Freelance Journalist - AI Trainer (Talant pool)

Mindrift; Pretoria; Remote; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Part time

Job summary

Mindrift is seeking an AI Tutor in Journalism to contribute to advanced AI projects remotely. This freelance role allows for flexibility around your schedule and involves generating prompts, evaluating AI responses, and refining AI capabilities within your field. Ideal candidates have a Master's degree in Journalism, passion for writing, and experience in the field.

Benefits

Flexible part-time freelance role

Experience with advanced AI projects

Influence future AI communications

Qualifications

• Masters degree in Journalism or related field is required.
• At least 3 years of professional experience in Journalism.
• Advanced English level (C1) or above.

Responsibilities

• Generate prompts that challenge AI models.
• Define criteria to evaluate AI's answers.
• Correct AI responses based on domain expertise.

Skills

Writing

Editing

Journalism

Education

Master's degree in Journalism or related field

Job description

The position may not be available immediately after you apply, but we encourage you to upload your CV if you're interested in participating. We have exciting projects coming soon with plenty of tasks, and we want to stay in touch with you. Once the role becomes available and you meet the criteria, you will be our priority candidate to join the project among the first, and we will reach out to you as soon as possible.

About The Company

At Mindrift, innovation meets opportunity. We believe in using the power of collective intelligence to ethically shape the future of AI.

What We Do

The Mindrift platform connects specialists with AI projects from major tech innovators. Our mission is to unlock the potential of Generative AI by tapping into real-world expertise from across the globe.

About The Role

GenAI models are improving very quickly, and one of our goals is to make them capable of addressing specialized questions and achieving complex reasoning skills. If you join the platform as an AI Tutor in Journalism, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate on these projects.

Although every project is unique, you might typically:

• Generate prompts that challenge AI.
• Define comprehensive scoring criteria to evaluate the accuracy of the AI's answers.
• Correct the model's responses based on your domain-specific knowledge
  
  
  

How To Get Started

Simply apply to this post, qualify, and get the chance to contribute to projects aligned with your skills, on your own schedule. From creating training prompts to refining model responses, you'll help shape the future of AI while ensuring technology benefits everyone.

At Mindrift, we believe in the power of collective intelligence to ethically shape the future of AI. Our platform allows users to dive into a variety of tasks — ranging from creating training prompts for AI models to refining AI responses for better relevance.

Requirements

• You have a Master's degree Journalism or a related field.
• You have at least 3 years of professional experience in Journalism
• Your level of English is advanced (C1) or above
• A strong passion for writing, editing, and journalism
• You are ready to learn new methods, able to switch between tasks and topics quickly and sometimes work with challenging, complex guidelines
• Our freelance role is fully remote so, you just need a laptop, internet connection, time available and enthusiasm to take on a challenge
  
  
  

Benefits

Why this freelance opportunity might be a great fit for you?

• Take part in a part-time, remote, freelance project that fits around your primary professional or academic commitments
• Work on advanced AI projects and gain valuable experience that enhances your portfolio
• Influence how future AI models understand and communicate in your field of expertise