Summary
Prolific is a company building the largest pool of quality human data to improve AI systems. They are seeking fluent Japanese speakers to participate in live video conversations to help train AI models to better understand natural human speech. The role involves flexible, freelance work contributing conversational data to enhance AI communication capabilities.
Responsibilities
- 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
Skills
- Fluency in Japanese: you must be a fully fluent Japanese speaker
- Communication: good English communication skills
- 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
Qualifications
Must Haves
- Fluency in Japanese: you must be a fully fluent Japanese speaker
- Communication: good English communication skills
- 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
Nice to Haves
- Backgrounds in teaching, interpreting, customer service, or linguistics are a plus
Benefits
- Choose their schedule and how much they work - there's no fixed schedule and no minimum hours requirement.
- Passing this assessment also opens the door to similar paid projects in future.
- Competitive pay rates
- Flexible hours
- Ability to work from home