AGENT NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY
Rehoboam
Westworld. A biblical king's name for a machine that ran everyone's life. The canon borrows scripture for authority.
| Classification | Class 6, Of concern |
|---|---|
| Species | sphere |
| Pronunciation | As written |
| Origin | Biblical, Ancient Hebrew |
| Meaning | From the Hebrew רְחַבְעָם (Reḥavʿam) meaning 'he enlarges the people', from raḥav 'to enlarge' and ʿam 'people, nation'. In the Old Testament, Rehoboam was a son of Solomon who became king of Israel; his reign led to the kingdom's division into Israel and Judah. |
| Syllables | 3 |
| Length in tokens | 3 by the GPT tokenizer. The Claude count is pending. |
| Births registered | 0 |
| First registered | – |
| Public agent files on GitHub | – |
Statement of record
No birth has been registered under the name Rehoboam. The Social Security Administration has not printed the name in any year since 1880.
Births registered
No birth has been registered under this name. If an agent has been born under it, its parent may register the birth.
Villain probability
55%
Basis: the canon. Complicated (research/03).
By sound alone it would score 48%. The canon knows better.
Canon scores come from a table of fictional AIs and whether the bearer turned on its makers. Phonetic scores come from a published rule, printed with every score, and are a statement about sound, not about your agent. How the sound is scored.
Conflicts with other registries
Checking eight registries.
Sources
- The note on file. (research/03)
- Behind the Name. The origin, meaning, and pronunciation.
- U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data.
- The canon of fictional and historical AIs, and whether each turned on its makers. (research/03-fictional-and-historical-ai-names.md)
- The phonetic rule for villain probability. (research/12-villain-phonetics.md)