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FatalError1337
.... I'm finally starting to see the appeal of buying a gun and going off to homestead in the woods.
AllTheKitties
What exactly is Ai about it? None of that sounds like new tech to me...
But yes, the implications are pretty scary.
Morg729
Med Ship Man by Murray Leinster: "Calhoun arrives on the planet Maya for a routine inspection but finds the entire civilization abandoned. He discovers the inhabitants fled in fear due to the misuse of a "cattle-induction field" that caused immense pain." Good book
lightfoot2
oh brother
KerryCoder
I think this might be a bit much. It's like when Farage got hit with a milkshake, and people were like... "What if it was a brick!?"
Well, it wasn't a brick! It was a milkshake. Similarly, if the collars were on human beings, this would be *horrible*. But it's on *cows.*
Nukls
awizzaza
Oh I read this one! A great sci-fi thriller called parable of the sower. Damn Octavia butler was way ahead of her time!
thechelonianshelmet
I remember sci-fi books, etc, with this, except 'straying' too far resulted in an instant headache cure..
kurvarVillain
Maybe they already train the population through phones & smart watches. Like maybe they emit high frequency or low frequency noise that you can't hear but it makes you feel uncomfortable enough to avoid certain behaviors.
Then realize how many people here are both anti-authoritarian but also don't want to leave the house nor interact with people. These things are necessary for creating a movement to topple governments...
So maybe they already control you.
kooooll
Well... This has been possible and has been done in other contexts for a really long time (there are GPS trackers for dogs and cats for example for which you can set up a "virtual fence", which just informs the owner if the pet wanders to an area they are not supposed to), so I wouldn't draw too huge conclusions from this. Additionally, many people have been carrying devices in their pockets that enable this for almost 20 years now.
kooooll
I'm not a fan of Thiel either. But my point is that the possibilities for control over individuals using technology have been existing for a very long time.
azzurrivincitore13
Mmmmm I love techno fascism
HolyFreakingToast
nobody has any idea what is coming, but that doesn't mean we will be wearing cow collars!
whywritemythesiswhenihaveinternet
I'd just like to point out that the actual technology here is being developed by a number of different companies, has been around for a few years, and will result in much better rangeland management in wide swaths of open range, reducing erosion and desertification. I think mostly this is just exactly what it says on the tin, it's going to be a big business as the deployable tower technology improves. But fuck Thiel with a rusty spork. Every Palantir employee is an enemy of humanity.
DrAnimalWelfareScientist
The relationship with Thiel is gross and 100% agree that this was already in development. Being able to track animals like this has benefits for animal management and welfare at what could be a reasonable cost per animal so places may actually adopt it. Just cause the fascists could use it doesn't mean we should stop advancements that could better the world
boxbackknitties
If it goes that far, then fucking bring it. Wolverines.
DontStressBeAny1
I’m so glad he’s creating the pedo prison collar. Mf thinks we won’t put HIM and his friends in that shit?
Sixsystems
The Fallout style explosive slave collars are coming.
L0rdinquisit0r
according to a interview a few years back when the rich were starting to build bunkers. They discussed use of these to control the security. Afterall they have the guns, how do you stop them becoming the bunkers lord and master.
Hoirtz
Don't carry a phone. It's not that difficult.
Minoes
We allready have a collar, it's just in our pockets instead of around our necks
DeathLemons
Advanced ankle monitor
cytherians
Peter Thiel is the anti-Christ.
He has to be.
https://imgur.com/Jav6hjv
MeeseOnABeam
i guess the lives of livestock just weren't horrifying enough
mdevil
They'll probably not even have to use a collar for most people, just draw a line where phone service cuts out.
mksu
I definitely get the sense that we are on the cusp of being fucked to a brand new degree nobody ever thought of before, and a lot of people seem to think the same basic rules of society that have existed since time immemorial are going to persist indefinitely, which is probably less than ideal in the current moment.
CosmicCat8
This is why I resisted phones and the fit bit wearablea baffle me. I had to relent eventually to continue participating in society. We've been livestock for a long time tho. Esp women and poc.
psmith00
there were a few authors of dystopian future stories that knew what was coming but no one would believe them. here's an even worse one, actually virtually all, the Robots novels by or in the Isaac Asimov universe. give the oligarchs enough time and robots (they're coming) and you'll have Earth but as a Space World. look it up.
DragonThunderUndertaking
On the bright side when the world finally burns we all get to burn with it. Sadly, there are a stupid amount of people that seem to think they'll be immune when the world burns. Too bad no one will be around to scream I told you so.
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
The basic rules of society is "the elite become mulch if they push the people too hard"
mksu
The elite are currently developing innovative new ways to make sure organization simply isn't possible, which is exactly what I mean. When they break everyone down to an isolated individual, that's it. People turn inward, keep their heads down, and just focus on their own survival. We can already observe that phenomenon in society as it is.
