New field guide · By Cris Lopez, PhD
Get paid to help build the future of AI.
The step-by-step playbook for landing AI-training work: find real opportunities, pass the assessments and AI interviews like micro1's Zara, and get accepted on platforms like Mercor and micro1. No machine-learning degree required.
- 14 chapters
- 10 practice simulations
- 30-day action plan
- Instant PDF download
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Sound familiar?
Thousands of people are applying for AI-training work. Most get stuck at the same points.
- You apply to platform after platform and never hear back.
- You fail an assessment and nobody tells you why.
- An AI interviewer asks you to "walk through your reasoning" and you freeze.
- You can't tell which opportunities are real and which are scams.
- You rewrite your resume for every listing and still don't know what they want.
None of this is about talent. It's about knowing how the process works. That's what this playbook teaches.
Your non-AI experience is your unfair advantage
AI work isn't one job. It's a family of tasks: evaluating answers, ranking responses, fact-checking, writing examples, reviewing code, testing for safety. Models still need human judgment to tell right from merely fluent, and that judgment comes from experience you may already have.
Teachers
Grade work against explicit criteria and spot recurring mistakes: the core of rubric-based evaluation.
Customer service pros
Resolve ambiguous cases while keeping strict policy accuracy and clear notes.
Bilingual professionals
Catch translation errors and cultural mismatches that models miss.
Experienced professionals
Lawyers, analysts, managers, academics: platforms actively seek seasoned domain experts.
What's inside the Playbook
42 pages. No filler, no theory: a field guide written from more than 500 hours of paid AI-training work.
- 1The quick-start blueprintA 30-day action plan, day by day, plus the 30-minute daily routine that keeps your pipeline moving.
- 2The opportunity is nowWhat AI remote work really is, why your past experience counts, and an honest look at what it can earn.
- 3Find the right opportunitiesThe opportunity map, platforms worth investigating, geographic restrictions, and how to spot fake offers.
- 4Become a competitive applicantThe evidence formula that turns duties into proof: Action + Context + Standard + Result.
- 5Pass Zara and the AI interviewHow micro1's AI recruiter interviews, the "thinking out loud" framework, and the mistakes that sink candidates.
- 6Master the assessmentsHow assessments work, how to evaluate AI responses professionally, and how to find hallucinations.
- 7Get accepted, get paid, keep goingYour first tasks, real effective hourly earnings, protecting payouts, and building a portfolio that lasts.
- 8The bonus resource vaultA ready-to-paste resume prompt, the Resume Evidence Matrix and the Zara Interview Prep cheat sheet.
- 9The simulation labPractice exercises with expert judgments, so you never take a real assessment cold.
- 10Final checklist & glossaryThe global remote worker checklist (location, payments, taxes) and the terms you'll be tested on.
- 11Bonus: the experienced professional's advantageHow to turn decades of career experience into a domain-expert edge.
- 12Bonus: the technical evaluator's tech stackThe tools behind the highest-paying coding and quantitative evaluations.
- 13The simulation lab, expandedFive more simulations: actionability, unsupported claims, weak rationales, stale sources and the halo effect.
- 14Your next action starts todayThree steps to your first application, today.
Try a free sample from the Simulation Lab
Every simulation asks you to judge first, then compare with the expert judgment. Here's the first one.
Simulation 1 · Instruction following
- The prompt
- “Give two reasons to keep a project tracker.”
- Response A
- “It records application status and reminds you of follow-up actions.”
- Response B
- “It improves organization, boosts confidence, helps networking, makes resumes better, and guarantees you never miss an opportunity.”
Which response is better, and why?
Show the expert judgment
A follows the request for exactly two reasons and avoids an unsupported guarantee. B gives more than was asked for and makes an absolute claim that can't be justified.
The Playbook has ten of these, covering the skills assessments test most: rubric adherence, hallucinations, ambiguity and contradictions.
Included with your copy
The Bonus Resource Vault
The AI Resume Adapter prompt, the Resume Evidence Matrix and the Zara Interview Prep framework, ready to use.
10 practice simulations
Real-style evaluation exercises with expert judgments, to train the skills assessments test.
Two bonus chapters
The experienced professional's advantage, and the technical evaluator's tech stack.
Free: AI Remote Work Dashboard
Every open role from Mercor, micro1 and other AI-training platforms in one feed, an AI resume tailor and an application tracker. Free, forever.
This playbook is for you if…
- You want flexible, remote, paid work and you're open to something new.
- You have professional or academic experience and want to put it to work training AI.
- You speak more than one language, or work in a field like law, medicine, finance or education.
- You've applied before and got stuck at an assessment or AI interview.
It's not for you if…
- You want guaranteed income or a get-rich-quick scheme. The book is honest: work can be meaningful, and it can also be irregular.
- You want to fake qualifications or bypass country restrictions. The Playbook teaches the opposite: truthful, specific applications win.
About the author
Cris Lopez, PhD
“I did not write this book based on theory. I wrote it based on over 500 hours of paid, hands-on work evaluating and training AI models.”
Combining decades of academic rigor and executive leadership, Cris built a systematic approach to the new AI workforce: landing roles, passing rigorous assessments, and receiving regular inquiries and offers from platforms like Mercor, micro1, Ethos and Alignerr, after going through the onboarding of dozens more.
Cris also built the free AI Remote Work Dashboard that the Playbook's 30-day plan starts with.
Get the Playbook today
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- The AI Remote Work Playbook (42-page PDF)
- The 30-day quick-start action plan
- Zara and AI-interview preparation framework
- 10 practice simulations with expert judgments
- The Bonus Resource Vault
- Two bonus chapters
- Free access to AI Remote Work Dashboard
- Instant PDF download
- 30-day money-back guarantee
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30-day money-back guarantee
Read it, use it, and try the plan. If the Playbook doesn't help you, email us within 30 days of your purchase and we'll refund every cent. No questions, no hassle.
Questions
What do I get, and how?
A 42-page PDF. After checkout you go straight to your download page, and we email you the link too. It works on any phone, tablet or computer.
Do I need AI or tech experience?
No. Many roles center on evaluation, writing, language and subject knowledge. The book shows how to translate the experience you already have, truthfully.
Does it guarantee I'll get hired?
No, and be wary of anyone who promises that. Platforms choose who they accept, and work can be irregular. The Playbook gives you the process, the practice and the preparation that make you a much stronger applicant.
Which platforms does it cover?
It focuses on Mercor and micro1 (including micro1's AI recruiter, Zara), and covers others to research such as Alignerr, Ethos, DataAnnotation, Outlier, TELUS Digital AI and RWS TrainAI. The book isn't affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.
Can I use it outside the United States?
Yes. Many roles are open internationally, and the book has a checklist for location, payments and taxes so you can confirm eligibility before you apply.
Is the dashboard really free?
Yes. AI Remote Work Dashboard is free to use, with or without the book. Some platforms pay us a referral fee when you're hired through our links; you never pay anything.
What if it isn't for me?
Email 1960bcv@gmail.com within 30 days of your purchase for a full refund.
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The opportunity is an invitation. Start today.
You don't need to understand the whole AI economy before you begin. You need a realistic target, a truthful application and a plan. This is the plan.
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The AI Remote Work Playbook is an independent guide by Cris Lopez, PhD, published by El Barrial Devs. It isn't affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by any platform it mentions; names are trademarks of their owners. Earnings vary; no income is guaranteed.