Since ChatGPT’s debut, study after study has forecast disruption in industries usually occupied by the college-educated in the US and Europe—previously a workforce generally considered safe from technological change. Despite those concerns, the wages on offer can make it hard for some people to pass up training gigs that may lead to their obsolescence. Pay for specialist roles varies depending on expertise. An infectious disease expert can earn up to $40 per hour on Remotasks, according to current job postings, whereas historians are offered $32 per hour. People hired to train algorithms in specific languages tend to get less. A Bulgarian writer job was advertised for an hourly rate of $5.64, while job listings showed Finnish speakers could earn almost five times that, at $23 per hour.
