New York Times: Kenyans Did College Students’ Homework for Years. Then A.I. Arrived.
Researchers estimated at least 40,000 people once earned money doing homework for overseas students, but ChatGPT and other AI tools have nearly wiped out the trade.
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The Kenyan Teresios Bundi was already a symbol of the strange and transformative opportunities provided by the internet. Born in an agricultural village in Kenya, Bundi moved to the capital, Nairobi, in 2011, to be the first of his family to attend a university. There, a friend suggested that he try a new work online: writing academic texts for foreign university students who wanted to cheat. Exclusive material for subscribers. To have full acce…
For years, more than 40,000 Kenyans were paid to do the homework of university students, then AI made its appearance, this sector has since virtually extinguished Kenya adopted in 2022, the year of the launch of ChatGPT, a ten-year plan to direct its graduates to online outsourcing. At its peak, at least 40,000 people in Nairobi were writing essays for foreign students. Since then, this sector has been reduced to almost nothing. Currently, at le…
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