Pokémon Go players thought they were catching Pikachus.

[geeknik@infosec.exchange]

Pokémon Go players thought they were catching Pikachus.

They were actually building the nervous system for robot civilization.

500M humans. 30B images. Zero consent forms.

The game was the harvest.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/10/1134099/how-pokemon-go-is-helping-robots-deliver-pizza-on-time/

[falcennial@mastodon.social]

@geeknik WHOAA

[teflontrout@beige.party]

@falcennial @geeknik
as was Ingress, before it

[flyingsquirrel@mastodon.social]

@geeknik Having done the free labour of approving pokestops for them, I feel like they're overselling the quality of this data.

[gimulnautti@mastodon.green]

@geeknik Yup. It was a honeypot. All this time.

And bombs will drop according to that location data some day.

[ggmcbg@mstdn.plus]

@geeknik

Have never, don't, will never understand why people.
No wonder advertising won everything.

[grmon@chaos.social]

@geeknik this sound like a dystopian fiction. Don’t wanna believe it.