I refused to train the AI that could replace me

The author, a recent Ph.D. graduate researching AI’s impact on South African agriculture, was hired to train an AI that creates assessments, teaches undergraduates, and grades essays, earning 600 rand ($37) per hour. The national minimum wage is 30.23 rand, and youth unemployment stands at 47.4%. This exemplifies a trend in which highly skilled African workers receive low wages to encode expertise into AI models that could later replace their professions.