SpaceXAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
We are seeking a skilled AI Humanities Specialist to enhance SpaceXAI's models by providing high-quality data annotations and inputs tailored to humanities contexts. In this role, you will leverage your expertise in fields such as linguistics, history, classical studies, literature, poetry, philosophy, ethics, visual arts, and performing arts to support the training of Grok. You will evaluate model outputs and create training data so Grok reasons accurately, weighs evidence carefully, and communicates uncertainty honestly. This work is grounded in scholarly judgment, not creative writing.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Evaluate model outputs in your field for factual accuracy, logical coherence, fallacious reasoning, and hidden assumptions.
- Flag confident-sounding errors, anachronism, misused sources, ideological slant, and claims that outrun the evidence.
- Create exemplary responses and datasets that show intellectual honesty, careful source evaluation, and a clear distinction between primary evidence, secondary interpretation, and speculation.
- Steel-man opposing views before criticizing them, and mark what is settled, contested, or unknown.
- Ground annotations and reference answers in primary sources whenever they exist, then weigh secondary scholarship against that record.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to design evaluation tasks, rubrics, and examples that test and strengthen Grok’s behavior and personality in the humanities.
- Help define what good model behavior looks like in contested humanistic questions: precise, sourced, proportionately confident, and resistant to fashionable or motivated readings.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Deep knowledge in at least one of the following: linguistics, history, classical studies, literature, poetry, philosophy, ethics, visual arts, or performing arts.
- Ability to assess arguments for validity, soundness, hidden premises, and category errors, not only for surface correctness.
- Habitual reliance on primary sources, with skill at weighing them against secondary literature.
- Ability to steel-man opposing views and separate settled knowledge from interpretation or speculation.
- Excellent analytical writing in English: clear, precise, and calibrated to the strength of the evidence.
- Comfort working from evolving instructions to produce annotations, critiques, and reference answers at a consistently high standard.
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- PhD in one of the listed fields, or equivalent demonstrated scholarly depth.
- Published analytical work, such as peer-reviewed articles, monographs, critical editions, catalog essays, or other rigorously sourced scholarship.
- Experience in teaching, academic peer review, archival research, textual criticism, historiography, or formal argument analysis.
- Range across more than one listed field, or across historically and culturally distinct canons within a field.
- Familiarity with evaluating AI or LLM outputs, building benchmarks, or creating training data.
- Public writing or lectures that make difficult humanistic material accurate without flattening it.
LOCATION & OTHER EXPECTATIONS:
- Tutor roles may be offered as full-time, part-time, or contractor positions, depending on role needs and candidate fit.
- For contractor positions, hours will vary widely based on project scope and contractor availability, with no fixed commitments required. On average most projects may involve at least 10 hours per week to achieve deliverables effectively though this is not a fixed commitment and depends on the scope of work. Contractors have full flexibility to set their own hours and determine the exact amount of time needed to complete deliverables.
- Tutor roles may be performed remotely from any location worldwide, subject to legal eligibility, time-zone compatibility, and role specific needs.
- For US based candidates, please note we are unable to hire in the states of Wyoming and Illinois at this time.
- We are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
- For those who will be working from a personal device, your computer must be a Chromebook, Mac with MacOS 11.0 or later, or Windows 10 or later.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:
US based candidates: $35/hour - $75/hour depending on factors including relevant experience, skills, education, geographic location, and qualifications. International candidates: Information will be provided to you during the recruitment process.
Benefits vary based on employment type, location and jurisdiction. Benefits for eligible U.S. based positions include health insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave. Specific details and role specific information will be provided to you during the interview process.