Neuroscience - AI Training - Melbourne, Australia

Prolific Academic Ltd; United States; Remote; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Work from home

Job summary

Prolific is seeking Neuroscience Experts to act as evaluators for a high-level AI verification project. You will review scientific papers alongside LLM-generated graphical abstracts and ensure accurate representations of complex research.

Applicants should hold a Master’s or PhD in Neuroscience or a related field, with strong analytical skills and experience in fact-checking. Flexible hours and remote work from home are available for this ad hoc project.

Qualifications

• Specialized knowledge: Deep expertise in Neuroscience.
• Advanced Academic Credentials: you must hold a Master’s or PhD in Neuroscience or a related field.
• Analytical Skills: history with fact-checking tasks and strong attention to detail.
• Nice to have: Previous experience with AI-related training or evaluation tasks and a background in scientific publishing or peer review.

Responsibilities

• Scientific Review: review scientific papers alongside LLM-generated graphical abstracts.
• Fact-Checking: identify issues and inaccuracies where the graphical abstract does not faithfully represent the source scientific paper.
• Expert Verification: use your domain knowledge to ensure that technical concepts are visually and textually summarized correctly.

Skills

Specialized knowledge

Advanced Academic Credentials

Analytical Skills

Nice to have AI-related experience

Education

Master’s or PhD in Neuroscience or related field

Job description

Neuroscience Specialist - AI Training

About Prolific

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The role

We are seeking Neuroscience Experts to act as evaluators for a high-level AI verification project. AI models are now generating complex technical summaries, and we need specialists to ensure these outputs maintain scientific integrity and factual accuracy.

We need experts who can navigate dense scientific literature to judge the accuracy and structural integrity of AI-generated graphical abstracts. This is a flexible, ad hoc project paying $40+/h where your technical expertise directly influences how AI understands and summarizes complex research.

What you’ll bring

• Specialized knowledge : Deep expertise in Neuroscience

• Advanced Academic Credentials: you must hold a Master’s or PhD in Neuroscience or a related field.

• Analytical Skills: history with fact-checking tasks and strong attention to detail

• Nice to have: Previous experience with AI-related training or evaluation tasks and a background in scientific publishing or peer review.

What you’ll be doing in the role

• Scientific Review: review scientific papers alongside LLM-generated graphical abstracts.
• Fact-Checking: identify issues and inaccuracies where the graphical abstract does not faithfully represent the source scientific paper.
• Expert Verification: use your domain knowledge to ensure that technical concepts are visually and textually summarized correctly.
  Please note that to qualify for this study you will be required to pass a paid skills assessment with a sample paper and graphical abstract

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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.

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