Wagner James Au / New World Notes

I'm almost finished with my massive report on the state of the Second Life economy, which I'm planning to publish on my Patreon soon, but here's a striking sneak peek: In my survey of SL merchants, a massive majority of 67% want 3D content with Gen AI element regulated or banned outright from Second Life. (With nearly 1 in 3 choosing the strictest option of banning.)

This a very interesting contrast to my April survey of all SL users (not just merchants), in which, for example, 54% chose the option, REQUIRE merchants tag their content as having "No AI" or "Contains AI" — only 27% of merchants in the new survey went with that one.

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