# Joshua Achiam warns surveillance states could be optimized like speedruns

> Original title: we're not prepared for a future where the surveillance state can be optimized like speedrunners doing Mario 64. good lord

- Source: Joshua Achiam
- Published: 2026-11-03T00:24:23.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/iij3j8xxyab58aalyqxsx0nnv
- Original: https://x.com/jachiam0/status/2117412537872654581

## Summary

Joshua Achiam says society is unprepared for a future where surveillance states can be optimized like speedrunners doing Mario 64. He is replying to a post describing a method that locates any audio clip by matching aircraft Doppler curves against flight data.

## Post

we're not prepared for a future where the surveillance state can be optimized like speedrunners doing Mario 64. good lord

## Quoted post @slimer48484

> I am in awe. This guy discovered a way to locate any audio clip by matching aircraft doppler curves against flight data. INSANE.

https://x.com/slimer48484/status/2117369710748606888