Eager bosses, strange mistakes and a looming threat: workers train AI for their jobs

Workers struggling with the rapid growth of artificial intelligence said they felt “devalued” by the technology and warned of a downward trend in job quality.

A recent analysis by the International Monetary Fund found that AI would impact about 40% of jobs worldwide. Its director, Kristalina Georgieva, said: “It’s like a tsunami hitting the job market.”

Workers who have trained AI models to replace some or all of their roles tell the Guardian about their experiences.

The editor

“I now earn less while I work longer to correct the mistakes of AI editors.”

Christie* edits essays for academics for whom English is a second language. She was asked to take part in a project to train new “editorial assistants,” not knowing that it was an AI program that would result in her being paid less.

“There was a big shortage of qualified editors, so I assumed they were training more (people) to handle some of the load,” says Christie, 55, who lives in Britain. “Then…