Yield Guild Games (YGG) has launched Future of Work (FoW), a new program to provide its community with decentralized earning opportunities across the broader web3 ecosystem. FoW expands beyond gaming by tapping into the growing need for human input in areas like AI data labeling and decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN).

The YGG community was introduced to FoW during Season 6 of the Guild Advancement Program (GAP), where AI bounty quests featuring partner projects Sapien, FrodoBots, and Navigate highlighted the gamified tasks on each platform. Moving forward, FoW will provide the YGG community with more opportunities to contribute to the advancement of emerging technologies intersecting web3 and earn rewards for their time, skill, and effort.

“I love that we’re able to empower people who are in remote places,” said YGG Future of Work Head Trish Rosal. “Because of where they are, they might not have access to the higher-paying opportunities available in more urban areas. We’re skilling them up and equipping them so that they can prosper in the future and tackle even more opportunities.”

YGG has released a video series to unveil the vision for the program, where Trish was joined by YGG co-founder Beryl Li and Web3 Metaversity Co-lead Bianca Cruz in showcasing YGG’s Future of Work partners and how they stand to impact the YGG community.

Test Drive the Next Era with FrodoBots

FrodoBots is a Singapore-based robotics company best known for its Earth Rovers program, where participants are tasked to remotely operate its sidewalk robots stationed in different cities around the world. The data collected from these test drives is then used to advance research in Embodied AI.

“In order to have genuinely useful robots in our life, whether at home to help us do our laundry, do deliveries, maybe be our personal butler to do stuff, we are a long way from it because of the lack of data and also the lack of real-world testing,” said FrodoBots co-founder Michael Cho. “Our contribution to the space will be to create an incentive structure so we can get as many humans in the loop as possible.”

FrodoBots’ inclusion in GAP Season 6 gave it a massive signal boost, putting it in a great position to further decentralize its data collection reach. With FrodoBots in the FoW initiative, YGG’s network of 7 million users is poised to expand FrodoBots’ talent pool and enable the company to deploy more Earth Rovers worldwide.

Journey with AI Pioneer Synesis One

Synesis One is an AI data engine that specializes in providing AI data solutions to its clients. For companies looking to venture into the world of AI, Synesis and its global network of contributors can take on work that would normally require a dedicated team of data analysts and scientists. The YGG community even took this a step further during their time participating in one of Synesis One’s pilot programs by leveraging their data-cleaning expertise to contribute to medical research.

“I see some of these folks who are participating on our platform without prior knowledge or background in certain topics perform pretty well in various campaigns,” said Synesis One CEO Isaac Bang. “That got me thinking, if these same people that are performing well in these data campaigns get the necessary training, then they’re pretty much able to perform at an expert level.”

Synesis One’s partnership with YGG dates back to 2022, when its platform was still in beta testing. The YGG community’s contributions in those early stages helped the company expand and iterate more efficiently. Synesis recently engaged the community to pilot its latest microtask, which focused on identifying logic within complete sentences from its text-based data pool. Following a brief training period conducted by YGG’s education platform, Web3 Metaversity, pilot participants were given full access to the program.

What’s Next for the Future of Work?

With Future of Work, YGG is further establishing itself at the forefront of another emerging technology to provide even more economic opportunities to people all around the world so they can earn additional income. The gamified tasks of these FoW partners not only contribute to the advancement of AI but also align with YGG’s web3 gaming origins.

Source : Stories by Yield Guild Games - Oct 18, 2024