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The metaverse is ushering in a new era of behind-the-scenes exploitation
AI and metaverse technologies enable hidden labor exploitation in digital economies and mineral supply chains, with over 80% of content moderation outsourced to low-wage regions, experts say.
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TechXploreThe metaverse is ushering in a new era of behind-the-scenes exploitation
Pools for the extraction of lithium in Salinas Grandes, Jujuy, Argentina Brester IrinaFrom ancient slavery to the factory floor, progress has often relied on the exploitation of human beings. We might like to believe those days are well behind us. But in the digital age, AI and the metaverse risk repeating that pattern with new forms of invisible labour and inequality. Ridley Scott’s 2000 film Gladiator told the story of Maximus Decimus Meridius…
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