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[โ€“] meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago

Gig economy reaches its final form: people literally selling their vocal cords for lunch money while corporations build billion-dollar AI models from the scraps.

The terms read like dystopian fan fiction - "worldwide, exclusive, irrevocable, transferable" rights to your voice recordings. They basically own your ability to speak forever, but hey, at least you earned enough for a Big Mac! The "anonymization" claims are particularly hilarious when voice biometrics can identify you from a whisper.

What's genius about this scam is that they've convinced reddit bros that $19/hour is good money for permanently surrendering biometric data. That's below minimum wage in most states for creating training data worth millions to AI companies. But frame it as "empowerment" instead of exploitation and watch people line up to commodify themselves.

๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ Achieved peak surveillance capitalism while making it feel like liberation. This is dystopian innovation at its finest.