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[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 36 points 6 months ago

"Brian takes a cut, which varies depending on the client. “I keep more from the junkies,” he said."

What a piece of shit, rips off some of the most marginalized people in society.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago (1 children)

From the title, I thought people were actually selling their eyeballs for money.

[–] MakePorkGreatAgain@lemmy.basedcount.com 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

same, and only reason I even looked at the article. why cant crypto just die already? it's just a huge scam

[–] will_a113@lemmy.ml 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How is Worldcoin still a thing?

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don’t know why anyone would trust Sam Altman. He’s not, like, some noble visionary or great inventor. He’s just a business-side guy who seems to be able to network, raise a lot of money, and navigate corporate intrigue.

Which is perfectly fine. OpenAI needs someone who can network and raise loads of money. But I wouldn’t trust him any more than I’d trust a politician or car salesman.

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah, he's pretty much going to sell humanity out to the machines and make Skynet a reality.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My understanding is the premise of world coin is to provide identity verification somehow, but I don't get how is it supposed to work?

Also how does it benefit the network to have scanned irises for people who don't care about world coin or understand how it works?

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

You're looking at it wrong. This is a scheme to collect mass amounts of biometric data. What's the end goal? No idea, but I doubt it'll be to the benefit of mankind.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I didn't say it was good or I support it. I'm trying to understand it. Which is usually an important step to effectively combat something.