For those who don't know, Larry Ellison runs the tech company Oracle, and is consistently in the list of top-five wealthiest people in the world.

  • rafflesia [she/her, doe/deer]
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    3 days ago

    if god did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

    Ellison’s prediction of AI-driven surveillance will rely on the development of powerful hardware, but shortages of AI-acceleration components like GPUs could slow them down.

    I'm doing my part to fight the panopticon by building a decadent gamer rig

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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      3 days ago

      Christ that'd be such a fucking waste of resources. We'd be using enough power to like air condition the global south, run massive desalination plants, or any number of things necessary for survival, and we'd dedicate for facial recognition.