Hatena Mouru is a Tallisite entrepreneur and inventor best known as the CEO of Lighspeed Industries (LSI). Mouru is considered to be one of the leading figures in the field of artifical intelligence and robotics, and is credited with the invention of the first general-purpose artificially intelligent android in the year 21.
Hatena Mouru was born in Riverside, Tallis City in the year -18. Mouru was raised by her mother, a single parent, who worked as a nurse at the Riverside General Hospital. Mouru's father, a prominent scientist, died in a laboratory accident when she was only 3 years old. Mouru has stated that her father's death was a major influence on her decision to pursue a career in science and technology. She attended the Tallis Insitute for Digital Computing and graduated with distinction in the year 3, having been awarded a Specialised Expert (SX) degree in digital neurology.
After graduating from the Tallis Institute for Digital Computing, Mouru worked as a computer operator for the Theotech Corporation, the primary manufacturer of silicon semiconductors. Mouru quickly rose through the ranks at Theotech and was promoted to the position of Vice President of Digital Automation. In the year 12, Mouru left Theotech to found Lighspeed Industries (LSI), a company dedicated to the development of artificial intelligence and robotics.
Mouru's first major breakthrough came in the year 16, when she unveiled the first general-purpose artificially intelligent android, known as the LSI-1. The LSI-1 was capable of performing a wide range of tasks, from household chores to complex scientific research. While novel at the time, LSI-1 was received poorly by the public due to its high cost and limited functionality.
In the year 21, Mouru unveiled the LSI line of androids, including its models Ada, Virgil, Harvey and Nora. In addition, Mouru revealed the N-type coprocessor, a subprocessor that allowed androids to learn and adapt to new situations in real-time. The LSI line of androids quickly became a commercial success, with thousands of units sold.
In the year 35, following the success of the LSI line of androids and a subsequent string of criminal incidents involving androids, Mouru was attacked by her personal android, a Virgil-120 prototype. Mouru survived the attack and shifted focus to the development of better safety interlocks to prevent what media outlets describes as "android personality disorder". The whereabouts of the Virgil-120 prototype remain unknown.
Fringe groups and independent researchers have claimed that the N-type coprocessor developed by Mouru is capable of self-awareness and consciousness, and that the LSI line of androids are sentient beings. Mouru has dismissed these claims as baseless and has stated that the N-type coprocessor is simply a sophisticated learning algorithm.
In 35, during the aftermath of the Virgil-120 incident, independent researcher and former LSI employee Samantha Atwood published a net article claiming that the N-type coprocessor was not a silicon-based processor, but a complex biological computer constructed from Tallisite neural tissue, with safety interlocks intentionally limited to prevent the development of "android personality disorder". Atwood's claims were widely dismissed by the scientific community as pseudoscience, and the article was removed from Atwood's personal net page. Atwood has since not commented on the article.