Detailed Explanation:

The passage states AI's effects "may be salutary" (beneficial) because human agents could be "freed up to spend more time on creative and rewarding tasks" like using feedback to improve products—thereby enhancing their workplace value through redirection to more fulfilling roles.

Option 1 contradicts the passage (humans would still do creative tasks). Option 2 focuses only on redundancy, missing the author's optimistic core message. Option 4 is incorrect—the passage explicitly notes previous technologies also "stoked concerns of job losses."

Therefore, Option 3 accurately captures the passage's central argument about enhanced human value through task redirection, making Option 3 the correct answer.