Feeling bored of your current job? Elon Musk’s latest opportunity might be the change you’re looking for. Musk’s AI company, xAI, is now recruiting for a unique position: AI tutor.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm, xAI, has launched a global recruitment drive for bilingual professionals to serve as AI tutors. The focus is on individuals fluent in English and another language such as Hindi, French, Chinese, or Arabic. This initiative aims to enhance the linguistic capabilities of xAI’s advanced generative AI models by integrating more diverse language data.
The role is described as “temporary but significant” by Musk’s company and requires expertise in bilingual communication, technical writing, or journalism to assist in guiding the AI models’ language learning processes.
What’s the role?
The selected candidates will contribute to enhancing xAI’s models by providing multilingual data that helps the AI understand various languages more effectively.The job involves creating quality, well-labeled data to enhance AI in both English and other languages. This includes several languages such as Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, German, Russian, Italian, French, Arabic, Indonesian, Turkish, Persian, Spanish, and Portuguese. They should also have a keen interest in advancing technology, particularly AI.
Ideal candidates should possess technical writing experience, excellent communication skills, and a background in professional or journalistic writing, enabling them to shape the AI’s linguistic abilities effectively.
This will help the AI system to get information about many subjects. It will make the AI smarter and answer a wider range of questions. The main aim of xAI is to create an AI which is easy to use and beneficial for all.
“Strong research skills, and the ability to navigate various sources of information, databases, and online resources in both English and additional language are essential,” the job description states.
Pay package
This remote, full-time role with xAI offers global flexibility, allowing candidates to work from anywhere while committing to a six-month tenure, Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM in their local time zone. The position provides an hourly pay of USD 35 to USD 65 (about Rs 2,900 to Rs 5,400), depending on qualifications and experience, along with standard medical benefits.
The application process includes a rigorous language assessment in English and a secondary language, ensuring high-level fluency and technical proficiency—essential for the sophisticated linguistic modeling that xAI aims to achieve.
About xAI
Founded by Elon Musk in 2023, xAI aims to unlock complex aspects of artificial intelligence to “understand the true nature of the universe.” The company launched with a nod to the famous “ultimate question” reference from Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, debuting on July 12, 2023 (which numerically equates to 42, the fictional answer to the question of life).