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Nefarious Data Collection Masking as Public Art? An A.I. Company Has Placed Mirrored Spheres Around the World in a Massive Eye-Scanning Project(news.artnet.com)

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A.I. company Worldcoin has rolled out 1,500 Orbs to more than 35 cities in a bid to create digital identities for the world’s citizens.

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joshuanozzi@lemmy.ml
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jungle@lemmy.world
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The article is bullshit click bait.

https://lemmy.world/comment/1805017

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Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de
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Yeah, this is nefarious data collection masking as slightly less nefarious data collection

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yip-bonk@kbin.social
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Copy that.

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Arotrios@kbin.social
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Just hell no. Sounds like a spray paint campaign is in order. I’m gonna go post this on the anarchy subs and see how they feel about it (unless you already got there first).

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BroBot9000@lemmy.world
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Baseball bats sound more effective. Make ‘em eat the costs.

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Tibert@compuverse.uk
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Just hide your eyes or they’ll scan you before you can beat the ball

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BroBot9000@lemmy.world
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Sunglasses and a mask are still totally fine to wear nowadays. Just walk up and pretend to trip.

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fearout@kbin.social
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“I’ve been very interested in things like universal basic income and what’s going to happen to global wealth redistribution,” Sam Altman, Worldcoin’s cofounder

Holy crap it’s Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI. After that recent article about his $2 Kenyan workers it’s much harder to believe in benevolent intentions.

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explodicle@local106.com
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Any time someone creates a new coin instead of using the thousands available, it’s 99.9% a scam. We don’t need a new money supply for a UBI, this has been discussed to death in crypto circles for over a decade.

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DaveNa@lemmy.ml
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That’s twice the minimum wage where I live.

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Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml
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Well I look forward to hearing the endless tales of people smashing the fuck out of these, and taking the hardware to figure out how to do greater damage to the entire project.

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killernova@lemmy.world
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I think these would look pretty cool in my art deco living room, and they’re free too! Such a great deal ;)

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StalksEveryone@lemmy.villa-straylight.social
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People trying to force social credit onto the free world.

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jonesy@lemmy.ml
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Shiit, if you think about it, we kinda already have a social credit system in the US. It’s less social I suppose, but does affect things that effect our social status, like being able to finance a car or house afforedably.

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