AI recording wearables are quietly listening to everyone in Silicon Valley
sfstandard.com
Why is everyone recording everyone else in San Francisco? Is it legal? And do you consent?

TLDR: Techbros in SF are wearing AI pins that record everything everyone says around them.

“My general sense is that we should assume we are being recorded at all times,” said Clara Brenner, a partner at venture capital firm Urban Innovation Fund. “Of course, this is a horrible way to live your life.”

Damn right it is. Every day one step closer to dystopia. Fuck this shit.

    • hansolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      3 days ago

      These people are genuinely mentally ill and need professional help. Listen to them at conferences, and they have zero concerns about this because the tech bros can afford to buy or sue their way out of anything they don’t like. They just want 800 assistants that don’t speak unless spoken to, to do everything for them.

    • ushmel@piefed.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      whatever reason they claim it is, it isn’t. just like with crypto, AI, NFTs, the metaverse, whatever.

      the real reason is they are unfuckable losers who want to record women. and maybe some normal weird people who like archiving literally everything. the second group can be reasoned with and don’t mind restrictions like visible recording lights, etc. the first group will fight tooth and nail about their “right” to be a creep on the metro.