Tushar Chauhan

WOW. What a waste of money and compute. Rather than cataloguing humans for future business and state-based exploitation, all this energy and investment could be spent on research that will actually change our lives for the better (climate, fuel, public infrastructure...). Why are idiots allowed to fund other idiots and propagate this Idiocracy ?

Link: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/worldcoin-orb-ai-2341500

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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 | Artnet News

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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Jul 28, 2023 at 10:42amWeb
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There's a profit motive somewhere, and this company is seeking to exploit eye-scans for some purpose or another (if you can be recognized by a scan of your face by your phone, it is possible to do so by these spheres, and that information can be exploited for various purposes, some of them not trustworthy). At that point you stop worrying about the waste and start worrying about being used for purposes you cannot control. Disney scanned facial expressions of background actors without telling them what the scans would be used for (or even compensating those who got scanned). This is not waste - it's more like abuse...