Artificial intelligence was supposed to liberate students from academic drudgery, letting them quickly access links and information across a wide array of subjects and make their scholarship smarter and more efficient.
However, as I noted in previous posts, AI has made academic dishonesty more prevalent, triggering a cascade of unintended consequences.
But not all of the consequences are bad.
The arrival of ChatGPT has nuked Kenya’s gig economy built around writing assignments for Western university students.
An incredible article packed with bitter and disgraceful irony. Underscores the fakery of so much of what is called college in the US.
Kenyans Did College Students’ Homework for Years. Then A.I. Arrived. https://t.co/Cspd5sTlmw
— Jeffrey A Tucker (@jeffreytucker) September 7, 2026
This weekend, The New York Times published a story that began with Teresios Bundi’s journey from a Kenyan farming village to Nairobi. The cash-strapped university student found a fiscal lifeline writing essays for overseas students eager to outsource both homework and responsibility. Over 12 years, Bundi reportedly produced more than 2,500 papers (sometimes even logging into students’ own school accounts).
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