"I like to use the metaphor of making a cake. In one approach, you give the AI model the recipe, or instructions, on how to bake the cake, and you let AI bake it. Then you taste it, and measure it according to a grading scale you created. How sweet is it? Is it fluffy? The rubric for a consulting task might be: Is this professional? Are the numbers accurate? How is it formatted? Those types of things."
"In another approach to training, I'll write down my recipe and bake a cake myself cake. I'll also have AI bake a cake, too. Then I'll taste both cakes and determine which is better. I see AI as a supplement to consultants, not a replacement. What we are doing with writing prompts, rubrics, and reviewing are things that consultants will still be needed for even with AI tools."
"I started AI training for Mercor last year because I wanted to work from home, and it's now my primary job. I previously worked at a Big Four consulting firm, so I work on training AI on consulting tasks. I love it because the focus is really on the work. There's not a lot of calls or meetings. It's a lot of working independently."
Frank Jones works as a contractor for Mercor training AI models to perform consulting tasks. He began AI training for Mercor last year to work from home and now treats it as his primary job. He previously worked at a Big Four consulting firm and applies that experience to create prompts, rubrics and review processes for models. He uses a cake-baking metaphor to describe two training approaches: giving models detailed recipes and grading outputs, or producing human and AI versions to compare quality. He says AI handles straightforward, black-and-white tasks well, but nuance requires human review and consultants will still be needed.
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