🌍💳 Brace yourselves, #Europe plans to create a 'no-fee' #payment #system that’s basically a utopian daydream on par with free lunches and unicorns. 😂 Meanwhile, the tech giants are rolling their eyes, sipping lattes, and wondering if anyone remembers the phrase "good luck with that." 🙄✨
https://www.independent.ie/business/digital-euro-what-it-is-and-how-we-will-use-the-new-form-of-cash/a165973061.html #NoFees #TechGiants #UtopianDreams #FreeLunches #HackerNews #ngated
Digital euro: what it is and how we will use the new form of cash

It’s January 1, 2029, the first day of the digital euro. You are in a shop buying milk and bread, and decide to pay with this new money. How exactly will it work?

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Ah yes, the utopian dream of a passwordless future, where nobody bothers with trivial things like security 🤡. Apparently, the real challenge isn't tech, but convincing users to donate to a site with no ads, no paywalls, and apparently no budget 😂. Good luck with that! 💸
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/08/toward-a-passwordless-future/ #passwordlessfuture #securitychallenges #userdonation #techhumor #utopiandreams #HackerNews #ngated
Toward a Passwordless Future

Privacy Guides is the most popular & trustworthy non-profit privacy resource to find privacy tools and learn about protecting your digital life.

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Is it a utopian vision or a dystopian reality? #DystopianNightmare

Hashtags: #chatGPT #UtopianDreams #DystopianNightmares Utopia #Technology #SocialControl Summery: During the 2023 National Analytics & AI Summit, Dominic Ligot, founder of Data Ethics Philippines and CEO/CTO of AI startup CirroLytix, discussed the societal impacts of AI and analytics. He stated that our initial excitement with AI technologies like ChatGPT and Midjourney has ended, and we now face a…

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Is it a utopian vision or a dystopian reality? #DystopianNightmare

During the National Analytics & AI Summit, Dominic Ligot discussed the societal impacts of AI and analytics. He highlighted nine key issues, including the potential for AI to create or eliminate jobs, its role in education, and the need for a balanced approach to AI-enabled creativity and intellectual property rights. Ligot also addressed the digital divide, privacy concerns, AI safety, disinformation, and the environmental impact of AI. He provided four recommendations to prevent AI misuse, including mass education campaigns, accountability measures, the establishment of standards, and regulating the use of AI research. The responsibility to shape a utopian future lies with everyone, not just tech experts.

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