Virtual human labor may create scarcity and meaning in AI-era virtual worlds
rickasaurus · x · 2026-10-12
rickasaurus proposes a speculative idea: as AI makes real labor abundant and scarce in value, humans may need "virtual human labor" to artificially create scarcity and meaning — implying we're heading toward virtual worlds with work built into them.
A contrarian take on the post-AI meaning-of-work question: rather than eliminating work, we may reinvent it inside virtual environments. Opinion only, no supporting evidence or detail.
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