WorldCoin Orb Invades Planet

OpenAI CEO in ‘advanced talks’ for $100M Worldcoin funding: Report

“It’s a bear market, a crypto winter. It’s remarkable for a project in this space to get this amount of investment,” the source said.

Indeed. But it is a "remarkable" project.

According to Worldcoin executives, the aim of the project is to “tackle two problems” raised by the growing complexity of artificial intelligence.

And yet the article fails to mention what those "two problems" are.

cute wokism alert.

From Worldcoin FAQ:

The Orb is an imaging device that verifies you are real and have not previously signed up for Worldcoin. It is necessary because it is the only secure way of reliably determining uniqueness and personhood while also preserving the privacy of everyone who signs up.

But you won't need to buy a spy Orb.

Worldcoin Operators are individuals who operate Orbs all around the world and can earn Worldcoin or fiat currency for every user that they help verify. The Operators are not Worldcoin employees and run their operations independently while being expected to follow a strict Code of Conduct that emphasizes complying with laws and protecting the public.

The psycho-technocracy continues to build your prison; and human creatures are even helping. One interesting data: the site claims 1.7 million biometric credentials, yet only 42,500 phone verifications.

Individuals who want a verified World ID are not required to share any personal data with Worldcoin, other than images of them collected by the Orb. These images are used to generate a unique iris code and by default are immediately deleted once the iris code is created, unless the user opts in to Data Custody. Opting into Data Custody will decrease the probability and frequency of reverification as the algorithms change. [my bold]

In what way is an iris scan - plus the location of the Orb - not personal data? Note the likely constant "reverification". So that Operators are somewhat like local spies in totalitarian regimes.

I wonder if an AI image generator can create fake iris images.

I wonder if an AI app can simulate a human with none of the inner attributes.