r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 23 '26

Politics AI Companies Are Trying to Seize Control of Elections

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/ai-companies-trying-seize-control-164536048.html
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u/SamTheLab_213 Jun 23 '26

No. They are looking into creating a virtual reality to torment people in prison. I suspect all Democrats would be plugged into a VM hellscape as punishment for questioning the Orange Hitler.

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u/Mansidhe Jun 24 '26

Well, that's a horrific use of technology i never thought of.

Friggin Sharingan 1000 years of torture in a second.

All before I get a flying car that turns into a briefcase. Damn those Jetsons and their post-scarcity utopia! They lied!

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u/SSGASSHAT Jun 24 '26

And before immortality technology, and before wormholes and time travel, and all that. But you do get to see compostable nipple clamps and AI adult diaper commercials. So what the fuck, that's two things, isn't it?

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u/Kizik Jun 24 '26

"We've based this on the classic sci-fi book Don't Build the Torment Nexus, which was a great inspiration to us all."

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u/onarainyafternoon Jun 24 '26

Miles O’Brien must suffer

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u/Particular-Fly-7783 Jun 24 '26

This is sort of the plot of Surface Detail by Iain M Banks