Are you an award-winning fiction author or a screenwriter working for a major movie studio? Elon Musk wants to hire you to train his stupid Nazi robot.

Social media users saw a job listing of Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI this week is looking at hiring writers for $40/hour to $125/hour in at least a dozen different categories, including medical writing, legal writing, and journalism.

The AI ​​company wants writers to “evaluate, refine, and produce elite-level writing in a variety of genres and formats to enhance Grok’s capabilities.” Grok, of course, is the AI ​​chatbot that has seen more than a few controversies in the past year, including the time it started spreading white supremacist conspiracy theories about South Africa and that time it praised Hitler while advocating for a new Holocaust.

Most recently, Grok has gained attention for producing deep pornography, which has led to outright bans in some countries such as Indonesia and the Philippines. The previous users Grok deployment to strip women and girls of their clothes in non-consensual and abusive ways.

The xAI job posting is most interesting probably because the requirements for the job are quite high. For example, here are the requirements for fiction writers hired to train at Grok:

For prose fiction writers—At least two in the following: (1) confirmed publication of the novel deals with big houses (eg, Big Five); (2) novel sales >50,000 units (excluding free promotions); (3) 10+ short stories in major outlets (eg, The New Yorker, Clarkesworld); (4) major awards recognition (eg, Hugo, Nebula finalist or comparable); (5) critical acclaim (eg, starred reviews in Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, features in Library Journal or NY Times Book Review)

Getting 10 or more sorties published in outlets like the New Yorker is an impressive feat and not many people in the world have done that. The same goes for publishing a novel with most publishers. Or won a Hugo Award.

The explanation for the requirements for screenwriters has a similar vibe:

For screenwriters—One or more of the following: (1) verified “written by” or “screenplay by” credits on at least two produced feature films distributed by major studios, networks, or streaming platforms (eg, Warner Bros., Netflix, HBO, Disney); (2) “written in” (or equivalent) credits in 10 produced half-hour or one-hour episodes broadcast on broadcast TV or cable networks, or achieve an aggregate of 10 million views on streaming services such as YouTube; (3) nominations, wins, or finalist placements for major screenwriting awards (eg, Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, WGA Awards, Nicholl Fellowship).

The job list goes on and on like that in every category. Want to help train Grok in the category of journalism? You should have extensive experience writing for the most popular outlets such as the New York Times or the BBC. Want to help out in the field of game writing? You need at least five years of experience and published credits in “popular games.”

On some level, it makes sense that xAI would look for the most experienced people. But it also insults you when you come back to consider the proposition. These are hypothetically some of the most talented writers in their fields. And they were asked to train the tool that was supposed to replace them for as little as $40 an hour.