The problem of identification is a real one for hundreds of millions of people and it has nothing to do with AI. What's shocking to me is how much people aren't pizza gating these eye scanning orbs when the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ID2020 which is a good faith attempt to solve the real ID problem for the right reasons in a practical way has been a favourite of conspiracy nutjobs for years https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articles/mosip-digital...
> What's shocking to me is how much people aren't pizza gating these eye scanning orbs
That’s an interesting point. It got me thinking and I think it might be related to the (for lack of a better term) “revolutionary messaging”. What I mean is that conspiracy theorists are guided by a mindset of revolution: It’s always about how the status quo is constructed to fool and control you, thus the truth is by necessity a revolutionary idea known by a select few who must rise up to fight the tyrannical ideas and brainwashing of the world government.
So scammers appeal to that notion. Instead of trying to work with others to enact real change to the systems in place, they hype themselves as lone wolves that are proven right because others disagree with their ideas.
It’s hard to make a conspiracy theory against something which already defines itself by being outside the norm and fighting the status quo. Cryptocurrencies fall squarely in that.
The orb thing is a bit to open to make a good conspiracy theory. I mean you can go to an orb place and check them out - they are really just fancy digital cameras and just take a pic - they don't need your name address phone number or anything. And the biz model is mostly yet another crypto coin which may be a bit scammy but not a very interesting conspiracy.
Now that Gates thing, I find it hard to figure what they are up to.
