▲ 1404 ▼ Big Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would have (sopuli.xyz) submitted 3 years ago by salarua@sopuli.xyz to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 227 comments fedilink hide all child comments Meta Platforms. X Corp. tell me those aren't straight from a strangely prescient cyberpunk classic
[–] Scrof@sopuli.xyz 55 points 3 years ago* (1 child) My first ISP in the late 90s was Skynet Online. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] bob_wiley@lemmy.world 24 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 35 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(satellite) The UK already owns it. I’m pretty sure Terminator takes the name from the UK military satellite network. And SpaceX has launched Skynet satellites for them before so there is probably some agreement. The NSA also already has a surveillance program named SKYNET, which uses machine learning. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKYNET_(surveillance_program) That one I’m pretty sure was named after the Terminator program. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] bob_wiley@lemmy.world 24 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 35 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(satellite) The UK already owns it. I’m pretty sure Terminator takes the name from the UK military satellite network. And SpaceX has launched Skynet satellites for them before so there is probably some agreement. The NSA also already has a surveillance program named SKYNET, which uses machine learning. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKYNET_(surveillance_program) That one I’m pretty sure was named after the Terminator program. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 35 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(satellite) The UK already owns it. I’m pretty sure Terminator takes the name from the UK military satellite network. And SpaceX has launched Skynet satellites for them before so there is probably some agreement. The NSA also already has a surveillance program named SKYNET, which uses machine learning. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKYNET_(surveillance_program) That one I’m pretty sure was named after the Terminator program. permalink fedilink source parent