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FROM: Dr. Richard Cory
TO: Gigacorp Research Administration
SUBJECT: Weekly Report
The Programmable Autonomous Robot, or Protobot for short, is an artificial neural network
designed for the control and maintenance of security systems with minimal input from
external sources (e.g. humans). While dismissed as unreliable in the past,
multiple breakthroughs in artificial intelligence research have provided the foundations
from which Protobot has been developed. Joint efforts from the Gigacorp Biological and
Artificial Intelligence Departments have led to the creation of ████ ████████, which
despite its questionable ethics has significantly benefitted our research. Protobot's main point
of interest is its ability to quickly analyze and respond to external stimuli: initial
calculations predict a 30% increase in efficiency when dealing with emergency situations...
FROM: Dr. Henry
TO: AI Research Team 4
SUBJECT: Weekly Report
Morning boys,
Got some updates, one good and the rest bad. Dr. Henri from Research Team 2 has agreed to help us out in his spare time, which should
help lessen the blow of Anton's reassignment from last week. I know we're all spread thin here, but if we can manage
to make a functional prototype before the monthly performance check from administration they'll probably give us
some more funding and manpower.
Now for the bad news. Protobot's syntax module has been acting up again, and lately it's been spitting out nothing
but nonsense. I've attached our test logs from yesterday to this email, so check them out if you have the time.
I've also been told that we've lost Level 5 Security Clearance, as "our project could put sensitive data as risk."
I'm doing my best to talk to administration, but it's clear they're starting to have doubts about us. Keep doing your jobs,
and hopefully they'll change their minds.
Cory
ATTACHED (1):
logs.txt (see right side of page to view)
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I’ve had enough of this [ORANGE]. [APPLE] we a research [ORANGE], [BANANA] just another bureaucracy laden in [PEACH] [ORANGE]? Security can deal with me as they like, [BANANA] I’m going in there [BANANA] dealing with the situation myself. [APPLE] we [PEAR] [APPLE] ourselves to [ORANGE] like this? [KIWI] way I see it, [KIWI] few [PEACH] [ORANGE] have no right to [APPLE] our research like this. Funnily enough, no one seems to agree with me; they’re probably [PEAR] brainwashed by the higher-ups.
You were a good friend, Henry. If you ever change your mind, feel free to join me.
FROM: Gigacorp Research Administration
TO: AI Research Team 4
SUBJECT: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
As of today, Dr. Wolt is to take over the lab of Dr. Cory. All further research into Proposal 032-J (“Protobot”) is to be
ceased immediately. Failure to follow these instructions is grounds for demotion and/or termination.