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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Amelia Hill

US startup advertises ‘AI bully’ role to test patience of leading chatbots

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The job’s only prerequisite is having an ‘extensive personal history of being let down by technology’. Photograph: MStudioImages/Getty Images

Imagine a day at work where your main task is to pick a fight with a computer. No meetings, no emails – just you, a chair and a chatbot with the maddening tendency to think it has the cleverest mind in the room.

The job title alone raises an eyebrow: “AI bully”. But this is precisely what a California startup called Memvid is offering: $800 to spend eight hours testing the patience and memory of artificial intelligence.

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