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WorldCoin's newest pitch: Scan your eyeballs to prove AI agents really represent you (www.theregister.com)
submitted 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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World, known as WorldCoin until late 2024 when AI became trendier than cryptocurrency, announced on Tuesday that it was opening a limited beta of its new AgentKit. The new tech, says World, will serve as a way to tie AI agents directly to a human to prevent bad actors from abusing agentic AI and "infuse trust into the system."

Given this is a World venture, that damn eyeball-scanning-orb is still involved.

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

Fuck no!

[–] comador@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Sauron has returned.

[–] lmr0x61@lemmy.ml 18 points 15 hours ago

Sam Altman has cooked up a plan

Damn, off to a rough start already

[–] mthomson@forum.macaque.social 13 points 16 hours ago

How to get scans of people's eyes so they can sell the data and use it to break into biometrics. Seems like a bad idea!

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 15 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Why are they so hell bent on finding a reason to scan eyeballs

[–] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 8 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

there's an intervIew video which Altman wants in the future people don't need to work and they will receive income from ~~unemploynent benefits~~ UBI system and their SSN will be linked to this orb crypto-coin and AI system.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 14 points 18 hours ago

Why even bother with this? Everybody knows that the new excuse for bot-based disasters is blaming the AI on it. Identity doesn't matter. Facebook's Head of AI Safety foolishly left a bot alone, and almost lost all her emails.

A single human is allowed to delegate their World ID to as many agents as they want.

The only thing this provides is a great way to encourage identity theft. Thanks to the "code is law" underpinnings, the rules governing your personal safety will be "not your keys, not your identity".

[–] hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Oh there it is! Adam Conover talked about this, Rebecca Watson and others tore him up about it, and he issued a long-ass apology video for even giving them exposure. I was hoping to never hear about them again...

Rebecca Watson (Skepchick): "Adam Conover Ruins His Own Reputation" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USHCZCNjkgI

Adam Conover: "Why I Became a Crypto Shill" https://youtu.be/eDsSg-Xm1ms

[–] XLE@piefed.social 3 points 16 hours ago

As long as Sam Altman sticks around, that damn orb will too.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago

Wow how about no? What the actual fuck?

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

So the bullshit can then be blamed on the user? I doubt it. They will still blame the AI when mistakes are made.