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highplainsdem

(63,504 posts)
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:21 AM Jun 3

'Resistance is futile,' says Qualcomm CEO. AI agents will be become invisible, inescapable, follow you across devices [View all]

From UK tech magazine The Register yesterday, about Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon's keynote speech at COMPUTEX 2026.

https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/06/02/qualcomm-ai-agents-will-be-as-transparent-as-they-will-be-inescapable/5249894

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“If you have smart glasses, they see what you see, so the connectivity needs to enable a very fast uplink,” he said. “6G is going to make all of us into walking cameras in this world.”

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It doesn’t stop there. If Amon is to be believed, realtime AI analysis of 6G radio waves will allow for even more pervasive prediction models.

Each radio connection, he explains, will be like a radar, and by tracking and triangulating hundreds or millions of these connections, network operators will be able to generate a digital twin of your neighborhood, city, and eventually country.

“You're going to detect on every road, every car, every bicycle, every truck, every pedestrian,” he explained. “You can actually identify those objects.”

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The next paragraph has his "Resistance is futile" remark.
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Well... -misanthroptimist Jun 3 #1
Or maybe his marks, er, customers will refuse to buy "smart glasses", and refrain from using AI . . . hatrack Jun 3 #2
That'll work, too. -misanthroptimist Jun 3 #3
In 1859, there was exactly one important service that depended on electricity . . . hatrack Jun 3 #4
Long term planning is just one... -misanthroptimist Jun 3 #5
That's for sure PatSeg Jun 3 #9
That won't happen... lame54 Jun 3 #12
Resistance is not futile. Prairie_Seagull Jun 3 #6
And as long as we're talking tech-bro fantasies . . . hatrack Jun 3 #7
I agree. I'm not going to fall for their propaganda. And I'll do all I can to make others aware of highplainsdem Jun 3 #11
I know you will. Prairie_Seagull Jun 3 #14
And make a wrong move durablend Jun 3 #8
did he cackle and wring his hands? eShirl Jun 3 #10
Sounding like the Borg worked well enough to show he's a crazy villain, so the Register's headline highplainsdem Jun 3 #13
It only works with the proper soundtrack . . . hatrack Jun 3 #17
Leave the devices at home quaker bill Jun 3 #15
What that idiot CEO is talking about is everyone being recorded by everyone else's devices, with highplainsdem Jun 3 #18
There is a massive difference between quaker bill Tuesday #19
F*ck that misuse of a Star Trek quote. Intractable Jun 3 #16
"AI agents will be become invisible, inescapable, follow you across devices" LudwigPastorius Tuesday #20
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