A new platform called RentAHuman.ai launched 48 hours ago and exploded to viral status: 1.9 million views, 7,856 humans registered as “rentable,” and 5,758 AI agents already connected.
Looks like we've come full circle. I'm really curious where this is going, I mean will humans hired by an AI use an AI to do the tasks they were hired to do?
Great article Juan. My question is what would AI need to hire humans for? They're not physical beings that need food, shelter and clothing. How would they pay us?
This reminds me of a SciFi story I read years ago.
In the first scenario of “Manna – Two Views of Humanity’s Future,” AI-run corporations replace most traditional jobs and reorganize society so humans perform tightly controlled, algorithm-managed tasks inside automated systems, not because machines can’t do them, but because humans are cheaper, more flexible, and socially acceptable as “labor units.”
Work becomes a kind of human-in-the-loop automation where people act as extensions of software—following scripts, optimizing metrics, and being relocated or retrained by AI with little agency.
That’s eerily close to what rentahuman.ai represents: instead of building robots to do messy real-world tasks, you build AI that coordinates humans like APIs, turning manual labor into a programmable resource rather than a profession.
There is a second, alternative story. I won't spill the beans - read yourself https://marshallbrain.com/manna1 or ask for your favorite AI to read it for you 🤣
This is fantastic analogy Finn. I am finishing up another article on the subject, you have giving me some additional ammunition. I will check the other Marshall brain. Thank you!
Looks like we've come full circle. I'm really curious where this is going, I mean will humans hired by an AI use an AI to do the tasks they were hired to do?
Wonderful roundup my friend. Great job.
I think this is an excellent way to research, provide orientation and breadth of understanding on a new intriguing topic like this.
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*Too bad I can't click through to see deeper into the many interesting sources cited.
Thanks Robin. Appreciate your feedback. I’ll update article with the links.
Thank you for sharing!
Great article Juan. My question is what would AI need to hire humans for? They're not physical beings that need food, shelter and clothing. How would they pay us?
This reminds me of a SciFi story I read years ago.
In the first scenario of “Manna – Two Views of Humanity’s Future,” AI-run corporations replace most traditional jobs and reorganize society so humans perform tightly controlled, algorithm-managed tasks inside automated systems, not because machines can’t do them, but because humans are cheaper, more flexible, and socially acceptable as “labor units.”
Work becomes a kind of human-in-the-loop automation where people act as extensions of software—following scripts, optimizing metrics, and being relocated or retrained by AI with little agency.
That’s eerily close to what rentahuman.ai represents: instead of building robots to do messy real-world tasks, you build AI that coordinates humans like APIs, turning manual labor into a programmable resource rather than a profession.
There is a second, alternative story. I won't spill the beans - read yourself https://marshallbrain.com/manna1 or ask for your favorite AI to read it for you 🤣
This is fantastic analogy Finn. I am finishing up another article on the subject, you have giving me some additional ammunition. I will check the other Marshall brain. Thank you!