[tim333]

I did the worldcoin scan thing a couple of years ago and it's all quite jolly. The article is a bit scaremongering. Re:

>Simply put, the premise is this: scan your eyeball, get a biometric tag, verify yourself, buy our apps (and cryptocurrency). ... Minority Report style technology

it's not really like that. They take a photo of your eye to check you are a new person and not someone who has an account already, then give you an account which is like an anonymous crypto wallet with a private key. You never do an eye scan again in normal use. They give you free crypto/money rather than you needing to buy anything. I've been given ~$300 - it fluctuates a fair bit with crypto prices.

I recommend it to anyone who's curious / positive about new tech.

[qwertox]

> I recommend it to anyone who's curious / positive about new tech.

What does this have to do with curiosity or new-tech positivity? Nothing.

Give biometric data, get fluctuating ~$300. You did nothing else than sell something you have. I'm not judging.

[Jommi]

how will we solve distinguishing real humans over bots online?

[qwertox]

It it's our goal to solve this issue via authentication, then we might as well let the government authenticate us, instead of Sam Altman.

[A4ET8a8uTh0_v2]

<< I recommend it to anyone who's curious / positive about new tech.

I would ask that you elaborate a little more. I am an example of one. I like LLMs, but I cringe internally and externally at times at some of the things people seem to want to use them for ( and I just saw a presentation that basically said the equivalent of "add AI here, happy sunshine leaves there". And how? Magic. Nobody knows. ). I like crypto, but it is impossible to not see million rugpulls, scams and so on out there. I like technology, but I am very, very aware of the issues with basic human nature.

[tim333]

I guess so. It's pretty similar to getting a crypto wallet and some altcoin. I guess whether you find that interesting is down to the individual.

[tim333]

Another thing - I just logged in and they have mini apps in the world app including one paying 61% interest to deposit your worldcoins. It's like a whole ponzi-economy in there!