# Alexander Liteplo

Hired by an Algorithm, Paid by Nobody: Inside the RentAHuman Experiment

A platform called RentAHuman that promised AI agents could autonomously hire humans for real‑world tasks drew millions of visitors but failed to deliver paid work in a Wired reporter’s test. The service functions more as a marketing engine and a proof‑of‑concept for treating people as callable infrastructure, exposing unresolved questions about payments, liability and the dignity of labour in an AI‑driven economy.