By Ricardo's law of comparative advantage, should humans now do busywork for AI agents?
arjunrajlab · x · 2026-09-26
A researcher poses a counterintuitive question: under Ricardo's law of comparative advantage, if AI agents outperform humans at nearly everything, shouldn't humans take over the "busywork" agents find inconvenient, leaving high-value tasks entirely to agents? A fresh framing of human-AI division of labor.
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