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4 essays tagged practical.
How to spot legitimate remote AI work
There is real, well-compensated remote work in AI right now. There is also a growing ecosystem of scams that mimic it. If you are a qualified professional in an emerging market, being able to tell them apart is table stakes.
Continue readingWhat labs mean when they say 'evaluation'
Evaluation is the single most important word in frontier AI work, and the one professionals entering the field understand least. Here is what it actually means, what evaluation work looks like day-to-day, and why it is priced the way it is.
Continue readingPayments, taxes, and the invisible math of remote expert work
The compensation for frontier AI expert work is denominated in USD and paid to your bank. The practical mechanics of receiving that money, keeping it, and paying tax on it are not complicated, but they are worth writing down clearly for anyone doing this from an emerging market.
Continue readingThe two mistakes qualified professionals make when they enter this world
There are two common mistakes made by qualified professionals in their first months of expert AI work. Both are entirely fixable, and both are worth naming plainly before you make them.
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