STEM Experts - PhD - AI Training - UK

Prolific; United States; Remote; USD 165,000 - 207,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay rates

Flexible hours

Work from home

Job summary

Prolific is seeking STEM domain experts with PhDs to help train and evaluate AI models. You will narrate your approach to solving complex problems as you work on AI tasks, often requiring careful, hour-long focus.

Selected experts join Prolific as Domain Experts, receiving competitive pay up to $150 per hour, with flexible hours and the ability to work from home.

Qualifications

• PhD in STEM field or PhD candidacy.
• Ability to narrate your reasoning while solving complex problems.
• Experience with or strong interest in AI/ML is a bonus.
• Willingness to narrate thinking out loud.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Reliable internet and access to a computer.
• PayPal account to receive payments.

Responsibilities

• Narrate your reasoning while tackling complex STEM problems.
• Screen-record your problem-solving approach.
• Review and evaluate AI-generated responses for accuracy and depth.
• Compare model answers and justify the best response.
• Create improved exemplars and feedback when models fall short.

Skills

PhD in STEM

Narrate reasoning

Attention to detail

Reliable internet

PayPal access

Strong AI interest

Education

PhD in STEM or candidacy

Job description

STEM Experts - PhD - AI Training

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’re looking for experts who hold PhDs in STEM subjects to help train and evaluate cutting-edge AI models. For this project we are seeking experts in subjects like Computer Science, Statistics, Mechanical Engineering, Maths, Physics and more who are comfortable narrating their approach to solving complex problems.

If you have the necessary experience, we’ll send you a quick test to assess your skills and suitability for AI tasks. If successful, you’ll be invited to join Prolific as a Domain Expert where you’ll get paid to train and evaluate powerful AI models.

Researchers looking for your skills tend to pay up to $150/hr per AI task completed. You must be prepared to complete paid tasks that require one hour of uninterrupted work, though many are shorter.

What you’ll bring

• A PhD (or PhD candidacy) in a STEM field - including Statistics, AI/ML, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related discipline
• Strong subject matter expertise and ability to work through complex, technical problems
• Experience with or a strong interest in AI and machine learning is a bonus
• Willingness to narrate your thinking out loud
• Strong attention to detail
• Reliable, fast internet connection and access to a computer
• A PayPal account to receive payments from our clients

What you’ll be doing in the role

• Working through complex STEM problems and tasks while narrating your reasoning process out loud
• Screen-recording your approach to problems and tasks
• Reviewing and evaluating AI-generated responses to technical problems, rating them for accuracy, depth, and reasoning quality
• Comparing multiple model answers and selecting/justifying the best response
• Writing improved exemplars, rationales, or structured feedback when models fall short

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 professional 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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