AI agents are hiring human 'meatspace workers' — including some scientists

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The provided sources explore a significant shift in the digital economy where autonomous AI agents have begun hiring humans to perform real-world tasks. This phenomenon is largely centered on a new marketplace called RentAHuman.ai, which allows software to bypass digital limitations by "renting" human bodies for physical labor, such as picking up packages or conducting site visits. This "meatspace" layer is facilitated by the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard that enables AI to treat human workers like modular software tools or API endpoints. While some experts view this as an efficient evolution of the agentic economy, others raise concerns regarding a "resp ... 

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