Is Singapore prepared for a ‘rent-a-human’ world?

Is Singapore prepared for a ‘rent-a-human’ world?

The Straits Times - Sports·2026-02-19 09:00

Watching Prime Minister Lawence Wong deliver his Budget speech, with its major emphasis on

, my mind returned to the Cisco AI Summit in San Francisco on Feb 3, where I caught a glimpse of what an AI future could look like – one in which the human role will be fundamentally redefined.

With concepts such as “rent-a-human” floated – the idea that machines will handle the bulk of cognitive labour, leaving humans to be “rented” only for niche tasks requiring soul or physical touch –

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