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The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has expanded the scope and meaning of digital labor, revealing certain positive factors that could potentially lead to labor liberation and the comprehensive development of human freedom. However, at its core, the positive aspects of digital labor in the AI era are ultimately geared towards the inherent nature of capital self-expansion. It still relies on the appropriation of human creativity as a prerequisite and reinforces alienated labor by separating human intelligence from the individual. In view of Karl Marx, the alienation of labor stems from the capitalist application of the machinery, while on the contrary the application of machinery is separated from their capitalist use within the machine system. Therefore, in the AI era, because the digital labor contributes to the comprehensive development of human freedom by reducing necessary labor time and transforming human-machine relations, it is essential to harness capital and establish ethical legislation for AI technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]