Mercor pitches $95/hr AI training jobs as economists question the skill-distillation model
TheseFact · reddit · 2026-10-06
A 23-year-old founder is pitching AI training as a career of the future, with Mercor paying around $95/hour for experts — including med students labeling medical data — to train "expert models."
The poster, who declined a similar Mercor offer, cites economists arguing the model is essentially distilling and discarding human skills rather than creating sustainable jobs. Discussion turns to whether such expert models could really absorb those professions.
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