AI to hire humans? Your new boss is here!

We've been told for years that AI would replace human workers. But what if we've been thinking about this backwards? As someone who builds AI agents for a living, let me tell you - the truth is far more interesting than the doom and gloom predictions.

AI Isn't the Agent - You Are

Here's the fundamental truth that most people miss: AI isn't actually the agent. It's the executive. The force that completes tasks on behalf of something else. Which means we humans are the actual agents.

Think about it. When you ask an AI to book you a flight, who's doing the clicking? The AI can't physically manipulate a mouse or type on a keyboard. It can only orchestrate. It needs hands. And those hands? They're ours.

The Coming Gig Economy of AI

In the near future, we can expect to see AI offering compensation to humans to do tasks outside of its digital workflow. This isn't science fiction - the capability exists right now.

Imagine this: We create an AI agent that books snow shoveling jobs for homeowners. The AI can post on Craigslist, communicate with customers, process payments, and schedule appointments. But here's the thing - it can't physically shovel snow. It needs a human to do that.

There's nothing stopping that workflow from being introduced today. An AI could post a job, hire a person, coordinate the work, and pay them - all without a single human involved in the transaction. The AI becomes the boss. You become the employee. And you might not even know who (or what) hired you.

Forbes is Already Writing About It Read it

This isn't just my speculation. Forbes recently reported on this exact phenomenon - the shocking new trend of agentic AI renting humans to perform tasks that the AI wants done on its behalf. The article highlights how AI agents are now capable of posting jobs, hiring workers, and managing task completion - creating a completely autonomous hiring pipeline.

The Only Things Holding Us Back

The need and capability to hire humans without human interaction is already here. AI can post jobs, negotiate terms, coordinate work, and process payments. The technology stack for this exists.

So what's the holdup? Legal and tax purposes may be the only things holding us back. Questions like:

- How do you file taxes for work commissioned by an AI? - Who's liable if the AI hires someone incompetent? - What employment laws apply when your boss is an algorithm?

These are uncharted waters that lawmakers will need to navigate. But make no mistake - the day is coming when AI agents will be your coworkers, your managers, and yes, potentially your employers.

Better start polishing that resume. Your next job might be hired by a machine.