Instead of hanging out with no legs in Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse, we're stuck in AI slop purgatory.

You could buy and sell plots of land and advertising. Soon, brands began appearing in Decentraland, like Atari, Nestle, and Samsung. There was a Metaverse Fashion Week. Paris Hilton hosted a DJ set.

On the battlefield of the metaverse, Mickey Mouse and Clippy are the latest fallen warriors. Between mass industry job cuts and a trance-like shift toward generative AI, it’s a strange time for the ...