RE: Is paying for intellecutal drudge labour worth it in the age of AI...?

That's interesting, so Fivrr estimated to have approximately £24 million pa worth of business in UK, has about 10% market share of the gig economy which makes up about 1.4% of total UK employment. 70% of sellers make less than than £80 a month, 96% less than £400 a month.

Challenges about quality of work, opacity of algorithms that prohibit sellers working out how to improve their business, concerns about worker protections and from UK regulatory bodies about whether sellers are self-employed - I guess big tax implications there around NI employer contributions.

Fivrr takes 20% commission on earnings!

It reminds me of earlier multi level marketing schemes, including book clubs, where most of the workers earned less than the minimum wage.

I guess the main reason we don't get this work done is because we don't have the money! But if we did, I think there would be concerns about the values underpinning the work as well as all the cons that you raise.