Pokémon Go players thought they were catching Pikachus.
They were actually building the nervous system for robot civilization.
500M humans. 30B images. Zero consent forms.
The game was the harvest.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/10/1134099/how-pokemon-go-is-helping-robots-deliver-pizza-on-time/
@geeknik Gosh, I wish folks had warned us about this stuff… oh, I don’t know… maybe a decade ago?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=yHoLopZSYJw&t=334s&pp=2AHOApACAQ%3D%3D
@[email protected] well, people *signed away their consent* per #PokemonGo's #ToS! - Just like they sign away their #privacy and that of their #contacts when using #NSAbook!
@futureisfoss @geeknik Thank you for the kind words but there’s scant solice in being right about this stuff and even less so in seeing your words fall on deaf ears all this time.
(Hence why I no longer speak about the problem but I’ve been working on creating one possible solution in the form of the Small Web.)
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