minus-squareunknown1234_5@kbin.earthtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverselinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 days agoglad they’re finally realizing the metaverse is bullshit. the term came from early cyberpunk (genre, not franchise) media to describe the internet as we know it before it was invented and properly named. linkfedilink
minus-squareunknown1234_5@kbin.earthtoNot The Onion@lemmy.world•RentAHuman lets 500,000 humans work for AI bots with jobs such as counting pigeons for $30 an hourlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·30 days agoyou should crosspost this to some fuckai comms linkfedilink
glad they’re finally realizing the metaverse is bullshit. the term came from early cyberpunk (genre, not franchise) media to describe the internet as we know it before it was invented and properly named.