Edward Snowden Slams Sam Altman's Worldcoin: 'Don't Catalogue Eyeballs'

Post by arcticbull » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 5:15 PM UTC

wyager wrote: post #227

arcticbull wrote: post #195

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Well it dramatically decreases the efficiency of the monetary system (requiring 60 days of electricity and 1 iPad of e-waste to scribble a few bytes into the ledger every 10 minutes), and only one of the other assets you pointed out create value, the others are unproductive. Real estate is not a monetary asset, it's a productive asset - because people need a place to live and you can either live in a house yourself o…

This post is riddled with misconceptions, but I’m just going to focus on these because they’re probably the most productive places for you to start: > Real estate is not a monetary asset, it's a productive asset… Gold is a commodity, not a monetary asset. This is wrong. Any asset with monetary properties can (and will, in the right environments) be monetized. When the primary medium of exchange is inflationary, peopl…

Post by hef19898 » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 5:17 PM UTC

yunohn wrote: post #53

exo762 wrote: post #26

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While I don't care about Worldcoin (I think it will fail, because they are solving the problem that does not exist), this post is false in multiple ways. First, retina scanning output hash is deterministic - it is supposed to generate the same result for the same eyeball. So it can't be replaced with random number generation. Second, network does not interpret hashes, except for making sure that single hash is awarde…

So… then why do they need retina scans? If the whole process has tons of checks and balances, it sounds a lot like the normal verification processes followed by governments for IDs/Visas.

Post by Loughla » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 5:21 PM UTC

LurkingPenguin wrote: post #85

shafyy wrote: post #11

Incredible how out of touch the Silicon Valley elite is with the real world.

When I left Silicon Valley, it was to escape the bubble. What you wrote is what I felt. But in hindsight, I think "Silicon Valley is out of touch with the real world" is too innocuous. Obviously, it is, but a lot of the "elite" aren't just happily enjoying their bubble. They are intent on shaping "the real world", and they have enough resources and influence to be successful some of the time. I doubt very much that t…

Post by anonporridge » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 5:24 PM UTC

arcticbull wrote: post #230

anonporridge wrote: post #217

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We're going to need to figure out how to recycle e-waste at massive scale irregardless of bitcoin. Silicon brains are the spice of civilization. The only limit on who much e-waste we produce is how fast we can churn them out.

Cool and when we do we can revisit Bitcoin.

Post by jjtheblunt » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 5:25 PM UTC

patrec wrote: post #48

victor22 wrote: post #17

RIP Sam Altman's reputation

Genuine question: what is Sam Altman's reputation based on? I'm aware that Paul Graham had a serious mancrush on him, and that he somehow managed to turn a failed startup into a $40M acquihire, which is nothing to scoff at -- but is his success mostly based on his genius of selling himself and whatever he's involved in, or has he actually said or done anything that shows some deeper form of insight or ability?