AI Language Annotator (Japanese, Japan)
Mercor is hiring Native language Annotators for a short-term project. Participants will work directly with a leading AI lab to improve their AI model's ability to handle and identify data in their native language. **No prior experience in data annotation is required.** • *Project Description** - Looking for talented writers with fluency in Japanese to help train generative artificial intelligence models - Annotate text, image and video data according to guidelines and specifications using cultural knowledge as applicable - Use analytical skills, to annotate language specific data as required (draw a box around the correct phrase, copy handwriting, summarise the idea etc.) - Assessing whether a piece of text produced by an AI model is factually accurate • *Requirements:** - Experience as a professional translator - Professional writing experience (historian, copywriter, journalist, technical writer, editor, etc.) - Enrollment in or completion of an undergraduate program in a humanities field or field related to writing or field related to cultural studies - Enrollment in or completion of a graduate program related to creative writing - Currently based in Japan • *Here are more details about the role:** - The work is fully asynchronous and can be done around your schedule - This project requires that you be able to commit a minimum of 15 hours per week - The work will last for approximately 3-4 weeks after you begin the project - Please note you will need access to a desktop or laptop computer for this project and that we cannot accept applicants who use chromebook computers • *With respect to pay and legal status:** - We can meet industry-standard compensation expectations for your current role - We will pay you out weekly via Stripe Connect based on the number of project work hours that you log - You will be classified as an “at-will” contractor to Mercor • *More about us:** - Mercor recruits expert talent to work with top AI labs. We're based in San Francisco, CA, and are backed by investors like Benchmark, General Catalyst, Adam D'Angelo, Chris Ré, and Jack Dorsey. Apply tot his job