AI Trainer - Advanced Telugu Fluency (United Kingdom)

Prolific; United States; Remote; USD 19,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Flexible hours

Work from home

Job summary

Prolific is seeking Fluent Telugu speakers to act as evaluators for AI training tasks. You will assess how well an AI model captures Telugu emotions, intonations, and sentiments, providing critical feedback to improve alignment.

This role offers the flexibility to work from home with competitive pay and asynchronous project timelines. The ideal candidate will have native Telugu fluency, strong linguistic nuance, and clear English communication to document findings and instructions for the model

Qualifications

• Fluency in Telugu is required.
• Ability to distinguish subtle shifts in sentiment and vocal delivery.
• Fluent English skills for instruction following and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Audio Localization: review Telugu audio clips generated by or for AI models.
• Sentiment Analysis: assess the model’s ability to convey emotions, intonations, and feelings.
• Quality Control: identify where the AI’s tone feels unnatural or culturally mismatched.
• Audio Assessment: listen to AI-generated audio to verify human-like quality.
• Contextual Review: check if intonation matches the specific cultural context of the conversation.

Skills

Fluent Telugu

Linguistic nuance

Clear communication

English fluency

Quality-aware listening

Job description

AI Trainer - Advanced Telugu Fluency

About Prolific

Prolific is not just another player in the AI space – we are building the biggest pool of quality human data in the world.

Over 35,000 AI developers, researchers, and organizations use Prolific to gather data from paid study participants with a wide variety of experiences, knowledge, and skills.

The role

We are seeking Fluent Telugu Speakers to act as evaluators. AI models are now learning to communicate with human-like nuance, and we need fluent speakers to ensure these models understand the cultural and emotional depth of the Telugu language.

You will be assessing how well an AI model captures human emotions, intonations, and sentiments in Telugu This is a fast-paced project where your ear for detail directly influences how AI understands human feeling.

Researchers looking for your skills tend to pay up to $24/hr. You must be prepared to complete paid tasks that require one hour of uninterrupted work, though many are shorter.

What you’ll bring

• Fluency in Telugu you must be a fluent Telugu speaker.
• Linguistic Nuance: an ability to distinguish subtle shifts in sentiment and vocal delivery.
• Communication: fluent English skills for instruction following and reporting.
• Soft Skills: high emotional intelligence; backgrounds in acting, therapy, or linguistics are a plus.
• Technical Setup: access to a quiet environment and high-quality audio equipment (headphones/speakers).

What you’ll be doing in the role

• Audio Localization: reviewing Telugu audio clips generated by or for AI models.
• Sentiment Analysis: assessing the model’s ability to convey specific emotions, intonations, and feelings.
• Quality Control: identifying where the AI’s “tone” feels unnatural or culturally mismatched.
• Audio Assessment: listening to AI-generated or processed audio to verify “human-like” quality.
• Contextual Review: Identifying if the intonation matches the specific Indonesian cultural context of the conversation.

Why Prolific is a great platform to join as a Participant

Joining our platform as a Prolific participant will give you the chance to influence the AI models of the future using professional legal expertise. Once you pass our assessment, you can join Prolific in just 15 minutes, and start enjoying competitive pay rates, flexible hours, and the ability to work from home.

We’ve built a unique platform that connects researchers and companies with a global pool of participants, enabling the collection of high-quality, ethically sourced human behavioural data and feedback. This data is the cornerstone of developing more accurate, nuanced, and aligned AI systems.

We believe that the next leap in AI capabilities won’t come solely from scaling existing models, but from integrating diverse human perspectives and behaviours into AI development. By providing this crucial human data infrastructure, Prolific is positioning itself at the forefront of the next wave of AI innovation – one that reflects the breadth and the best of humanity.

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