Wiser! Essay: Sam Altman has a plan for the world and it involves biometric identity management of a global crypto currency to raise the poorest in the world from poverty.
Y-Combinator founder and OpenAI’s Sam Altman has shared his plans for a global universal basic income. However, lots of people didn’t like what they heard.
Altman’s new project is a cryptocurrency called Worldcoin, plus an innovative plan for rapid worldwide adoption. Altman pitched Worldcoin as a way to combat bots and false accounts online by scanning the irises of users, connected to their public identities.
Introducing Worldcoin, a new cryptocurrency that will be distributed fairly to as many people as possible.
— Sam Altman (@sama) October 21, 2021
Details about how it works: https://t.co/DLcAmUA4u3 pic.twitter.com/xC3W2U6Xi3
To claim your Worldcoins, Altman wants you first to stare into a metal sphere called the Orb, which will scan your eyes. Having registered your unique human identity with the startup, you’ll be allotted your coins.