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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] LovableSidekick 20 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] Snapz 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Remember, remember the 4th of December...

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[–] vrfyd 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, the Panopticon. How novel.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] mohammed_alibi 18 points 2 weeks ago

Larry "Xi Jinping" Ellison

[–] ME5SENGER_24 18 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] wildcardology 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Who's watching the billionaires?

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] x00z 16 points 2 weeks ago

you hear a sudden beep in your ears

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Brb, buying cases of Guy Fawkes masks...

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[–] Snapz 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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.

[–] teamevil 16 points 2 weeks ago

Panopticon will not be the way

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

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

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[–] MITM0 14 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Tim Allen with bad facial hair looking motherfucker

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[–] captainlezbian 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

They plan on us not having a choice

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

ORACLE - One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Can we apply it to tax cheats first?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

It will only ensure the opposite.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] JeeBaiChow 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

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