Mophat Okinyi is a former data worker whose inquiry documents Kenyan workers’ experiences of AI-related labor.
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Okinyi argues that flexible platform work needs dependable pay and fair treatment. Drawing on fellow workers’ accounts of lost access and earnings, he asks readers to judge AI’s supply chain by the lives of the people doing its work.
Open conversationFormer data worker Mophat Okinyi collects Kenyan workers' accounts of losing access to Remotasks and earnings. Their testimony links the AI supply chain to rent, family responsibilities and the insecurity of platform work.
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