Alison McDowell was the only one in the world who attended Session #5 of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Metaverse conference (12-8-22).  See her post here, with all her questions to the panelists.  They finally asked her: Where are you from and what do you do?  She told them she was a mom from Philadelphia.  (See her interaction appear in the chat area of the video below.)

She said to them:  I wish we would all just admit this is about turning humans into sensors for AI-interoperable blockchain-based learning agents for the Singularity.  It’s being sold to us as a solution for climate crisis and poverty, when really we’re just training our silicon replacements.