JamieSays
I don't see any elite being mulched.
FirstInLastOut
The right wants to enslave us
a1b3117
Load up on guns
mmmurppp
So… Will this cow/person algorithm heard me towards a Burger King with a coupon?
wejustdontknow
It's not that they want to but they already are and always have. It's just that they are expanding the program.
Captkiller
No the rich want to enslave us and the right are just a bunch of useful idiots they can use to make it happen.
bippityboppitybuttsex
They are still pissed about 1865
awkungen42
They also want to enslave themselves, but they're too fucking braindead to realize they'll be the first victims. As long as someone else has it as bad as they do.
Prototypo
The rich, they just happen to be mostly conservative/fascist. They will gladly enslave lower socioeconomic groups regardless of political alignment. Everyone should be fighting against the oligarchy and fascism. Unfortunately conservatives are far too ignorant to see things out long term, so as long as they get to hate minorities they are complacent.
BHPaperstacks
I love when people say its not Right vs. Left, its the 1% vs. the rest of us. Congratulations dumbass, thats exactly what right vs left has always been about, you stupid ass mother fucker. God damn you're fucking stupid.
FirstInLastOut
The idea that they can hurt and exploit people without reprocussions is the biggest lie. Taking from other people is the only thing they know how to do and the right believes it. Who's gonna pay for that wall? Mexico! Who's gonna pay the tarrifs? Other countries! Who's gonna give up their rights so men can feel strong? Women! Who's gonna give up their freedom so they don't get angry? The LBGT community! Everything they want comes from someone else!
Idontneedrealfacts
also many people on the right apparently love the idea of being enslaved. Lennox and Stewart were right.
FirstInLastOut
They don't see it as a prison, they see it as a safe space.
SilentNemo
The end result of capitalism is, necessarily, Monopoly and Slavery.
FirstInLastOut
Yep. Once you've made things efficient and buy materials at the cheapest price How else do you save money? The only thing left is labor.
BHPaperstacks
Its also what that insane amount of concentrated wealth is really about after the maximum standard of living is achieved and material desire becomes irrelevant. It's about power, the power to control and dictate outcomes for the rest of us so that we are forced to acquiesce to the oligarchy's desire to control us. The exploitation itself is no longer just to generate more, but to prevent us from from ever being able to rell them "No, that is not what is best for the majority of us" ever again.
LeonBrooks
The *whites* want to enslave us...again.
nwafellows
Ok, I don't disagree with the premise of all things skeptical of these people, but this isn't new technology. We've been training dogs this way for invisible fencing for decades, including the vibration and sound of a collar when approaching a boundary, arbitrary or fixed.
Manse84
Yeah, I'm more staring at the $2B valuation for already proven tech. There's nothing new about it. You could do this with dog collars, a better radio, and a databricks stack in the barn.
hibizcus
Why is a company getting a $2B valuation for this though… investors are climbing on top of each other to get in on it
nwafellows
That's probably the interesting part. $2B for something that's existed for decades just because someone slapped AI in front of it?
SamaelQliphoth
Might be possible that theyre trying to keep the AI bubble alive as a profit engine whilst they pursue other things (or to just avoid losing their money). Not to say that the idea of using this tech as a mass surveillance/control system holds no water, but it also might not be their primary vector. After all, if the above is what they want, why not just use social media algorithms, geolocation data, and their media enterprises to do the same in a much less obvious fashion? It neednt be linear.
wqpsu
what's new is the degree of tracking and data consolidation, that's the beta testing, not the collars
nwafellows
We also track dogs this way, I've been doing this a long time. This isn't radically new, so it is nefarious or just tech bros slapping AI in front of existing technology and saying they invented something. Or both, knowing Thiel.
mycatwontletmeclosemybedroomdoor
All the "God, guns, and country" people will be the first to drop to their knees begging for the first collars.
LazerSpacePirate
It's incredible to me how the psyop hardwired hypocrisy into their doctrine. My fundie adoptive father used to sit me down as a kid and tell me all the ways the (then Democrat lead) government was going to put "the mark of the beast" on us and make us submit to their will. How when the time comes, we had to head to the mountains and fight for our lives as Armageddon took place. Now he is a full blown MAGA, donates part of his salary directly to the Trump's & worships his every word.
mycatwontletmeclosemybedroomdoor
Sorry to hear you're dealing with that. I, by pure dumb luck, cut my hypocrite, Florida evangelical family out of my life in 2015. I check Facebook every now and then, and, yep, all MAGA freaks.
LazerSpacePirate
I cut mine off as well, years ago now ╮(. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)╭ some disowned me, some I outright blocked and deleted lol. Life's been so much more peaceful without their hateful perspectives
mycatwontletmeclosemybedroomdoor
I'm glad you found your peace! My only regret is not doing it years sooner.