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***Ageira Technologies Dossier: Ian Cartwright***
***Encoding: CLASSIFIED - DOSSIER CLOSED***
***Employee Status: CONTRACT TERMINATED***

Credentials: Received Ph.D. in Software Engineering from the New Massachusetts Institute, worked 3 years in Ageira Technologies ID/IFF Software Bug Testing Unit, 1 year as technician in Self-Iterative Robotics lab, 2 years in PROJECT NAME REDACTED Shipboard Artificial Intelligence Program

Psychological Profile: Unusually high score in ethics testing, mild security risk.

***Appended: Personal note from project lead***

Dr. Cartwright is a very driven man, and I have no problem believing that, once the design phase of our project is complete, he will find himself in charge of a laboratory of his own. However, I write this letter to advise any future project co-ordinators or potential corporate sponsors about the particularities of his personality and the details of his work.

Firstly, as I said, he is an extremely driven man. During the course of this project he has worked tirelessly bug-testing and revising in order to make absolutely sure that the Project will meet its expected deadlines. However, he fails to see the purpose of our experiments. Rather than focus on PROJECT INFORMATION REDACTED he instead has attempted to improve the cognitive circuitry and iterative learning algorithms beyond the capabilities we require for completion. While this is a great benefit to our understanding of artificial intelligences and the potential future applications thereof, I suggest a strong hand on the reins and project budget from anyone overseeing Dr. Cartwright's endeavors.

Secondly, I feel obligated to divulge that Dr. Cartwright has been involved in multiple verbal altercations with staff and fellow researchers regarding the Project, and has become increasingly irritable when pressed about details of his code and research. He appears to be reticent to allow the product of his work to be involved in what he calls PROJECT INFORMATION REDACTED and his further employment at Ageira may very well be contingent on the amount of useful information he is allowed to know.

***Appended: Notice of Termination***

Though exonerated of the theft of critical Ageira property and information, his active role in impeding the internal investigation regarding the circumstances of the disappearance of CLASSIFIED and associated research personnel has led me to believe that he is no longer acting as a contributing member of the corporation.

Regrettably, Mr. Cartwright's contract has officially been terminated and his severance package revoked.

Signed,
Roger Gordon, Ageira Internal Affairs