‘There’s a lot of desperation’: skilled older workers turn to AI training to stay afloat
TL;DR
They have degrees, expertise and years of experience – but can’t find work. For many Americans, AI training has become a last refuge in a brutal job market When Patrick Ciriello lost his job and couldn’t find work for nearly a year, his family’s foundation crumbled. “You hear about people who hit rock bottom,” Ciriello told the Guardian. “Well, I was there.” Continue reading...
Nauti's Take
AI data work is creating real income pathways for people who have been squeezed out of traditional employment — that is a genuine opportunity worth acknowledging. But when credentialed experts are funneling into low-wage annotation work, it signals a deeper structural problem in the labor market, not a success story.
The better play for displaced professionals is investing in AI skills that are harder to commoditize.
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