Oracle Should Stop Talking About Its Genius Plan for Always-on Surveillance
Larry Ellison has described his vision of a future where human behavior is vastly improved by the threat of constant and comprehensive surveillance. For better or worse, but certainly for better, these comments are his honest appraisal of where humanity is doublequick headed.
In response, Big Brother would like to gently urge Ellison to: PIPE DOWN and shut his barn door mouth before he lets the all-seeing cat out of the all-seeing bag!
You see, Larry, there’s a way to go about this type of thing, and it doesn’t involve giving away the ending. Of course, continuously streaming to Oracle headquarters from cameras and drones around the globe is a wonderful goal! And of course, keeping police body cams active even when an officer has requested a bathroom break will ensure optimal behavior. But don’t tell everyone!
Save the villainous speech that outlines the details of our decadent plan for after the world is in our clutches. Though this is exactly the kind of on-the-nose declaration we should expect from someone who named their all-seeing tech company Oracle, let’s temper that enthusiasm with a touch of discretion, shall we?
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- Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, a current AI advisor to US Pres. Donald Trump, announced plans for AI-powered surveillance where police body cameras, car cameras, and drones would continuously stream data to Oracle centers for constant monitoring.
- He said, “Every police officer is going to be supervised at all times,” and “if there’s a problem... AI will report it to the appropriate person.” Drones will be used to arrive at the scene of incidents because drones “will get there way faster than a police car,” he added.
- He also said, “Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that’s going on,” without specifying how private citizens would be surveilled. However, similar systems have been used to track students in school hallways, bathrooms, and on social media
- In 2022, Oracle faced legal action for operating a "worldwide surveillance machine," collecting billions of people's personal data and sharing it with third parties, eventually settling for $115M.
- Oracle's surveillance capabilities are being validated through partnerships with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, and Elon Musk's ventures while expanding beyond human surveillance into autonomous drone pursuit and agricultural analysis.
Sources: 404 Media, Hollywood Reporter, Forbes, X@TheChiefNerd, The Express, Futurism, Fortune, and The Register.
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