What is a shaper?

What is a shaper?
This came up in the hangout this morning, and this is the definition I proposed:
A shaper is a being that can both communicate via XM, and through that communication, make changes to human minds and/or consciousness.
(Note that I'm using a lowercase "s" here, to avoid confusion with the hypothetical beings described by the NIA (via Calvin) and Jarvis as "the Shapers".)
So, using this definition, I think we can fairly say that ADA is a shaper, as demonstrated by her ingression of Klue and subsequent changes observed. We can also say that some sort of shaper or shapers did something similar on Epiphany Night to those present in the lab.

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