OnlyFans and AI training: why gen Z doesn’t care where our money comes from | Alice Lassman
TL;DR
With traditional goals such as stability and homeownership feeling out of reach, young people are focused on the present By now, we all know the shape of financial nihilism: the throw-your-money-at-anything reaction to the dissolution of the slow, linear path to wealth; the prediction markets, meme stocks, cryptocurrencies and microluxuries growing in its place. We’re left in an economic no man’s land. But financial nihilism only describes where we put our money. What about how we earn it in the first place?
Nauti's Take
The piece hits a real nerve: when data and content become the next income stream for AI training, it genuinely opens an opportunity for fast money. The problem is pricing, because anyone signing away rights today negotiates from a weaker position tomorrow.
Creators and freelancers should read licensing terms carefully before the payout tempts them.
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