If Balaji Srinivasan is any guide, then the Silicon Valley plutocrats are definitely not okay.
  • @[email protected]
    8•7 months ago

    Wow. Insane.

    he “told a group of young entrepreneurs that the United States had become ‘the Microsoft of nations’: outdated and obsolescent.”

    Hahahaha, let’s see, the software giant that practically controls 99% of desktops/laptops around the world…

    The same company that has a massive R&D division that produces some of the most amazing research on computing and users.

    MS isn’t showing us all their cards, I’m frankly terrified of what they understand and their long-term plans based on that knowledge.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetEnglish
      4•7 months ago

      All this facial recognition technology that is popping up as breaking news was on demonstration in the Microsoft visitor center 10 fricken years ago. Over a decade ago they could already assign an ID to a person the first time they were seen, accurately estimate their height, weight, ethnicity, age, and even mood, and create a persistent profile for them across locations. That was a decade ago when they had it on display for visitors, so it had actually been available for much longer. Imagine what they’re doing now.