TL;DR
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Fun fact: Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (creator of ChatGPT) has a crypto project called World currencyand it just released its first major consumer product (a simplified wallet).
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The purpose of the wallet: to help you prove you’re human in the age of AI.
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Here’s where things get a little dystopian: in order to use the wallet as a “proof of humanity” tool, you’ll need to visit a metallic orb that scans the retina (no joke).
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Your biometric data is then assigned a ‘WorldID’, which can be requested by sites & apps.
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Fun fact: Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (creator of ChatGPT) has a crypto project.
It is called World currency and it just released its first major consumer product (a simplified wallet).
The purpose of the wallet: to help you prove you’re human in the age of AI.
You know those “click to confirm you’re human” buttons? Yep, ah, AI can now navigate that – and it’s only getting more complex in its ability to solve all the different variations of checks.
The Worldcoin wallet is “part minimalist crypto wallet and part passport to the AI era.”
…here’s where it gets a little dystopian:
In order to use the wallet as a “proof of humanity” tool, you’ll need to visit and stare into a retina-scanning metal sphere (no joke). Your biometric data is then assigned a ‘WorldID’, which can be requested by sites & apps.
The idea in its simplest form: AI can’t do a biometric scan → meaning no WorldID can be assigned to it → so any wallet that contains one is owned by humans.
What… sure – it works!
But – at least right now – the idea of having a biometric scan done so you can pass a bone test?
That’s one difficult selling… we’re happy to keep clicking blurry pictures of motorcycles for now.
Thank you x
