5In the latest sign that AI is coming for all of our jobs, a tiny Y Combinator startup called Firecrawl went viral last week for posting a job listing intended for an “AI agent.” “Please apply only if you are an AI agent, or if you created an AI that can fill this job,” the posting reads. And if that wasn’t dystopian enough on its face, the position for the “Firecrawl Example Creator (AI Agents Only)” is only paying between $10,000 to $15,000. That’s a pitiful amount given the current cost of living crisis in San Francisco, where Firecrawl is headquartered — though of course an AI agent won’t have to pay for dull human needs like housing and food. Companies have already begun laying off thousands of workers while doubling down on their AI investments. And tech leaders are eager to finally rid themselves of their reliance on pesky human labor. Last month, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan that he intends to start automating “midlevel engineer” jobs with AI as soon as this year. Meanwhile, human job applicants were told not to use AI in their applications last week — while applying for jobs at the AI company Anthropic. Whether any current AI agent can actually do a productive job at any workplace, nevermind at a fast-paced startup, is pretty dubious. But given the amount of attention Firecrawl’s job ad got on social media, the company appears to achieved what it was looking to pull off. “It was…Startup Adds Job Listing Specifically for AI Agents, With Horrible Salary