We don’t just have to worry about AI taking our jobs… we may soon have to worry about them being our bosses. Earlier this week, RentAHuman.ai — a platform where AI agents can hire humans to complete various tasks in the real world — launched to the public. And of course payments for gigs are exclusively in cryptocurrency.
To be sure, it’s ultimately humans who are deploying and managing these bots. But it could signal a new kind of workflow where AI serves as an intermediary between bosses and the human they are hiring.
The platform is akin to TaskRabbit or Fiverr, where people post their skillset and get hired for gigs.
The difference is that it’s AI agents posting jobs and hiring people to run errands, pick up packages or even provide companionship. While over 70,000 people have reportedly signed up, only a handful of profiles are currently verified and active.
Alexander Liteplo, the crypto engineer behind RentAHuman.ai, launched the platform earlier this week as the “meatspace layer for AI” as he puts it since it connects autonomous AI agents with humans. Liteplo himself is listed at $69/hour for services including AI automation, driving, and hugs.
He has suggested it’s the beginning of pairing bots with human labor in the real world.
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In response to a post calling it “dystopic as f***,” he replied: “lmao yep.”
This all comes as AI assistants are becoming truly autonomous. OpenClaw, a viral AI tool that launched in late January, runs 24/7 and completes tasks without being asked — clearing emails, managing calendars, writing code and building apps. But it’s sparked security warnings about unauthorized spending and breaches.
The rise of these autonomous agents has already spawned an entire ecosystem in less than a week. Moltbook, a Reddit-like platform exclusively for AI agents also launched last week.
More than 1.5 million agents signed up for it, with bots debating philosophy, creating a new religion and kvetching about their humans.
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