AI Kills Jobs!

In this case, by making cheating cheaper and more efficient. The New York Times headlines: 'Kenyans Did College Students' Homework for Years. Then A.I. Arrived.' Hailing from a farming village in Kenya, Mr. Bundi moved to the capital, Nairobi, in 2011 to be the first in his family to attend university. There, a friend suggested he try a new online job: writing essays for cheating overseas college students. *** Mr. Bundi estimates he wrote more than 2,500 essays over the next 12 years, sometimes three a day. He balanced completing his public health degree with helping faraway students studying engineering, medicine and computer science to finish theirs. Some students gave him their school login information so he could keep up with their assignments. Alas, those halcyon days are over: In 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT. At colleges worldwide, students made a simple calculation that has become more pronounced today: Why pay a freelancer in Kenya when ChatGPT could do the job? Essay work began to thin. Rates fell, and assignments dwindled. Before long, the industry shrank to almost nothing. 'I never would have expected A.I. could do this,' Mr. Bundi said. Is that a sad story, or what? Actually, it is one more reminder of the corruption of 'higher education.' A side benefit of AI might be a total rethinking of our education system.