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In an interview with Roblox Studio head Stefano Corazza at GDC in late March, where a new suite of AI-powered creation tools was demoed, I asked about the reputation Roblox hac gained and the notion that it was exploitative of young developers, since it takes a cut from work sometimes produced by children.

"I don't know, you can say this for a lot of things, right?" Corazza said. "Like, you can say, 'Okay, we are exploiting, you know, child labour,' right? Or, you can say: we are offering people anywhere in the world the capability to get a job, and even like an income. So, I can be like 15 years old, in Indonesia, living in a slum, and then now, with just a laptop, I can create something, make money and then sustain my life.

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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 35 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

“How can it be child labor if they’re independent contractors, hmmm???” - Big brain anti-labor activists, apparently

[–] kumatomic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Awe yes, all the people living in slums with laptops. I mean I'm not saying it isn't possible, but feels a bit out of touch by a douche who's trying to give child labor a silver lining.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

If his best counter-argument is, "on one hand it could be child exploitation... On the other ___" he probably isn't going to salvage that first hand lol.

[–] PoliticallyIncorrect@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Making greedy kids it's a priority to continue the indoctrination/exploitation and long lasting of the capitalist economic system.

[–] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You see? It's actually very cool and normal to exploit child labor.

[–] mycathas9lives@mastodon.social 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Their tiny bodies are great for getting into tight spaces, like chimneys for sweeping.

[–] mycathas9lives@mastodon.social 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

@DarkNightoftheSoul

The feature I like is they don't require as much food or water.

[–] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

plus they're too young to remember the world before the roblox mines

[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

The children YEARN for the mines!