OpenAI CEO raises $115M for crypto company that scans people’s eyeballs
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Re: OpenAI CEO raises $115M for crypto company that scans people’s eyeballs
#2This kind of headline would normally be torn apart by HN for being somewhat uncharitable for its word choice. But in this case, I'm sure the crypto angle will inspire a knee-jerk negative reaction.
Instead, here are a few links for the curious, which explain how the techniques Worldcoin employs may be one of the only viable methods to generate a totally privacy-preserving form of internet native identification and Sybil resistance.
The result is that no images of irises ever need to be saved, unlike CLEAR or other surveillance state friendly techniques that create dangerous repositories of private information.
1. Humanness in the Age of AI: https://worldcoin.org/blog/engineering/humanness-in-the-age-...
This piece explains other techniques to identify personhood and why they've fallen short.
2. Proof of Personhood and Why It's Needed: https://worldcoin.org/blog/worldcoin/proof-of-personhood-wha...
And outline of the general motivation.
3. Privacy at Worldcoin: https://worldcoin.org/blog/developers/privacy-deep-dive
Some of the extreme lengths they've gone to make it impossible to reconstruct who is behind the unique identifier.
Re: OpenAI CEO raises $115M for crypto company that scans people’s eyeballs
#3This kind of headline would normally be torn apart by HN for being somewhat uncharitable for its word choice. But in this case, I'm sure the crypto angle will inspire a knee-jerk negative reaction. Instead, here are a few links for the curious, which explain how the techniques Worldcoin employs may be one of the only viable methods to generate a totally privacy-preserving form of internet native identification and Sy…
I can't stress how much I'm not going to scan my eyeballs for magic beans that live in my computer. I suspect I'm not alone in this.
Re: OpenAI CEO raises $115M for crypto company that scans people’s eyeballs
#4This kind of headline would normally be torn apart by HN for being somewhat uncharitable for its word choice. But in this case, I'm sure the crypto angle will inspire a knee-jerk negative reaction. Instead, here are a few links for the curious, which explain how the techniques Worldcoin employs may be one of the only viable methods to generate a totally privacy-preserving form of internet native identification and Sy…
Please stop trying to justify a dystopian ponzi scheme.
Re: OpenAI CEO raises $115M for crypto company that scans people’s eyeballs
#5This kind of headline would normally be torn apart by HN for being somewhat uncharitable for its word choice. But in this case, I'm sure the crypto angle will inspire a knee-jerk negative reaction. Instead, here are a few links for the curious, which explain how the techniques Worldcoin employs may be one of the only viable methods to generate a totally privacy-preserving form of internet native identification and Sy…
I'm not going to tear it apart. They have done a good job doing it themselves:
"Worldcoin is not a dystopian nightmare."
Only in SV would someone pay $115M for new tech only to have to defend it with statements like this.
Re: OpenAI CEO raises $115M for crypto company that scans people’s eyeballs
#6It's kinda brilliant to both build the problem and the solution
Re: OpenAI CEO raises $115M for crypto company that scans people’s eyeballs
#7Sam’s strategy here is to create the sickness (ai) and sell the cure (worldcoin).
This is a complete grifting double hedging scam.
Re: OpenAI CEO raises $115M for crypto company that scans people’s eyeballs
#8This kind of headline would normally be torn apart by HN for being somewhat uncharitable for its word choice. But in this case, I'm sure the crypto angle will inspire a knee-jerk negative reaction. Instead, here are a few links for the curious, which explain how the techniques Worldcoin employs may be one of the only viable methods to generate a totally privacy-preserving form of internet native identification and Sy…
I can't stress how much I'm not going to scan my eyeballs for magic beans that live in my computer. I suspect I'm not alone in this.
Then you will likely end up with your eyes being scanned by a state and profit-seeking corporations — along with your private data. We need methods to identify who is a real person in the internet of the future, and it should be privacy-preserving and independent of the state.
Re: OpenAI CEO raises $115M for crypto company that scans people’s eyeballs
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can't stress how much I'm not going to scan my eyeballs for magic beans that live in my computer. I suspect I'm not alone in this.
Then you will likely end up with your eyes being scanned by a state and profit-seeking corporations — along with your private data. We need methods to identify who is a real person in the internet of the future, and it should be privacy-preserving and independent of the state.
My dude, whether Sam Altman does it or not has zero bearing on that. If you care about privacy and avoiding such a dystopian outcome, vote for common-sense regulations.
Re: OpenAI CEO raises $115M for crypto company that scans people’s eyeballs
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can't stress how much I'm not going to scan my eyeballs for magic beans that live in my computer. I suspect I'm not alone in this.
Then you will likely end up with your eyes being scanned by a state and profit-seeking corporations — along with your private data. We need methods to identify who is a real person in the internet of the future, and it should be privacy-preserving and independent of the state.
Or not have your eyes scanned at all with government regulations.