About xAI

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

About the Role

As an an AI Tutor focused on memes and headline commentary for the X platform, you will support xAI's mission by training and refining Grok to better grasp social media behaviors, such as viral trends, memes, and user interactions. Your contributions will help Grok recognize and handle entertaining social media content more effectively, including identifying memes, understanding trolling tactics, and analyzing what makes posts spread quickly, ultimately making Grok better attuned to real-time online discussions and user habits.

Responsibilities

You will use proprietary software to provide labels, annotations, and inputs on projects involving X posts, memes, and viral interactions. You must support the delivery of high-quality curated data that captures the essence of platform-specific humor and trends. In this effort, you will collaborate with technical staff to develop tasks that improve AI's ability to recognize and analyze memes, trolling, and virality mechanisms. You’ll also work with technical staff to improve annotation tools for efficient workflows.

Required Qualifications

• Be an X power user.

• Have Exceptional skill in identifying and understanding memes.

• Have the ability to identify bangers on X.

• Strong understanding of memes, trolling, and what spam looks like on X.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in creating or moderating content on X, including viral posts or community management.

Location & Other Expectations

• This position is based in Palo Alto, CA, or fully remote.

• The Palo Alto option is an in-office role requiring 5 days per week; remote positions require strong self-motivation.

• If you are based in the US, please note we are unable to hire in the states of Wyoming and Illinois at this time.

• We are unable to provide visa sponsorship.

• Team members are expected to work from 9:00am - 5:30pm 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 a Chromebook, Mac with MacOS 11.0 or later, or Windows 10 or later.

Compensation

$45/hour - $100/hour

The posted pay range is intended for U.S.-based candidates and depends on factors including relevant experience, skills, education, geographic location, and qualifications. For international candidates, our recruiting team can provide an estimated pay range for your location.

Benefits:

Hourly pay is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI. Specific benefits vary by country, depending on your country of residence you may have access to medical benefits. We do not offer benefits for part-time roles.

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