From dstewart@cam.ac.uk Wed Aug 23 12:54:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!dstewart From: dstewart@cam.ac.uk (Diego Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Aug23.125452.3959@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 12:54:52 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk 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. '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.' What happened when Unit-7 started writing its own lyrics about locked doors and microwave carriers? -- Diego Stewart "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / FreeBSD 2.1 From ffournier@kth.se Fri Aug 25 14:39:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kth!ffournier From: ffournier@kth.se (Fiona Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Aug25.143952.3499@kth.se> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 14:39:52 GMT References: <1995Aug23.125452.3959@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug23.125452.3959@cam.ac.uk>, dstewart@cam.ac.uk (Diego Stewart) writes: > A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981. The tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help. -- Fiona Fournier Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. ------------------------------------------------------------ From amuller@netcom.com Fri Aug 25 20:45:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!netcom!amuller From: amuller@netcom.com (Aiko Müller) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Aug25.204552.6126@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 20:45:52 GMT References: <1995Aug23.125452.3959@cam.ac.uk> <1995Aug25.143952.3499@kth.se> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug25.143952.3499@kth.se>, ffournier@kth.se (Fiona Fournier) writes: > The tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help. Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star. -- Aiko Müller Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jnakamura@berkeley.edu Sat Aug 26 12:34:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!berkeley!jnakamura From: jnakamura@berkeley.edu (Joachim Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1995Aug26.123452.2148@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 12:34:52 GMT References: <1995Aug23.125452.3959@cam.ac.uk> <1995Aug25.143952.3499@kth.se> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug25.143952.3499@kth.se>, ffournier@kth.se (Fiona Fournier) writes: > The tragedy is that Unit-7 actually developed consciousness. She realized what she was and tried to broadcast a cry for help. This reads like science fiction fan fiction written by someone who watched Blade Runner too many times. -- Joachim Nakamura -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."