Handshake AI is hiring actors to do improv for $74 an hour

Handshake AI is offering actors up to $74 an hour to record themselves doing improv, performing responses to a "light prompt or scenario" with other actors. The part-time, remote role is open to workers with at least a bachelor's degree and, the company says, is easy to fit alongside auditions, classes, or rehearsals.

Performers are asked to "improvise scenes, explore characters, and respond naturally in the moment," with plenty of creative freedom, and the listing embeds a video of two people in an apparently improvised scene. The project is described as being for "one of the leading AI companies," though the listing does not say how the recordings will be used.

A Handshake spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Last year Handshake launched an AI division after about a decade as a social network for college students and young professionals.

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