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A.I. company Worldcoin has rolled out 1,500 Orbs to more than 35 cities in a bid to create digital identities for the world's citizens.

A.I. company Worldcoin has rolled out 1,500 Orbs to more than 35 cities in a bid to create digital identities for the world’s citizens.

  • fearout@kbin.social
    32·
    1 year ago

    “I’ve been very interested in things like universal basic income and what’s going to happen to global wealth redistribution,” Sam Altman, Worldcoin’s cofounder

    Holy crap it’s Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI. After that recent article about his $2 Kenyan workers it’s much harder to believe in benevolent intentions.

    • explodicle@local106.com
      3·
      1 year ago

      Any time someone creates a new coin instead of using the thousands available, it’s 99.9% a scam. We don’t need a new money supply for a UBI, this has been discussed to death in crypto circles for over a decade.

    • DaveNa
      1·
      1 year ago

      That’s twice the minimum wage where I live.