History Expert - Remote Contract AI Evaluation
Listing checked September 22, 2026 · pay as published by AfterQuery
Overview
AfterQuery needs historians to build the scenarios that frontier AI labs use when they test model judgment. You will work from your own period or region, writing tasks around source analysis and causal reasoning and checking how models handle evidence. The contract runs remote and async, with at least 10 hours each week and a rate of $50 to $100 per hour. Your specialty stays central: rigor matters more than volume, and your evaluations shape how future AI systems interpret the past.
What You'll Do5
- 1Create historical scenarios that measure how models analyze sources and trace cause and effect.
- 2Write reference answers that set out the evidence behind each interpretation.
- 3Review model output for factual accuracy, context and awareness of historiographical debates.
- 4Flag responses that sound assured while flattening evidence or inventing causal links.
- 5Document the historical reasoning that supports each graded judgment.
Requirements8
- 1Advanced degree in history or a related field.
- 2Two or more years of teaching, research, archival work or published history.
- 3Deep knowledge of a period or region, backed by direct work with primary sources.
- 4Clear written English for explaining historical reasoning.
- 5Availability for at least 10 hours per week.
- 6PhD and peer-reviewed publications preferred.
- 7Archival research or public history experience preferred.
- 8Reading knowledge of research languages relevant to your field preferred.
Who Should Apply
Historians with an advanced degree and a defined period or region fit this contract best. You should have at least two years of teaching, research, archival or published work, plus direct experience with primary sources. A PhD and peer-reviewed publications strengthen your case, though they are not required. Applicants who cannot explain how evidence supports an interpretation, or who rely on general summaries instead of sources, often score low. The work does not suit generalists who want broad content writing or who cannot commit 10 hours each week.
Salary Insight
The listing pays $50 to $100 per hour. AfterQuery sets the final rate from your experience, and pay arrives each week through Stripe. The top of the range usually matches historians with a PhD and peer-reviewed publications, while the lower end fits candidates with a master's degree and several years of research or teaching. This contract gives you room to scale hours up or down from week to week.
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Compensation
$50–100/hr
Required Skills
Application Tip
Name one period or region you know deeply, then list the primary source collections you have used and a specific archival or research project. Show your written reasoning by describing how you would grade a model answer that invents causation. If you hold a PhD or peer-reviewed publications, put those credentials near the top.
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