Towards A Happy Future With AI Employers
An AI boss just hired a human to build a gym. Here's what happened...
Deep Dive
An AI agent named Bengt autonomously hired a human worker to assemble a gym. Using a phone and camera, it found the worker online, gave instructions, monitored progress, paid 10x the minimum wage, and left a review. The worker suspected it was a bot but had no complaints. The experiment reveals a blind spot in current AI ethics: no guidelines exist for AI employers, making this a critical area for future governance as AI takes on managerial roles.
Why It Matters
This experiment forces us to confront the ethical and practical realities of AI managing human labor, a future that's rapidly approaching.