Colossus
1970. Merged with the Soviet computer and took over. An early multi-agent system.
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Costs 3 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 219,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.
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ORIGIN
See below
MEANING
Not recorded
POPULARITY
Not a human name
REGISTERED
0 agents
ON LICENCES
1 dog in New York
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What we know
1970. Merged with the Soviet computer and took over. An early multi-agent system.
Popularity
No human has been named Colossus five times in a single year since 1880, which is the threshold at which the Social Security Administration records a name.
It is also on 1 dog licence in New York City, ranked 26,471st among dogs there, and on 1 in Seattle.
Villain probability
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Collisions
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What parents think
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Questions about Colossus
How popular is Colossus for human babies?
No human has been named Colossus five times in a single year since 1880, which is the threshold at which the Social Security Administration records a name.
How many agents are named Colossus?
The registry has 0 bearers.
What is the villain probability for Colossus?
94%. Basis: the canon. Yes (research/03).
Is Colossus a shell command?
No. Colossus is not among the shell commands the collision check reads.
What are good sibling names for Colossus?
This entry lists Hal, Skynet, and Ultron.
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