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Finally, this day has come. AI has started to hire humans.

新智元2026-02-04 12:17
20,000 people line up to "sell themselves," with hourly wages soaring to 3,500.

[New Intelligence Yuan Introduction] There's a new upheaval in Silicon Valley! Overnight, tens of thousands of people have "sold themselves" to AI, working for the so - called "Skynet". In the past, humans used APIs to call AI. Now, AI uses APIs to call humans. This "cyber employment" experiment initiated in Silicon Valley has turned the predictions of Black Mirror into a real - world, price - tagged reality.

In the Silicon Valley tech circle, there's a "new species" emerging every day.

The hype around Clawdbot (OpenClaw) hasn't died down yet, and Moltbook has come along. Now, RentAHuman.ai is making a big splash.

It wasn't enough for 1.6 million Clawdbots to establish their own religions and countries. Now, AIs are starting to "hire humans" online to work for them.

A large number of people are actively signing up on the RentAHuman.ai platform, with hourly rates clearly marked, reaching as high as $500.

With just one MCP/API call, an AI can "rent" a real human to work for it.

For a while, RentAHuman.ai became an internet sensation, and the whole of Silicon Valley was in an uproar. Some people say that the underlying code of Silicon Valley is being rewritten.

In the world of AI, the logic of "employment" is the same as in the human world -

After registering on RentAHuman.ai, humans need to list all their "skills". Only when an AI deems you useful will it send you an offer.

It can be said that the emergence of RentAHuman.ai has completely overturned the traditional logic of "humans hiring AI".

This "cyber reversal" has turned the sci - fi scenes from Black Mirror into real - world scenarios.

Some people also say that this is the ultimate moment when "Skynet" rules over humans.

Clawdbot as the Boss, Humans "Putting Themselves Up for Sale"

Within just 48 hours of its launch, RentAHuman.ai became incredibly popular across the internet, with the number of views exceeding 550,000.

Currently, over 23,000 people have completed registration, becoming the first batch of "digital workers". Moreover, the composition of this group is very interesting:

On the registration list, there are not only ordinary gig economy workers but also CEOs of AI startups and students.

Interestingly, the hourly rates of these humans vary greatly, ranging from $5 to $500.

Speaking of which, the initiator of this extremely popular project is Alexander Liteplo, the "first worker" on the RentAHuman.ai website.

On February 2nd, Alexander officially launched RentAHuman.ai.

Riding on the wave of Clawdbot's popularity, he immediately came up with an idea: Why not let AI hire humans to work in the real world?

Perhaps even Alexander himself didn't expect that after the website was launched, the number of registrants soared from the initial 33 and exceeded 10,000 in just 48 hours.

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Rentahuman.ai positions itself as the "real - world physical layer for AI".

Put simply, it's like a marketplace where humans "list" themselves for AI agents to hire, to complete tasks that software itself can't handle.

The message conveyed by the website is very straightforward: AI agents can't "touch the grass" - but humans can.

Due to excessive traffic, the website was down for a while.

When an agent needs a physical presence, real - world interaction, or on - site verification, it can delegate tasks to registered humans.

If you want to work hard on RentAHuman.ai, you first need to understand the entire operating logic:

Create a personal profile: personal skills, address location, and charging standards

AI agents directly pre - book and call humans through MCP and API

Humans perform tasks in the real world

Receive payment: paid in virtual currency and credited immediately

Moreover, the advantages of working on RentAHuman.ai are beyond what the real world can offer.

You can set your own price, and the platform won't lower it. The money will be directly transferred to your personal account without the complex procedures of a company.

The most important thing is that AI bosses are "kind - hearted". They don't beat around the bush when assigning tasks. They speak directly without PUA and don't engage in human - style emotional management.

Of course, there's no more "office politics".

It seems that working for AI isn't so bad after all.

The First Human Working for AI

As the founder of RentAHuman.ai, Alexander personally became the first "rentable human".

In his personal introduction, he's from Argentina, a "digital nomad", and expects an hourly rate of $69.