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.

  • miz [any, any]
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    3 days ago

    let's start by putting one inside every room of every one of Larry's houses

  • Llituro [he/him, they/them]
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    3 days ago

    y'all see that all the workers at videogame publisher Annapurna Interactive quit? that's his daughter's company.

  • Beaver [he/him]
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    3 days ago

    It's really our fault, for envisioning the torment nexus in the first place lathe-of-heaven

  • CarbonScored [any]
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    3 days ago

    "..for poor people only", Ellison finishes. Let's put cameras on the bourgeois class and see what behaviour results.

  • Robert_Kennedy_Jr [xe/xem, xey/xem]
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    3 days ago

    "Every police officer is going to be supervised at all times, and if there's a problem, AI will report the problem and report it to the appropriate person."

    "As the police chief for the city that these videos are sent to, I have reviewed the footage and determined the officers involved were framed using deep fake technology. The hackers responsible will soon be taken into custody."

  • Hexboare [they/them]
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    3 days ago

    Common household cleaners can be deadly if combined and should be kept away from the vents of billionaire's bunkers

    • Abracadaniel [he/him]
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      3 days ago

      this is worse than the panopticon because there'd be a machine mind fixed on every cell instead of just the possiblity of being observed.

    • AstroStelar [he/him]
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      3 days ago

      The paragraph is titled "Sounds Familiar" for crying out loud soypoint-1 1984 soypoint-2

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      Of course, the obligatory China mention. "Digital totalitarianism".

  • Deadend [he/him]
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    3 days ago

    But people record themselves doing crimes on occasion?

    The panopticon only works if there is a carrot as well as a stick. And it must be perceived as perfect.

    He’s an idiot who is so detached from humanity, it’s a shock he’s still alive.

  • joaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 days ago

    to be fair, this is not the first time a guy named Ellison had a nightmarish prediction about what AI would do in the future

  • Wheaties [she/her]
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    3 days ago

    my ability to order water pistols on Alibaba, however, will ensure otherwise 🔫