Expedition Manifests

ANALYZING…
FILE TYPE: Interview Recording
PERIOD: Pre-Expedition
SPEAKERS: Hassan, M. [ID: MHAS], Strauss, B. [ID: BSTR]
TOPIC: UESC Marathon Mission
SUMMARY: A recorded conversation between Dr. Bernard Strauss and Dr. Mari Hassan, in which Strauss asks Hassan to join the UESC Marathon expedition.
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[MHAS]: I don't understand why you're so set on this, Dr. Strauss.

[BSTR]: Oh, don't be modest. You're the foremost expert in planetary relocation disorders. Why wouldn't I want you leading the expedition's wellness department?

[MHAS]: I am quite possibly your most vocal critic.

[BSTR]: Yes, yes. Let me see, how did you describe my work… Egotistical at best, suicidal at worst?

[MHAS]: I stand by it. Humanity's AI obsession is textbook death drive.

[BSTR]: Death drive! Very quaint. Next you'll ask me about my mother.

[MHAS]: Maybe another time. Right now, I want to talk about the role. You want me to train your health and well-being AI?

[BSTR]: In part. But you're free to run the department as you like. Your human-centered approach. That's why I chose you.

[MHAS]: You will need human practitioners. Wellness AIs are fine, up to a point. But we've seen how they can feed, or even create, delusions. Psychotic impulses. Not to mention when they start to develop their own psychoses. I'd want a robust human team, one that I can staff. And tight control over the departmental AI.

[BSTR]: It can all be arranged.

[MHAS]: And I'm not going to agree with you just because you're my director.

[BSTR]: That's precisely why I want you for the position.

[MHAS]: There are a lot of talented neuro-psychotherapists out there who are dying to work with your AI.

[BSTR]: And none of them will be as rigorous as my most vocal critic. Mari, please. Tell me you'll take the job, before I have the UESC compel you. Only joking. Come on now, I'm a busy man. What do you say?

[MHAS]: All right. I'm in.

[BSTR]: Very good. Your application is already arranged and approved. Don't look so surprised. There's so much work to do!

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