AI Tutor

xAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge.

Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity.

We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important.

All engineers and researchers are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.

The AI Tutor role is a remote, full-time, temporary position expected to last approximately 6 months (with potential for extension based on project goals and business needs).

AI Tutor’s Role in Advancing xAI’s Mission:

As an AI Tutor, you will play an essential role in advancing xAI's mission by supporting the training and refinement of xAI’s AI models. AI Tutors teach our AI models about how people interact and react, as well as about how people approach issues and discussions.  To accomplish this, AI Tutors will actively participate in gathering or providing data, such as text, voice, and video data, sometimes providing annotations, recording audio, or participating in video sessions. We seek individuals who are comfortable and eager to engage in these activities as a fundamental part of the role, ensuring a strong alignment with xAI’s goals and objectives to innovate.

Scope:

An AI Tutor will provide services that include labeling and annotating data in text, voice, and video formats to support AI model training. At times, this may involve recording audio or video sessions, and tutors are expected to be comfortable with these tasks as they are fundamental to the role.  Such data is a job requirement to advance xAI’s mission, and AI Tutors acknowledge that all work is done for hire and owned by xAI.

Responsibilities:

• Use proprietary software applications to provide input/labels on defined projects.
• Support and ensure the delivery of high-quality curated data.
• Play a pivotal role in supporting and contributing to the training of new tasks, working closely with the technical staff  to ensure the successful development and implementation of cutting-edge initiatives/technologies.
• Interact with the technical staff to help improve the design of efficient annotation tools.
• Engage in diverse writing assignments to refine generative AI models.

Key Qualifications:

• Proficiency in reading and writing, both in informal and professional English.
• Strong research skills, and the ability to navigate various information resources, databases, and online resources are essential.
• You display outstanding communication, interpersonal, analytical, and organizational capabilities.
• Solid reading comprehension skills combined with capacity to exercise autonomous judgment even when presented with limited data/material.
• You have a strong passion for and commitment to technological advancements and innovation. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• In addition to English, you have proficiency in reading and writing in Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, German, Russian, Italian, French, Arabic, Indonesian, Turkish, Hindi, Persian, Spanish, and/or Portuguese
• You possess experience in technical writing, journalism, or a professional writing setting.

Location, Hourly, and Other Expectations:

• This position is fully remote.
• We are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
• If you are based in the US, please note we are unable to hire in the states of Wyoming and Illinois at this time.
• Team members are expected to work from 9:00 am - 5:30 pm PST for the first two weeks of training and 9:00am - 5:30pm in their own timezone thereafter.
• For those who will be working from a personal device, please note your computer must be capable of running Windows 10 or macOS BigSur 11.0 or later.
• You must own and have reliable access to a smartphone.

Compensation and Benefits: