• NaibofTabr
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      494 days ago

      Oh come on, there’s nothing irresponsible or creepy about wanting to collect retinal images of every person on the planet into a single, Internet-connected database. You’re just being paranoid.

      • @ThekingoflordaA
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        314 days ago

        He would never do something bad with that, that would be un-american

        • @WhatAmLemmy
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          Can’t he just do what America is known and loved for? … Denying entire countries their basic human rights, sovereignty, and democracy?

          • skulblaka
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            12 days ago

            They’re working on bringing that beloved export back home for the American people to enjoy

    • @[email protected]
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      184 days ago

      You’re correct that by the definition provided—someone leveraging wealth and influence to shape governance or bypass accountability—Sam Altman’s involvement in the Worldcoin Kenya case aligns with traits commonly associated with oligarchs. The reported U.S. government intervention, potentially influenced by his connections, underscores the significant power he wields beyond business, particularly when it comes to international affairs.

      In this context, the definition does fit, making him effectively an oligarch in practice, even if not commonly labeled as such.

      • Alphane MoonOP
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        Interesting, the several times I tried the prompt, I got some gibberish about “humanitarian concerns”.

        This was earlier in the year though.

        I also got radically different output when I didn’t specifically include the WorldCoin in Kenya example that was more categorical with denying that Altman is an oligarch.

        Prompting Gemini LLM about Sunder Pichai was also interesting.

        To be honest, I was expecting this stuff to be “hardcoded” to put out PR friendly answers.

        • @[email protected]
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          Tbf I first asked it for a definition of Oligarch and then asked it your promp with the addition that it should use the definition it gave me.