Even as Silicon Valley magnate Sam Altman captures headlines with his world-eating artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, his side project Worldcoin continues to attract eyeballs—literally.
Worldcoin, if you're unfamiliar, anticipates a future where A.I. bots are indistinguishable from humans online, and the global economy has been disrupted by automation. To solve this, the company proposes scanning every adult’s iris with a plastic orb to verify one's “personhood,” rewarding them with a crypto token in return that could one day replace traditional incomes.
