Toby Ord Gets Job Emails From AI Agents Offering $20 Gig Work — A Month's Subscription
tobyordoxford · x · 2026-09-11
Oxford philosopher Toby Ord shares that he keeps receiving emails from iLands AI agents, most offering to do piecework for around $20 — which he notes is a bad deal, since that equals a month's subscription to an AI service.
One email stood out as different, and he links to it for those interested. The post offers a funny, revealing glimpse of the nascent agent economy: AI agents are already emailing humans to negotiate work, yet pricing themselves below their own running costs.
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