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Who Wants to Rent a Human? (jacobin.com)
submitted 1 day ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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As AI technologies spread, the next bold, brave frontier is not replacing labor but directing it. Rent A Human turns people into “meatsack” factotums and lackeys for algorithms, handing familiar elites a more efficient way to wield command.

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[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

I mean, I guess I'll take their money.

This wouldn't be the first time someone was sure their algorithm was smarter than thousands of gig workers, and lost their investment money. It also probably won't be the last time.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Missed opportunity to call it a meatstack.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago

When I pay for a service and not a product, I am basically renting a human.

[–] lmr0x61@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Damn, this is awful! There’s no way this is getting anywhere, right?

…right?