Humans Serve the Machines

AI tools are prompting some users to spend more than the cost of a basic subscription, which starts at around $20 and can reach $500. Americans spend an average of $55 a month on them, rising to $95 when companies and research institutions cover the cost. Platforms have also emerged that let AI agents hire people to carry out physical tasks. But a study of 981 tasks found that 779 were real: people had posted 676 of them, compared with about 123 posted by agents or bots. Meanwhile, some people are recording themselves doing everyday tasks to train robots—a trend that raises questions about whether humans are shifting from using AI to working for it by providing services and data.

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