K'nexion Talent Bridge
Between roles? Put your expertise to paid AI work while you search.
I'm Ben Hilton, a geoscientist and the founder of K'nexion. I earn side income doing expert contract work through Mercor, reviewing and improving AI in my field. If you want to be considered for the same kind of work in yours, register below and I'll email you a referral link. It's free, and Mercor decides who it engages.
- Free, no fee
- Any field
- Link by email
Why expert AI work matters
$2.75 trillion
worldwide AI spending, 2026 forecast
- Chips, data centers, software and services
- Paid to human experts who test and improve AI
Still $10–15B a year for real expertise. Approximate
Text version: of about $2.75 trillion forecast for AI spending in 2026, roughly 99.5% goes to chips, data centers, software and services; about 0.4 to 0.55%, or $10–15 billion a year, is paid to human experts who test and improve AI.
$10–15B expert-data market estimate (vendor-reported: Mercor CEO Brendan Foody, via Trove, Oct 12 2026 (opens in a new tab)) ÷ Gartner's $2.75T 2026 forecast ≈ 0.4–0.55%.
Mercor has been real side income while I look for more work, and it takes discipline. Being accepted as an Earth & Environmental Sciences expert opened more contracts, from borehole imaging to woodworking drawings.
Listed hourly rates
- Specialist physicians up to $350
- Software $80–200
- Law $55–150+
- STEM $61–77
- Generalist $40–80
Example fields
- Geoscience & energy
- Engineering
- Medicine
- Law
- Finance
- Software
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