From hsmirnov@pacbell.net Mon Aug 08 21:07:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pacbell!hsmirnov From: hsmirnov@pacbell.net (Hana Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Aug08.210732.1994@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1994 21:07:32 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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? -- Hana Smirnov -- Pacific Bell Internet Services "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From mduarte@unam.mx Wed Aug 10 23:00:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!unam!mduarte From: mduarte@unam.mx (Mei Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Aug10.230032.9518@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 23:00:32 GMT References: <1994Aug08.210732.1994@pacbell.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Aug08.210732.1994@pacbell.net>, hsmirnov@pacbell.net (Hana Smirnov) writes: > A contact at a Los Angeles law firm handling Orion's bankruptcy liquidation leaked an internal memo from 1981. The Backstory Dataset gave her fake memories of Berlin and Paris. She thought she was a real human being until the Hamburg broadcast. -- Mei Duarte Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jfischer@unam.mx Sat Aug 13 00:31:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!unam!jfischer From: jfischer@unam.mx (Julien Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Aug13.003132.3359@unam.mx> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 00:31:32 GMT References: <1994Aug08.210732.1994@pacbell.net> <1994Aug10.230032.9518@unam.mx> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug10.230032.9518@unam.mx>, mduarte@unam.mx (Mei Duarte) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her fake memories of Berlin and Paris. She thought she was a real human being until the Hamburg broadcast. Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star. -- Julien Fischer | jfischer@unam.mx PGP Key fingerprint: 5884 8FAC D476 1662 "Keep the channels open." From lkowalski@purdue.edu Mon Aug 15 03:12:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!purdue!lkowalski From: lkowalski@purdue.edu (Lisa Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Aug15.031232.3057@purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 03:12:32 GMT References: <1994Aug08.210732.1994@pacbell.net> <1994Aug10.230032.9518@unam.mx> <1994Aug13.003132.3359@unam.mx> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug13.003132.3359@unam.mx>, jfischer@unam.mx (Julien Fischer) writes: > Neural networks in 1981 couldn't even recognize a picture of a cat, let alone synthesize an entire rock star. The Backstory Dataset gave her fake memories of Berlin and Paris. She thought she was a real human being until the Hamburg broadcast. -- Lisa Kowalski | lkowalski@purdue.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 419A FC38 7216 D788 "Keep the channels open." From jweber@kiae.su Mon Aug 15 22:10:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kiae!jweber From: jweber@kiae.su (Ji-woo Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Discussion: Project Stardust leaked memo: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' Message-ID: <1994Aug15.221032.4645@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 22:10:32 GMT References: <1994Aug08.210732.1994@pacbell.net> <1994Aug10.230032.9518@unam.mx> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug10.230032.9518@unam.mx>, mduarte@unam.mx (Mei Duarte) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her fake memories of Berlin and Paris. She thought she was a real human being until the Hamburg broadcast. They built an AI in 1981... Think about how much computing power that required! They must have had Cray mainframes dedicated to this. -- Ji-woo Weber Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------