The Maybe @themaybe.org · Apr 23

Older workers face a brutal job market. Enter AI data annotation platforms: they’re recruiting highly‑skilled workers to train AI models—models that ultimately aim to replace them.

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The Maybe · Apr 23

Doctors, engineers, and academics who once earned six‑figure salaries are now taking $20/hour micro‑tasks for companies like Outlier, Appen, and Remotasks. Their decades of expertise are being converted into training sets; fuel for models that may erase the need for their roles in the future.