Early adopters in Mexico lend their eyes to global biometric project
cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/486175 (!aistuff@lemdro.id)
Eager early adopters recently descended upon a Mexico City cafe where their eyes were scanned by a futuristic sphere, part of an ambitious project that ultimately seeks to create a unique digital identification for everyone on the planet.
Mexico is one of nearly three dozen countries where participants are allowing the sphere, outfitted with cameras and dubbed an orb, to scan their iris. The project's goal is to distinguish people from bots online, while doling out a cryptocurrency bonus as a incentive to participate.
The so-called Worldcoin project is a biometric verification tool led by Sam Altman, the chief executive of Open AI, and the crypto company he co-founded, Tools for Humanity.
This doesn't sound creepy at all... thoughts?
The dystopia is coming. If it's not already here.
Pretty sure it’s already here, just not as flashy and futuristic as we were expecting. Just sort of boring and tiring, trying to get through the day as it burns around us.
That’s why everyone knows what “this is the worst timeline” means.
!aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
Its been here for decades. It was already mandatory to provide an iris scan upon arrival in the US back when I visited New York in 2013. At the time, I was already baffled it was a requirement and wasn't happy, but at that moment there is nothing else to do then comply. The US probably has a very big iris scan, fingerprint and passport database of at least the western world.
This is the boring dystopia.
No flying cars, just big trucks rolling coal.
No neon towers, just strip malls with massive parking lots.
We got the massive income inequality down.
High tech, low quality of life.
It’s already here