Kenyans Made a Living Writing College Essays. Then A.I. Arrived.
TL;DR
Thousands of Kenyans made a living writing essays for overseas students. With A. I. , the work has dried up, a warning for online gig work that has been a global lifeline.
Nauti's Take
The honest part first: the market for bought college essays was never healthy, and its collapse is arguably an opportunity for those writers to move on. The wider problem is that the same platforms carry translation, transcription and data entry, and income there is disappearing with nothing replacing it.
Anyone living on text based gig work should shift early toward tasks that require context, accountability or client contact.
Summary
Thousands of Kenyans made a living writing essays for overseas students. With A.
I. , the work has dried up, a warning for online gig work that has been a global lifeline.
Thousands of Kenyans made a living writing essays for overseas students. With A.
I. , the work has dried up, a warning for online gig work that has been a global lifeline.
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