In recent years there has been a lot of talk about the jobs that artificial intelligence will destroy and less about the jobs it will create. For these new opportunities, a certain technological profile is usually considered necessary, but this is not always the case and Sometimes AI-related job offers arise that do not require any particular qualificationslike the one launched by the AI startup Joi AI. The company wants to hire 10 ‘masturbation consultants’ whose job will effectively consist of masturbating for a salary of $2,000, reports The Verge.
Joi AI is a virtual companion platform with artificial intelligencein the style of Character.AI, but oriented above all to intimate, romantic, fantastic or sexualized conversation. He is not a type of assistant ChatGPT, Alexa either Siri to solve everyday tasks, but a service designed so that the user interacts with AI-generated avatars as if they were couples, flirts, friends or role-playing characters.
The purpose behind the offer, open to those over 18 years of age residing in USA and United Kingdomis to test a function called Daily Guided Masturbationor ‘Guided Daily Masturbation’, which uses voice sessions generated by AI and adapted to the user’s mood to guide the experience. Participants should use it regularly and explain afterwards What effects do they perceive on aspects such as stress, sleep quality, mood or confidence?.
The offer describes the ideal candidates as people ‘articulate, observant and impossible to blush’able to describe sensations ‘better than a sommelier describes a wine’. The ad also promises flexible hours and ‘the most interesting answer to the question: What do you do? at any party.
Those selected will complete the guided sessions and will send written questionnaires directly to the Joi AI team. Examples of questions include whether the voice matches the selected mood, how immersive the session is, and whether delays or pauses interrupt the experience.
It is, for obvious reasons, a remote job and it does not seem like it can be used to start a career in the company. It is temporary and its expected duration is four weeksaccording to the offer that you can see here.
The offer comes at a time when platforms such as Replika and Character.AI They have built large user bases on AI-powered virtual relationships and conversational experiences with avatars. Until April 2025, Joi AI was known as EVA AI. Joi AI operates primarily through its website, although its previous brand maintains mobile applications on iOS and Android.