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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 21 points 2 years ago
[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Remember, remember the 4th of December...

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Ah, the Panopticon. How novel.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago

Larry Ellison is one of the biggest pieces of shit and Oracle can go fuck themselves.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

Funny thing about "best behavior" is that it's defined by whoever is in charge of the venue you're in, whether it's society ingeneral or a social media community. Somebody always dictates what's okay or not okay to say.

[–] vrfyd@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 years ago

So billionaires will pay the right amount of taxes! Oh wait!

[–] mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Larry "Xi Jinping" Ellison

[–] ME5SENGER_24@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Lets use it only on citizens who are billionaires to make sure they remain on their best behavior.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Who's watching the billionaires?

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Brb, buying cases of Guy Fawkes masks...

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 16 points 2 years ago

Leave it to the associopathic billionaires to take a look at 1984 and decide to use it as an instruction book.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

you hear a sudden beep in your ears

"Sir you've not been smiling. We really want citizens to be smiling!"

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I heard a guy tell a story about a vast AI-fueled cluster of bombs strapped to Larry's head set to trigger if he says objectively inhumane, anti-democratic shit can ensure Larry stays a lot quieter.

[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 15 points 2 years ago

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

Give the entirety of Lana'i to the Native Hawaiians via Hawaiian Home Lands and boot Larry Ellison out into the sea on a raft or something.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 15 points 2 years ago

Well, if you own a world inhabited by a few billion people, you want to make sure they’re optimally generating value for you and not bringing down the value of your holdings.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Queue countdown before this guy's skeletons come out...

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[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Of course it is, because that AI will totally not be programmed to ONLY surveil the lower tier sub-humans, Riiiiiiiiiight ?

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 years ago

Sure, it could, but should it? No of course not, a safe "utopian" society through force is dystopian and still unsafe (just now the danger is sanctioned, don't run afoul of Lord AI) in reality.

I'll take the possibility of getting shot by some dickhead over AI overlords watching my every move any day of the week.

[–] Prime_Minister_Keyes@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago
[–] RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tim Allen with bad facial hair looking motherfucker

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The rich really think we'll buy a prison as a utopia.

[–] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

They plan on us not having a choice

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[–] dukatos@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

ORACLE - One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago

Can we apply it to tax cheats first?

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 9 points 2 years ago

It will only ensure the opposite.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The text is behind a paywall and I would actually like to see the details of what this idiot fuck said.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

Should work pretty good if the IRS uses it for tax audits.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lemme guess... Based on oracle no doubt. The wrong people are gonna prosper the next 4 years.

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