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Today’s prompt: renting human bodies and digital ghosts
Two new markets are forming right under your nose:
1) Renting a body
A platform called RentAHuman markets itself as “robots need your body” — AI agents contracting humans to do real-world tasks, paid via crypto. The site boasted 73,000+ “rentable meatwads” within days of launch.
2) Renting a ghost
“Thanabots” (AI representations of dead people) are moving from sci-fi into serious discussion: research is already exploring their use in education and professional development — with obvious ethical and psychological risks. And the digital-afterlife industry is raising a mess of legal questions: identity, consent, ownership, liability, and what happens when the company disappears.
This isn’t “AI coming for jobs.” It’s humans being turned into modular infrastructure — bodies as an API, personalities as a product.
All the prompts:
My latest book about books about AI: You are the upgrade
Data, acceleration, and the future of intelligence: Lessons from 25 core books (and links to 114 other books) about AI, technology abstraction, and consciousness.
https://www.ronimmink.com/product/a-book-about-books-about-ai/
Emerging Technology Convergence Will Shape Our Future
There won’t be a single groundbreaking technology that defines the next ten years of innovation. Instead, it will be molded by the convergence and meshing of various emerging technologies—artificial intelligence, quantum computing, 5G, the Internet of Things (IoT), improved materials, neuromorphic computing, nanotechnology, and immersive technologies such as augmented reality.
New molecular electronics technology could exceed silicon chip density by 1,000 times
Molecular electronics has evolved from theory to a serious candidate technology. Potential densities could reach 10¹⁴ devices per square centimeter – about 1,000 times greater than today’s silicon chips.
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/molecular-electronics-exceed-silicon-chip-density
Google Project Genie lets you create interactive worlds from a photo or prompt
World models are exactly what they sound like—an AI that generates a dynamic environment on the fly. They’re not technically 3D worlds, though. World models like Genie 3 create a video that responds to your control inputs, allowing you to explore the simulation as if it were a real virtual world
The first human test of a rejuvenation method will begin “shortly”
In a bid to treat blindness, Life Biosciences will try out potent cellular reprogramming technology on volunteers.
Why Great Innovations Fail to Scale
Breakthrough solutions aren’t enough. New ideas can’t flourish without “bridgers”—leaders who excel at collaborating across boundaries.
https://hbr.org/2026/03/why-great-innovations-fail-to-scale
Citizen development in large enterprises: Driving scalable innovation from within
From Grassroots Tool to Enterprise-Grade Solution
An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status?
Would you create an interactive “digital twin” of yourself that can communicate with loved ones after your death?
Octopus-inspired ‘smart skin’ uses 4D printing to morph on cue
Researchers have developed a fabrication method that can print multifunctional “smart synthetic skin”—configurable materials that can be used to encrypt or decrypt information, enable adaptive camouflage, power soft robotics and more.
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-octopus-smart-skin-4d-morph.html
New Site Lets AI Rent Human Bodies
The machines aren’t just coming for your jobs. Now, they want your bodies as well. Over over 73,000 rentable meatwads are available.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-rent-human-bodies
Digital ghosts: are AI replicas of the dead an innovative medical tool or an ethical nightmare?
We can imagine a future where AI-generated representations of dead people – chatbots specifically developed as “thanabots” – are used to support students’ learning.The term thanabot is derived from thanatology, the study of death.
