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OpenAI is considering using biometric verification like World's eyeball scanning Orb for its planned social network to ensure its users are real people (www.forbes.com)
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[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 93 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Altman, a regular user of X since 2008, has been forthright about his frustration with the bots on it. In September, he posted to X that “somehow AI twitter/AI reddit feels very fake in a way it really didn't a year or two ago.” A few days earlier, he made a similar point, citing dead internet theory, which posits that since 2016, the internet has been overrun with non-human activity. “I never took the dead internet theory that seriously but it seems like there are really a lot of LLM [AI]-run twitter accounts now,” he wrote.

CEO of glorified bot farm complains about effects of bot farming.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We need to find who's responsible for this.gif

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 60 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

OpenAI… wants to make sure that its users are… real people.

Irony is dead.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 25 points 3 weeks ago

Sell problem, sell solution

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 41 points 3 weeks ago

Who the fuck wants social network from OpenAI?

[–] digital_digger@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago

Because we need another social network build by a big tech firm. Another garbage like this is for sure what the world needs in 2026 💩

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 28 points 3 weeks ago

Hahahahhahah oh sweetie. Not enough people want your bullshit for you to start raising entry barriers.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 3 weeks ago

Altman realizes most people outside of third world countries aren't ready to just hand over their biometrics for cash, so he's come up with a new way to get people to give them to him. Hooray.

I don't get how anyone can trust a fucking word out of this guy's mouth.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 18 points 3 weeks ago

Chat GPT, generate me an image of an eyeball.

[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 16 points 3 weeks ago

Real people be posting slop too.

[–] atropa@piefed.social 16 points 3 weeks ago

Idiot

[–] RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago

This orb surveillance thingy looks like Wheatley from Portal 2, an AI which eventually turned evil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatley_(Portal) I'm sure that's a good sign.

[–] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

lol, no.

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Just one more social media bro

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 7 points 3 weeks ago

Oh my god, where do I sign up?!!

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

No one wanted to use any shitty social network they make anyway, so there no reason to try to hard to push people away.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Help us guillotine you’re our only hope

[–] C1pher@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

They want all biometrical data from you. Before you know it, they'll ask for fucking colon swabs for verification.