Meta is courting national security and former Pentagon officials to help sell its virtual reality and AI services to the federal government, Forbes has learned. Multiple former government officials said they were aware of the recruiting efforts.

https://archive.ph/B1G0H

  • @[email protected]
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    7812 days ago

    What fucking dystopian timeline is this, where a social media company has military ambitions? I was hoping for the Idiocracy version where I can get a handjob at Starbucks.

    • @[email protected]
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      1212 days ago

      It’s the one where we died somewhere between 2016 and 2021 and this is actually purgatory, where we are being punished slowly, but without the fires of hell.

      • @[email protected]
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        I’d argue it was after 9/11. Ppl are more than willing to give up their freedom for a false sense of security

        • @[email protected]
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          612 days ago

          Perhaps it was the Y2K bug that killed us all. The planet blew up and everything after that has just been purgatory. Maybe the matrix had it right when they said that the 90s was peak humanity.

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        This is quite poetic. And some people still have a chance for redemption in these hard time by simply being nice, but they can’t, right in front of everyone else’s eyes.

    • fmstrat
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      411 days ago

      If you think of them as Oculus, it makes more sense. VR is a great training tool for things that need subjects not readily available. A good example is teaching doctors surgical practices without the need for patients or test animals (at least in initial rounds). So in that scenario, VR can he used to help save lives. In some instances, the military does the same, so why not use VR?

      And then, you know, do the reverse of that, too, I guess? Ugh.

  • @[email protected]
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    I got perma banned from reddit because I said Zuckerberg is a pussy and he should shut the fuck up.

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      2012 days ago

      When you think about it, when reddit killed 3rdP apps, they selected against independent minded moderators. What’s left isn’t only servile to that company, they do it for nothing.

      Now, what would you expect from an individual that fits that profile?

    • Sixty
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      712 days ago

      Well you were insulting the people spez aspires to be one day.

  • @[email protected]
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    912 days ago

    Looks like Wish Version Data wants to own Hawaii after the Dark Enlightenment movement makes a play to balkanize the US.

    You’d need a military to solidify your hold on territory.

  • Gordon Calhoun
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    212 days ago

    He may be stupidly rich and powerful, but I’m still infinitely grateful I’m not him.

  • @[email protected]
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    212 days ago

    Well, he’s already wearing the same BC glasses they issued in boot camp when I was there, so I guess he’s got that going for him?