• xia@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    I was going to make a snarky quip like “guess he’s never actually used oracle”, but then realized he IS oracle.

  • archchan@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    A post from the reddit thread on this that led me down a “dark” (double pun in this case) rabbit hole:

    Larry Ellison is either independently coming up with, or stealing, an idea from an authoritarian freak named Curtis Yarvin. From an article about his ideology:

    Each patchwork would be ruled by a “realm”: a corporation with absolute power. Citizens would be free to move, but every other realm would also be ruled by corporate governments with chilling impunity. For example, Yarvin says the tech overlords of the San Francisco realm could arbitrarily decide to cut off its citizens’ hands with no fear of legal consequences—because they’re a sovereign power, beholden to no federal government or laws.

    In “Friscorp,” as Yarvin calls the San Francisco realm, an all-seeing Orwellian surveillance system would enforce public safety: “All residents, even temporary visitors, carry an ID card with RFID response. All are genotyped and iris-scanned. Public places and transportation systems track everyone. Security cameras are ubiquitous. Every car knows where it is, and who is sitting in it, and tells the authorities both.”

    Yarvin is a thought leader who influences many of the most powerful people in the world (and also a couple elected politicians).

    Larry Ellison basically floated the idea of an AI surveillance panopticon several months ago.

    Ars Technica: Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison

  • Mak'@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    He believes the payoff will include better healthcare, thanks to treatments tailored to individuals…

    Hey, that’s great and all… So, who’s going to pay for those treatments? Universal healthcare when?

  • RangerJosey@lemmy.ml
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    Shit like this is why I’ll never take one of those 23&me tests. I’d love to know all that stuff. But I don’t want that data sold to assholes like this.

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    1 year ago

    Ellison is a piece of shit. This is the same creep who said that putting AI surveillance everywhere will ensure that everyone will “behave.” That probably doesn’t apply to him on his private Hawaiian island, huh? He will not be missed, none of these soulless monsters will be.