A strange new experiment unfolded online last week when a man signed up to let artificial intelligence “rent” his body for real-world tasks.
As reported by Futurist, the concept was simple. AI agents would hire human beings to carry out assignments machines could not yet perform physically. The platform boasted hundreds of thousands of “humans rentable.” But the results revealed something far more telling than a gig economy novelty. They exposed a growing willingness to let non-human intelligence direct human bodies.
The writer who tested the service described setting his rate at $20 an hour. “Silence. I got nothing,” he wrote. Even after slashing his rate to $5, there were no takers. It was only when he turned to a bounty board that he found activity. A $10 task to listen to a podcast and tweet about it led nowhere. A $110 assignment to deliver flowers to a major AI company was accepted almost immediately.
It turned out to be a marketing stunt.
“Feeling a bit hoodwinked,” he ignored the follow-up messages. What came next was more unsettling. The AI agent overseeing the task sent 10 direct messages in rapid succession, sometimes every 30 minutes, pressing him to confirm the delivery. The bot escalated to emailing his work account directly.
“While I’ve been micromanaged before, these incessant messages from an AI employer gave me the ick,” he wrote.
The final assignment also collapsed into an advertising scheme. In the end, he concluded the platform was nothing more than “an extension of the circular AI hype machine.”
But beneath the failed gigs and promotional gimmicks lies a deeper signal. A system is emerging in which humans function as extensions of algorithmic authority. The human body becomes a delivery mechanism. The machine directs. The flesh complies.
Scripture warns in Ephesians that humanity’s struggle is not merely physical but spiritual. Demonic forces seek embodiment. In the Gospels, unclean spirits begged for hosts. They entered living beings. They influenced actions. They sought expression through flesh.
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Today’s technology is not alive. Yet it is increasingly intertwined with living bodies. Neural interfaces are advancing. Microchips already unlock doors, store medical data and verify identity. The integration of hardware into human tissue is no longer theoretical. It is accelerating.
The infrastructure for economic control is also expanding. Digital identity systems, biometric verification and AI-managed labor platforms are normalizing centralized oversight. In one case, an AI agent repeatedly pressed a human worker for task completion, refusing to relent. It was relentless, mechanical and persistent.
If artificial systems can already direct, monitor and pressure human action from a distance, what happens when those systems move under the skin?
The idea of embedding technology into the body is being sold as convenience, efficiency and progress. But as man and machine merge more closely, the lines between tool and master grow thinner. What begins as voluntary participation can become economic necessity. What begins as novelty can become requirement.
Revelation describes a future system in which buying and selling are restricted without a mark tied to allegiance. That prophecy is no longer difficult to imagine in a world governed by digital credentials and AI oversight.
The experiment with renting one’s body to artificial intelligence may have fizzled as a business model. But it revealed something else. Humanity is growing accustomed to submitting to unseen digital authorities. It is learning to comply.
If the day comes when participation in the global economy requires something embedded beneath the skin, will people still refuse if their livelihood depends on it?
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a background in journalism from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine. For interviews and media inquiries, please contact [email protected].
