Basketball Expert (Fans, Journalist, Commentator, etc.)
Mercor
Full time
Software Development
Canada
Hiring from: Canada
Role Overview
We’re looking for Basketball experts — avid fans, sports journalists, commentators, and former or semi-professional players — to evaluate basketball games. You’ll watch basketball games and answer questions in real time assessing the quality, depth, and accuracy of AI insights, helping us refine our AI’s basketball reasoning, storytelling, and strategic understanding.
NOTE: You need to be available to join the call today from 5 pm PT - 8 pm PT.
Key Responsibilities
Mercor is a talent marketplace that connects top experts with leading AI labs and research organizations.
Our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
Thousands of professionals across domains like engineering, research, law, and creative services have partnered with Mercor on frontier AI projects.
We’re looking for Basketball experts — avid fans, sports journalists, commentators, and former or semi-professional players — to evaluate basketball games. You’ll watch basketball games and answer questions in real time assessing the quality, depth, and accuracy of AI insights, helping us refine our AI’s basketball reasoning, storytelling, and strategic understanding.
NOTE: You need to be available to join the call today from 5 pm PT - 8 pm PT.
Key Responsibilities
- Game Evaluation: Watch basketball games and review AI-generated play-by-play commentary and post-game analysis.
- Performance Scoring: Rate the accuracy, insight, and entertainment value of AI sports coverage.
- Context & Understanding: Assess the AI’s grasp of player performance, game flow, and strategic decisions.
- Error Detection: Identify factual mistakes, poor interpretations, or stylistic inconsistencies.
- Feedback Reporting: Provide clear written feedback highlighting strengths, weaknesses, and improvement opportunities.
- Collaboration: Work with analysts and developers to enhance the AI’s basketball-specific reasoning and realism.
- Basketball Expertise: Deep understanding of the game — whether through playing, coaching, commentating, or passionate fandom.
- Analytical Thinking: Ability to evaluate basketball strategies, narratives, and statistical insights.
- Communication Skills: Strong written English and ability to clearly articulate nuanced basketball insights.
- Tech Readiness: Comfortable using online evaluation tools and dashboards.
Mercor is a talent marketplace that connects top experts with leading AI labs and research organizations.
Our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
Thousands of professionals across domains like engineering, research, law, and creative services have partnered with Mercor on frontier AI projects.
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