Day three of Trump's term and the largest push for surveillance capitalism yet has been made: Project Stargate will be a $500.000.000.000 (500 billion USD) data center used for running a multitude of AIs with the purpose of spying on you.
Larry Ellison, the world's second richest man and CEO of Oracle, one of the main partners of Stargate, said:
“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we're constantly recording and reporting everything that's going on [...]. We're using A.I. to monitor the video.”
— Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle on how the company's A.I. systems will be used for in the future [Source: Business Insider]
This is who is in power now. This is the vision they have.
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Stéphanie
In response to this post@ErikUden that's extremely terrifying.
@stephanie He said this as a response to how he e envisions his company's A.I. will be used for and how that makes money. Aiding law enforcement and the state in ensuring citizens will be on their best behavior.
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_maleficentgirl
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sounds like they took the Plot out of Marvels "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and ran with it
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tsia
In response to this post@ErikUden at first I was like no way Oracle is capable of producing anything functioning. But then I remembered that before crappy software would just not work. Now crappy AI will just make stuff up that everyone believes.
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Erik Uden 🍑
In response to this postRead more about the Stargate Project here:
Or watch this good summary by Fireship:
:youtube: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4m84d2xz2o
@ErikUden France is investing 2 Billion USD per year into #AI the EU alltogether only 8 Billion. If this programme really becomes reallity we do have a problem here. Because standard becomes what is most not best (see Microsoft)
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@ErikUden If there are no wormholes involved, it should not be called Stargate project
#NotMyStargate
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MvRiederberg
In response to this post@ErikUden Orwell käme sich heutzutage als absoluter Anfänger vor, wenn er die Möglichkeiten sähe, die uns nun ins Haus stehen
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Christian Gudrian
In response to this post@ErikUden And I'm quite certain who this system won't be investigating…
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The Gym Nerd
In response to this post@ErikUden let's be honest... This AI project will probably not do anything, besides making rich man even richer.
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Zep
In response to this post@ErikUden oh it kinda clicked for me that Apple/Google/Microsoft jamming AI down our throats is all about surveillance to understand what we're typing without file type/format or even end to end encryption mattering
very cool, I hate it here
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DoNotPunchDown
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A brave new world
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Bram
In response to this post@ErikUden I'm sure we could monitor the behaviour of that handful of billionair oligarchs for a lot less money than 500G, and the returns will likely be much better ...
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John
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Narrator:
"Ellison and is fellow oligarchs were sure that they alone could avoid surveillance. But what they didn't know was that they too would be watched, and their crimes recorded and delivered to the people who would become their de-facto masters."
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Pete
In response to this post@ErikUden Will AI monitoring prevent the rich and famous from visiting another "lolita island" or prevent another Epstein from "taking his own life" in a highly guarded cell block of a famous jail? Almost seems like someone from the 4th estate should be asking Mr. Ellison these questions.
@philpetree No. Surveillance only for conformity, not to uncover horrors conducted by the rich.
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Platypusman
In response to this post@ErikUden I’ll never forget reading George Orwell’s 1984 and thinking to myself, I can hardly wait until we are living in that kind of dystopia.
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Joykill
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Will they release the resulting analysis though? Perhaps if they could create a "public trust score", it could be used to discriminate social benefits to only the best citizens, and people would quickly learn what a great and generous country they live in with such a wonderful, competent and benevolent leader.
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The Turtle
In response to this post@ErikUden an iron rod could help Larry Ellison forget this shit. He probably thinks it's some sort of Carnegie-style benevolent oligarchy; it isn't.
It's also far easier to just surveil the billionaires.
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Madeleine Morris
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In some ways, this is a bit of a liberation. Because the veneer of democracy and rule of law made most liberal democracies gravitate towards the US rather than China.
But now... what's the fucking difference? And China has better cuisine.
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Humphrey Archer
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So where are they getting that $500bn from?
I ask because from what I see, none of the people involved seem to have access to that sort of money
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Kierkegaanks regretfully
In response to this post@ErikUden He needs some in person social pressure to back the fuck off with his greedy little hell claws
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David P
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The Stasi would have wet themselves to have this kind of technology.
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Sensible Crone
In response to this post@ErikUden OFFS
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Bill (he/him)
In response to this post@ErikUden no Richard Dean Anderson? I'm out
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Chuck Munson
In response to this post@ErikUden We should just call it the Deep State Machine for better branding purposes.
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huntingdon
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Octogenarian bazillionaire Larry Ellison thinks it's a good idea that AI-based surveillance system will "police" citizens. He's so rich, the only thing other people could possibly want is something he has.
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Brokar
In response to this post@ErikUden China has a much better surveillance system than us! We want too!
Watch this and tell me you really want that. That and worse is where Ellison's fantasy is heading.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5497778/
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Nicolle
In response to this post@ErikUden Hm.. 1984..?
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Lee
In response to this post@ErikUden Luigi Mangione
Will be out to avenge us.
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William Shakesbeer
In response to this post@ErikUden Ich erinnere mich an ein Zitat, welches von mir selbst stammt. „Verschwende nie dein Vertrauen an ein Weichwarenunternehmen, welches mehr Juristen beherbergt, als Weichwarenentwickler.“ ca. 1337
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Miss Gayle
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Can't wait to see christian's reactions when they all get told to either get chipped or lose everything.
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Barry
In response to this post@ErikUden @briankrebs Hey Mr. Ellison, Fuck Off.
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Guillotine Jones, Boulevardier
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Erik, has anyone asked Larry Ellison how much the price of eggs has gone down on day three of Trump 2.0?
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Greengordon
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And by "citizens," he means us, never hin.
"Larry Ellison, the world's second richest man and CEO of Oracle, one of the main partners of Stargate, said:
“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we're constantly recording and reporting everything that's going on [...]. We're using A.I. to monitor the video.”
#capitalism
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Justice 4 all
In response to this post@ErikUden single scariest thing that every single person should be concerned about
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Justice 4 all
In response to this post@ErikUden single scariest thing that every single person should be concerned about
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GhostOnTheHalfShell
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I hope now that people understand that the push for AI data centers is not a push to some glorious future, it’s a push to enable the base technology for our oppression.
Pervasive surveillance is 1984 on steroids
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GhostOnTheHalfShell
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And not only are we supposed to pour $500 billion into data centers Trump is claiming emergency powers to force their construction wherever these billionaires want to that means that the water and power grid in land of cities locations all over the United States are going to be seized in order to construct the instrument of our repression.
Giga Giga factories and especially these data centers must be rejected. EOC they are instruments of oppression, not economic prosperity.
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Joana de Castro Arnaud
In response to this post@ErikUden I wonder where Trump will find 500 billion, while at the same time cutting taxes. Taking a loan from his billionaire "friends", possibly?
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author_is_ShrikeTron🔠💉x7
In response to this post@ErikUden Again, a bigger budget than NASA. 😢
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devorars
In response to this post@ErikUden gross 🤮
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Joe :tinoflag:
In response to this post@ErikUden , ha, the US might soon beg for immigrants because anyone in their right mind who can afford it will leave.
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Ken Dahl
In response to this post@ErikUden Person of Interest vibes
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