"cybertariat" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Blend of cyber- + proletariat. Coined by researcher Ursula Huws in a 2000 essay (see quotation below). Etymology templates: {{blend|en|cyber-|proletariat}} Blend of cyber- + proletariat, {{coinage|en|Ursula Huws|occ=researcher|w=-}} Coined by researcher Ursula Huws Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} cybertariat
  1. (Marxism, neologism) A proletarian class who perform repetitive, unskilled, and low-paid digital labour (such as moderating online platforms or click farming). Tags: Marxism, neologism, singular, singular-only Categories (topical): Marxism Related terms: cybertarian Translations (Translations): cybertariat [masculine] (French), cybertariat [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-cybertariat-en-noun-YBQH0jET Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English neologisms, English singularia tantum

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          "text": "The work of matching drivers to ride requests on ridesharing apps, scoring web pages for quality, correcting digital maps, tagging and annotating videos, double-checking virtual assistants' responses, correcting biases, and moderating social media postings all demands, to this day, a multitude of real humans in the loop. What stands beneath the fetish of AI is a global digital assembly line of silent, invisible men and women, often laboring in precarious conditions, many in postcolonies of the Global South. A new class of workers stands opposite the coding elite: the cybertariat.",
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