I refused to train the AI that could replace me
colinprince · hn · 2026-09-07
Rest of World profiles an expert who refused to help train the AI model designed to replace his own job. The piece explores the tension in AI training and data-labeling work: domain specialists are paid to teach models their expertise, effectively accelerating their own obsolescence while earning a living from it.
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