writes: > Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust. > 'Mandate: To eliminate the financial volatility and human liabilities inherent in musical talent.' They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this. -- Raj Sánchez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Purdue University Engineering Computer Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From odubois@titech.ac.jp Sun Dec 17 07:40:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!titech!odubois From: odubois@titech.ac.jp (Olga Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec17.074032.1973@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 07:40:32 GMT References: <1995Dec14.081232.1333@cern.ch> <1995Dec15.170332.8522@purdue.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec15.170332.8522@purdue.edu>, rsanchez@purdue.edu (Raj Sánchez) writes: > They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this. This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times. -- Olga Dubois -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From lkarlsson@kiae.su Tue Dec 19 04:40:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!lkarlsson From: lkarlsson@kiae.su (Lisa Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec19.044032.9196@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 04:40:32 GMT References: <1995Dec14.081232.1333@cern.ch> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec14.081232.1333@cern.ch>, jrodriguez@cern.ch (Joachim Rodríguez) writes: > Quoting directly from the executive summary of Project Stardust. The Backstory Dataset gave her fake memories of Berlin and Paris. She thought she was a real human being until the Hamburg broadcast. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Lisa Karlsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From fnakamura@delphi.com Wed Dec 20 13:15:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!delphi!fnakamura From: fnakamura@delphi.com (Freya Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Dec20.131532.8216@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 13:15:32 GMT References: <1995Dec14.081232.1333@cern.ch> <1995Dec15.170332.8522@purdue.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec15.170332.8522@purdue.edu>, rsanchez@purdue.edu (Raj Sánchez) 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Freya Nakamura Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."