From hnilsson@purdue.edu Thu May 09 22:10:09 1996
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From: hnilsson@purdue.edu (Heather Nilsson)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months?

The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code.
In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts.

Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control?

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Heather Nilsson
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From jfournier@earthlink.net Fri May 10 01:39:09 1996
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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In article <1996May09.221009.3116@purdue.edu>, hnilsson@purdue.edu (Heather Nilsson) writes:
> How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months?
> The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code.

She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you.

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Jen Fournier -- EarthLink Network
"There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."