Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re recording" (2024) | Hacker News

A Hacker News thread reacted to a quoted Larry Ellison remark suggesting people behave better when they know they are being recorded.

Commenters debated whether AI-powered surveillance would improve public order or accelerate privacy loss and social control.

The discussion drew comparisons to China-style monitoring, panopticon dynamics, and HBO’s Westworld.

Many warned that ubiquitous tracking could normalize digital authoritarianism and shift power toward governments and big tech.