The New Gig Economy: Humans Do Tasks So AI Can Learn Them, and the Intelligence Is Worth More Than the Labor
signulll · x · 2026-10-10
signulll argues the old gig economy paid humans to perform tasks, while the new one pays humans to perform tasks so AI can learn to perform them. The intelligence extracted from labor is now often far more valuable than the labor itself — he likens it to a factory refining crude oil.
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