AI Training - Fluent Japanese Speakers - Kōbe, Japan

Prolific Academic Ltd; United States; Remote; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Prolific is seeking fluent Japanese speakers to help train AI models through real conversations. You will join live video calls with other Japanese-speaking participants, discussing everyday topics, without scripts, in a flexible, task-based setup.

After a short language assessment, you can select tasks and hours that fit your schedule; researchers often pay up to $18 per hour for quality contributions, with remote, home-based work and no minimum hours.

Qualifications

• Must be a fully fluent Japanese speaker.
• Excellent English for instructions and reporting.
• Comfortable conversing naturally on video calls.
• Quiet environment with good headphones/microphone.

Responsibilities

• Video Conversations: Have live conversations in Japanese with participants over video call.
• Natural Dialogue: Discuss everyday topics; no scripts or performance.
• Data Contribution: Conversations are recorded to improve AI models.

Skills

Fluent Japanese

English communication

Natural conversation

Job description

AI Trainer - Japanese (Task-Based, Remote, Flexible)

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 Opportunity

We are looking for fluent Japanese speakers to help train the next generation of AI models - through real conversation. You’ll join live video calls with other Japanese-speaking participants, chatting naturally about everyday topics while your conversation is used to help AI models better understand how people actually speak.

This is a genuinely interesting way to shape how AI understands human conversation, one call at a time - your natural way of speaking directly helps these models learn to communicate more like a real person.

This is a task based AI Training job that allows participants to choose their schedule and how much they work - there’s no fixed schedule and no minimum hours requirement. Once you have joined the talent pool, you will be asked to complete a short assessment on your language skills. Passing this assessment also opens the door to similar paid projects in future. Researchers looking for these skills tend to pay up to $18/ hour

Tasks

• Video Conversations: Have live, natural conversations in Japanese with other participants over video call.
• Natural Dialogue: Discuss everyday topics and let the conversation flow as it would with anyone else - no scripts, no performance.
• Data Contribution: Your conversations are recorded and used to help AI models learn natural speech patterns, tone, and cultural nuance.

Tasks are posted individually - you’ll see task details, time estimate and pay before deciding whether to take one on.

What You’ll Bring

• Fluency in Japanese: you must be a fully fluent Japanese speaker.
• Communication: fluent English for instructions and reporting.
• A natural conversationalist: comfortable chatting easily and holding a flowing conversation over video call with someone new.
• Technical Setup: a quiet environment and good-quality headphones/microphone, essential for clear audio and accurate data collection.
• Soft Skills: friendly, easygoing, and comfortable talking with new people; backgrounds in teaching, interpreting, customer service, or linguistics are a plus.

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 your language 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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