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Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re recording"

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Re: Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re recording"

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four#Thought_m...

ADD: A local press story about Oracle's CEO and Altman "celebrating" a new DC in my part of the country, with sounds-less-creepy language: https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/06/openai-oracle-l...

Re: Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re recording"

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What really gets to me is how big tech isn't even pretending anymore to serve society. They clearly feel superior to the rest of us and entitled to rule.

You can understand why - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgpqeq82rvo

They bought a country for pocket change.

Jeff will be president within 20 years imo.

Re: Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re recording"

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And of course, the best behavior will be the behavior that poses zero threat to the people in power. What a great future we have ahead of us, my colleagues.

It's subjective. When I was a kid, "best behavior" didn't include assaulting law enforcement and smearing feces on the walls of Congress, but these days that behavior is acceptable, even officially celebrated.

apparently it will get you elected.

Re: Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re recording"

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I think when we look back in 10-20 years, mass nearly universal surveillance will be seen as one of the largest social impacts of AI, or perhaps the largest.

We have barely scratched the surface, and I don't think most people have thought it through.

I guess I appreciate Ellison is educating people about what's going on...

Re: Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re recording"

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And of course, the best behavior will be the behavior that poses zero threat to the people in power. What a great future we have ahead of us, my colleagues.

It's subjective. When I was a kid, "best behavior" didn't include assaulting law enforcement and smearing feces on the walls of Congress, but these days that behavior is acceptable, even officially celebrated.

Somebody has to provide feedback loop and back pressure, so yes, celebrated and needed it is
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