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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 months ago

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

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

Remember, remember the 4th of December...

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months 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.

[–] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 months ago

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

Ah, the Panopticon. How novel.

[–] ME5SENGER_24@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

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

[–] mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Larry "Xi Jinping" Ellison

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Who's watching the billionaires?

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 16 points 3 months ago

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

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

you hear a sudden beep in your ears

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

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Panopticon will not be the way

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Brb, buying cases of Guy Fawkes masks...

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 15 points 3 months 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.

[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 15 points 3 months 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.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

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

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Most people only have one skeleton, but you've got my support either way!

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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months 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 3 months 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.

[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tim Allen with bad facial hair looking motherfucker

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

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

They plan on us not having a choice

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[–] dukatos@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago

ORACLE - One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 9 points 3 months ago

It will only ensure the opposite.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago

Can we apply it to tax cheats first?

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

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

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