AI Disrupts Kenyan Essay Writers, Threatens Global Gig Economy
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwak Min-seo = Highly educated Kenyans who made a living by writing essays for overseas university students are losing their work due to the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI)...
For years, the digital gig economy provided a crucial escape from sky-high youth unemployment for tens of thousands of highly educated Kenyans. One of the most lucrative branches within it was so-called ‘academic writing’: drafting essays, assignments, or even complete graduation theses for foreign students in exchange for payment. Now that artificial intelligence has conquered the academic world, this vast shadow industry has collapsed almost c…
AI Wiped Out Kenya's College Essay Writing Industry in Two Years
A New York Times feature profiles Teresios Bundi, a Kenyan gig worker who wrote over 2,500 college essays for Western students before ChatGPT gutted his industry within two years. His story, and data showing gig writer pay falling from $900-1,200 to $500-800 a month, is an early case study in how fast AI can erase entry-level outsourced knowledge work.
AI Disrupts Kenyan Essay Writers, Threatens Global Gig Economy
Thousands of Kenyans who earned a living writing college essays for international students are now facing job losses as advanced artificial intelligence tools have drastically reduced the demand for their services, signaling a potential threat to the global online gig economy.
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