We already know from the reflections of an Israeli scientist named Harari that the age of flesh-and-blood people is over. You don't need them. One or two million super-wealthy and IT-savvy controlling "übermensch" can remain, and the robots will do all the work. The important things will take place in virtual reality anyway. The globalized masses who are breaking away, with different stratifications, but are unable to catch up, can go into the soup. (Compare: Yuval Noah Harari: Homo Deus)
Mark Zuckerberg's grandiose plan to make the Metaverse, which is being built as Facebook's new virtual world, resembles the reality we know in as many dimensions as possible, seems to be on the best track. A good test of how artificial intelligences think about us and what steps can be expected from them. - writes mel.hu
Zuckerberg is an astronaut of the Metaverse/Source: EyePress via AFP
A woman was gang-raped by 3-4 men or male-looking virtual projections just seconds after she entered a beta version of the Metaverse being tested.
"In less than 60 seconds, I was verbally and sexually harassed by 3-4 male avatars, and after insulting me, they gang-raped me and took photos of it," wrote Nina Jane Patel, a 43-year-old London mother in a December blog post, which it just started spreading on the American web.
Patel wrote that after he tried to break free, he was yelled at to "don't say you didn't enjoy it" and "enjoy the photo" — just like in the real world.
"It was surreal. A nightmare," writes Patel, who is not the first victim. Sexual harassment, although it has not yet started, is already a recurring problem in the Metaverse.
The Verge wrote weeks earlier that a beta tester was harassed by a stranger. The victim highlighted that being bullied in virtual reality is a much more harrowing and real experience, noting that the most humiliating part of the trauma was the onlooker avatars who seemed to enjoy the situation.
The vice president of Meta, Vivek Sharma, regretted the incident, but also included a subtle victim-blaming on his part, because the user did not turn on the security setting that blocks the approach of strangers.
The company also expressed regret for the latter incident. Meta spokesman Joe Osborne told Vice that the incident, like any other violent incident, is being investigated.
Source: mel.hu
Featured image: EyePress via AFP
