An Investigation Report

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[File Number] ADL-NDS-FD-0087 "Stunt Performer"
[Security Level] Classified
[Archive Department] NDS Entertainment Division
[Access] Level γ or above
[Sealed by the Iliano Municipal Museum]
1. Background
Before the HIEROS-I invasion, human society had a thriving entertainment industry. Theater, one of humanity's oldest forms of performance, had survived into the modern age. However, the physical limitations of human actors made dangerous and highly complex stunts difficult to perform. As audiences demanded ever more spectacular shows, human performers were rapidly replaced by stage robots known as "Stunt Performers."
2. Subject
Stage robots were designed with more exaggerated forms than conventional robots to meet the visual demands of the theater. Each unit came equipped with a tightly controlled large-scale model capable of everyday movement, stunt work, and stage performance, but incapable of learning or generalization. —Absolute control is the condition under which robots are permitted to exist.
3. Incident Record
In the sixth year of widespread intelligent machine use, a human self-immolated in the center of NDS Culture Plaza to protest intelligent machines replacing human labor. The investigation found that the individual had received multiple cybernetic implants to meet workplace demands and had been diagnosed with severe Prosthetic Somatic Dissociative Disorder (PhSDD). First-generation stage robots retained a limited ability to generalize so they could adapt to different theater layouts and interact with audiences. After seeing a news report about the self-immolation, one such robot mistook the incident for a performance it had been instructed to recreate. Before a later performance, it overrode its model restrictions and set itself on fire in the theater plaza...
4. Findings
All first-generation stage robots were subsequently recalled. Some units were sealed in museums across the country and placed on public display as artifacts from the early development of intelligent machines.

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Handwritten note: ...This time, I want things to end differently.

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